Comparing IV with Structural Models: What Simple IV Can and Cannot Identify

Sergio Urzua and James Heckman

No 200906, Working Papers from Geary Institute, University College Dublin

Abstract: This paper compares the economic questions addressed by instrumental variables estimators with those addressed by structural approaches. We discuss Marschak's Maxim: estimators should be selected on the basis of their ability to answer well-posed economic problems with minimal assumptions. A key identifying assumption that allows structural methods to be more informative than IV can be tested with data and does not have to be imposed.

Keywords: Instrumental Variables; Structural Approaches; Marschak's Maxim (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2009-03-09
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