On different approaches to obtaining partial effects in binary response models with endogenous regressors

Wei Lin and Jeffrey Wooldridge

Economics Letters, 2015, vol. 134, issue C, 58-61

Abstract: We compare three different approaches to obtaining partial effects in binary response models. Among the three approaches, we maintain that the average structural function (ASF) due to Blundell and Powell (2003, 2004) defines the marginal effect of primary interest, for it is based on the unconditional marginal distribution of the structural error. Analytical examples are provided to show that the average index function (AIF) proposed recently by Lewbel, Dong, and Yang (2012), suffers from essentially the same shortcomings as the propensity score as a basis for defining average partial effects.

Keywords: Average index function; Average partial effect; Average structural function (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2015.05.019

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