Micro-Econometrics for Policy, Program, and Treatment Effects

by Lee, Myoung-jae

• ISBN13: 9780199267682
• ISBN10: 0199267685
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-06-23
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This is one of the first books to provide a textbook exposition of the literature on how to measure accurately the 'effects' of a 'treatment,' such as a drug, educational program, or tax regime, on a response variable like an illness, GPA, or income. The book focuses on non-experimental, micro-economic estimation. About the Series Advanced Texts in Econometrics is a distinguished and rapidly expanding series in which leading econometricians assess recent developments in such areas as stochastic probability, panel and time series data analysis, modeling, and cointegration. In both hardback and affordable paperback, each volume explains the nature and applicability of a topic in greater depth than possible in introductory textbooks or single journal articles. Each definitive work is formatted to be as accessible and convenient for those who are not familiar with the detailed primary literature.

Author Biography

Myoung-jae Lee is Associate Professor in the School of Economics and Social Sciences at Singapore Management University. He has held positions at Pennsylvania State University, Tilburg University in The Netherlands, London School of Economics, Tsukuba University in Japan and Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul.

Table of Contents

Tour of the book	p. 1
Basics of treatment effect analysis	p. 7
Controlling for covariates	p. 43
Matching	p. 79
Design and instrument for hidden bias	p. 117
Other approaches for hidden bias	p. 147
Multiple and dynamic treatments	p. 171
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