Cluster Sample Inference with Very Few Groups
Johan Vikström ()
Econometrics Letters, 2016, vol. 3, issue 1, 1-10
Abstract:
If the number of clusters equals the number of cluster-invariant regressors the usual clusters-specific standard errors cannot be computed. One important example is the difference in differences setting with two groups and two time periods. This paper introduces a new method to calculate how large the within cluster correlation of the model errors can be yet still enable OLS coefficients to retain statistical significance at a desired level. This sensitivity approach is applied to previous results regarding the effects of workers compensation benefits.
Keywords: Cluster effect; cluster robust; difference in difference; sensitivity; workers compensation. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C12 C21 C23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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