Bounding Parameter Estimates with Nonclassical Measurement Error

Black, Dan A.; Berger, Mark C.; Scott, Frank A.

doi:10.1080/01621459.2000.10474262

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“…Here, we revisit the long-run impact of food security on obesity and overweight status, addressing both identi…cation issues in a single partial identi…cation framework proposed in Kreider et al (2012). This nonparametric approach is especially suitable for this analysis given that obtaining consistent point estimates of an endogenous and mismeasured binary variable is not trivial (Black et al 2000). Moreover, our study complements prior work on bounding the short-run causal e¤ect of food security on child weight in Gundersen and Kreider (2009).…”

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“…First, a household with children is classi…ed as 3 We do not examine eighth grade outcomes due to the high attrition rate of children during the transition to middle school for many children. 4 The initial sample size of the ECLS-K is 21,260. After cleaning age, weight, and height as described in Millimet and Tchernis (2013, Appendix C), and due to sample attrition, the sample size falls to 9,360 in the …fth grade wave.…”

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“…4 From the information on height and weight of the children, we create BMI z-scores. We convert z-scores to percentiles.…”

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Partial identification of the long-run causal effect of food security on child health

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Roy

2014

Empir Econ

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2014

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“…Interestingly, it can be shown that A5' is actually somewhat stronger than o,, +a,, > 0, as a,, +a,, > 0 assumes only that 6 < 1 and < 1; (see Black et al 1999).…”

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Bounding Parameter Estimates with Nonclassical Measurement Error

Black

Berger

Scott

2000

Journal of the American Statistical Association

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“…Standard within-twins IV estimators can, in principle, be applied in response to this problem, though the efficacy of these have been questioned in the recent literature (see Bound and Solon 1999, Neumark 1999and Black, Berger and Scott 2000. The absence of suitable instruments, however, precludes satisfactory application in the current analysis.…”

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Early childhood behaviours, schooling and labour market outcomes: estimates from a sample of twins

Miller

Heath

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Economics of Education Review

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This paper examines the links between childhood conduct disorder problems and schooling and labour market outcomes net of genetic and environmental effects. The results show that individuals who experienced conduct disorder problems are more likely to leave school early, have poorer employment prospects and lower earnings. These findings are shown to be due to the genetic and environmental influences that are generally not considered in studies of schooling and labour market outcomes.

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Bounding Parameter Estimates with Nonclassical Measurement Error

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Partial identification of the long-run causal effect of food security on child health

Partial identification of the long-run causal effect of food security on child health

Bounding Parameter Estimates with Nonclassical Measurement Error

Early childhood behaviours, schooling and labour market outcomes: estimates from a sample of twins

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