Treatment Effects With Heterogeneous Externalities

Tiziano Arduini, Eleonora Patacchini and Edoardo Rainone

Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2020, vol. 38, issue 4, 826-838

Abstract: This article proposes a new method for estimating heterogeneous externalities in policy analysis when social interactions take the linear-in-means form. We establish that the parameters of interest can be identified and consistently estimated using specific functions of the share of the eligible population. We also study the finite sample performance of the proposed estimators using Monte Carlo simulations. The method is illustrated using data on the PROGRESA program. We find that more than 50% of the effects of the program on schooling attendance are due to externalities, which are heterogeneous within and between poor and nonpoor households.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/07350015.2019.1592755

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