Supercompliers

Matthew Comey (), Amanda Eng (), Pauline Leung () and Zhuan Pei ()
Additional contact information
Matthew Comey: Joint Committee on Taxation
Amanda Eng: Internal Revenue Service
Pauline Leung: Cornell University
Zhuan Pei: Cornell University

No 18598, IZA Discussion Papers from IZA Network @ LISER

Abstract: In an instrumental variable framework, we define supercompliers as the subpopulation whose treatment take-up positively responds to eligibility and whose outcome positively responds to take-up. Supercompliers are the only subpopulation to benefit from treatment eligibility and, hence, are important for policy evaluation. We propose conditions for characterizing supercompliers, and show how estimation and inference can be conducted with instrumental variable regression. In two job training experiments, we demonstrate our machinery's utility, particularly in incorporating social welfare weights into marginal value of public funds analyses.

Keywords: compliers; supercompliers; marginal value of public funds (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C10 H00 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-04
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://docs.iza.org/dp18598.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:iza:izadps:dp18598

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in IZA Discussion Papers from IZA Network @ LISER Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Mark Fallak ().