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Nonparametric IV Estimation of Local Average Treatment Effects with Covariates

In this paper nonparametric instrumental variable estimation of local average treatment effects (LATE) is extended to incorporate confounding covariates. Estimation of local average treatment effects is appealing since their identification relies on much weaker assumptions than the identification of average treatment effects in other nonparametric instrumental variable models. Including covariates in the estimation of LATE is necessary when the instrumental variable itself is endogenous (e.g. when the instrument is self-selected). However, all previous approaches to handle covariates in the estimation of LATE rely on parametric or semiparametric methods. In this paper, a nonparametric estimator for the estimation of LATE with covariates is suggested that is root-n asymptotically normal and efficient.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 588

Classification
Wirtschaft
Estimation: General
Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
Subject
instrumental variables
LATE
evaluation
treatment effect
matching
unobserved heterogeneity
Statistische Verteilung
Nichtparametrisches Verfahren
Instrumentalvariablen-Schätzmethode
Theorie

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Frölich, Markus
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2002

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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Frölich, Markus
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Time of origin

  • 2002

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