Econometric Mediation Analyses: Identifying the Sources of Treatment Effects from Experimentally Estimated Production Technologies with Unmeasured and Mismeasured Inputs

James Heckman and Rodrigo Pinto

No 7552, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper presents an econometric mediation analysis. It considers identification of production functions and the sources of output effects (treatment effects) from experimental interventions when some inputs are mismeasured and others are entirely omitted.

Keywords: production function; mediation analysis; measurement error; missing inputs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 C38 C43 D24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2013-08
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Published - published in: Econometric Reviews, 2015, 34 (1-2), 6-31

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Journal Article: Econometric Mediation Analyses: Identifying the Sources of Treatment Effects from Experimentally Estimated Production Technologies with Unmeasured and Mismeasured Inputs (2015)
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