Bounds for average treatment effect on couples with an application to the retirement-consumption puzzle

Eduardo Fé

Economics Letters, 2025, vol. 247, issue C

Abstract: We present bounds for the Average Treatment Effect (ATE) of an exposure, Z, on an outcome, Y, when the units of interest are couples or individuals in a couple. We illustrate the usage of the bound in an application to the retirement-consumption puzzle.

Keywords: Partial identification; Monotonicity restrictions; Retirement; Consumption; Expenditure; Average treatment effect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 C30 C90 I18 J26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2025.112197

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