Sensitivity of the bounds on the ATE in the presence of sample selection. (English) Zbl 1395.91282
Summary: This paper reformulates the problem of bounding average treatment effects under sample selection studied in [D. S. Lee, Rev. Econ. Stud. 76, No. 3, 1071–1102 (2009; Zbl 1182.91106)] as an optimization problem. This allows researchers to easily conduct sensitivity analyses of the identifying assumptions while the bounds remain sharp. We provide a mathematical formulation of the problem, replicate the existing analytical results and extend them to a sensitivity analysis.
MSC:
| 91B40 | Labor market, contracts (MSC2010) |
| 62D05 | Sampling theory, sample surveys |
| 90C05 | Linear programming |
Citations:
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