Analyzing the effect of dynamically assigned treatments using duration models, binary treatment models, and panel data models

Jaap H. Abbring () and Gerard J. van den Berg

Empirical Economics, 2004, vol. 29, issue 1, pages 5-20

Abstract: Often, the moment of a treatment and the moment at which the outcome of interest occurs are realizations of stochastic processes with dependent unobserved determinants. Notably, both treatment and outcome are characterized by the moment they occur. In this paper, we compare different methods of inference of the treatment effect. We argue that the timing of the treatment relative to the outcome conveys useful information on the treatment effect, which is discarded in binary treatment frameworks. Copyright Springer-Verlag 2004

Keywords: Program evaluation; treatment effects; timing-of-events method; bivariate duration analysis; selection bias; C14; C31; C41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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