|
Bounds on treatment effects in regression discontinuity designs with a manipulated running variable, with an application to unemployment insurance in Brazil
Gerard, François
;
Rokkanen, Miikka
;
Rothe, Christoph
|
URL:
|
https://ssrn.com/abstract=2877273
|
|
Document Type:
|
Working paper
|
|
Year of publication:
|
2016
|
|
The title of a journal, publication series:
|
CEPR Discussion Paper
|
|
Volume:
|
11668
|
|
Place of publication:
|
London
|
|
Publishing house:
|
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
|
|
Publication language:
|
English
|
|
Institution:
|
School of Law and Economics > Statistik (Rothe 2017-)
|
|
Subject:
|
330 Economics
|
|
Abstract:
|
The key assumption in regression discontinuity analysis is that the distribution of potential outcomes varies smoothly with the running variable around the cutoff. In many empirical contexts, however, this assumption is not credible; and the running variable is said to be manipulated in this case. In this paper, we show that while causal effects are not point identified under manipulation, one can derive sharp bounds under a general model that covers a wide range of empirical patterns. The extent of manipulation, which determines the width of the bounds, is inferred from the data in our setup. Our approach therefore does not require making a binary decision regarding whether manipulation occurs or not, and can be used to deliver manipulation-robust inference in settings where manipulation is conceivable, but not obvious from the data. We use our methods to study the disincentive effect of unemployment insurance on (formal) reemployment in Brazil, and show that our bounds remain informative, despite the fact that manipulation has a sizable effect on our estimates of causal parameters.
|
 | Dieser Datensatz wurde nicht während einer Tätigkeit an der Universität Mannheim veröffentlicht, dies ist eine Externe Publikation. |
 Search Authors in
You have found an error? Please let us know about your desired correction here: E-Mail
Actions (login required)
 |
Show item |
|
|
