Econometric Mediation Analyses: Identifying the Sources of Treatment Effects from Experimentally Estimated Production Technologies with Unmeasured and Mismeasured Inputs

Heckman, James; Pinto, Rodrigo

Econometric Mediation Analyses: Identifying the Sources of Treatment Effects from Experimentally Estimated Production Technologies with Unmeasured and Mismeasured Inputs

No 2013-006, Working Papers from Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group

Abstract: This paper presents an econometric mediation analysis. It considers identification of production functions and the sources of output effects (treatment effects) from experimental interventions when some inputs are mismeasured and others are entirely omitted.

Keywords: Production Function; Mediation Analysis; Measurement Error; Missing Inputs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 C38 C43 D24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-08
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