Abstract:This paper considers identification and estimation of the causal effect of the time Z until a subject is treated on a survival outcome T . The treatment is not randomly assigned, T is randomly right censored by a random variable C and the time to treatment Z is right censored by T ∧ C. The endogeneity issue is treated using an instrumental variable explaining Z and independent of the error term of the model. We study identification in a fully nonparametric framework. We show that our specification generates an… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.