Identifying Treatment Effects Under Data Combination. Issue 2 (March 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fan, Yanqin; Sherman, Robert; Shum, Matthew
• Is Part Of: Econometrica. Volume 82:Issue 2(2014:Mar.)
• Page Start: 811
• Page End: 822
• Publication Date: 2014-03
• Subjects: Econometrics -- Periodicals; Economics, Mathematical -- Periodicals; Economics -- Periodicals; Économétrie -- Périodiques; Mathématiques économiques -- Périodiques; Économie politique -- Périodiques; 330.05
• DOI: 10.3982/ECTA10601
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0012-9682

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>We consider the identification of counterfactual distributions and treatment effects when the outcome variables and conditioning covariates are observed in separate data sets. Under the standard selection on observables assumption, the counterfactual distributions and treatment effect parameters are no longer point identified. However, applying the classical monotone rearrangement inequality, we derive sharp bounds on the counterfactual distributions and policy parameters of interest.</p> </abstract>