Inference in Censored Models with Endogenous Regressors

Han Hong () and Elie Tamer

Econometrica, 2003, vol. 71, issue 3, pages 905-932

Abstract: This paper analyzes the linear regression model y = x&bgr;+ε with a conditional median assumption med (ε| z) = 0, where z is a vector of exogenous instrument random variables. We study inference on the parameter &bgr; when y is censored and x is endogenous. We treat the censored model as a model with interval observation on an outcome, thus obtaining an incomplete model with inequality restrictions on conditional median regressions. We analyze the identified features of the model and provide sufficient conditions for point identification of the parameter &bgr;. We use a minimum distance estimator to consistently estimate the identified features of the model. We show that under point identification conditions and additional regularity conditions, the estimator based on inequality restrictions is normal and we derive its asymptotic variance. One can use our setup to treat the identification and estimation of endogenous linear median regression models with no censoring. A Monte Carlo analysis illustrates our estimator in the censored and the uncensored case. Copyright Econometric Society, 2002.

Date: 2003
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