Evaluating marginal policy changes and the average effect of treatment for individuals at the margin / Pedro Carneiro, James J. Heckman, Edward J. Vytlacil.
| Author/creator | Carneiro, Pedro |
| Other author | Heckman, James J. (James Joseph) |
| Other author | Vytlacil, Edward. |
| Other author | National Bureau of Economic Research. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research, |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from NBER Working Papers |
| Series | NBER working paper series ; working paper 15211 Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ; working paper no. 15211. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Summary | "This paper develops methods for evaluating marginal policy changes. We characterize how the effects of marginal policy changes depend on the direction of the policy change, and show that marginal policy effects are fundamentally easier to identify and to estimate than conventional treatment parameters. We develop the connection between marginal policy effects and the average effect of treatment for persons on the margin of indifference between participation in treatment and nonparticipation, and use this connection to analyze both parameters. We apply our analysis to estimate the effect of marginal changes in tuition on the return to going to college"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site. |
| General note | Title from PDF file as viewed on 8/18/2009. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Other forms | Also available in print. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009656055 |
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