The Econometrics of Antidotal Variables

Tirthatanmoy Das () and Solomon Polachek
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Tirthatanmoy Das: Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

No 15558, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Some interventions or population attributes negate the effects of a treatment. This paper shows that incorporating these, what we call antidotal variables (AV), into a causal treatment effects analysis can with one cross-sectional regression identify the true causal effect, in addition to possible biases from selectivity and SUTVA violations. Whereas we apply the AV technique to analyze the California Paid Family Leave program, it has applications beyond this example.

Keywords: antidotal variables; causality; CPFL (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C18 C36 I38 J18 J38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46 pages
Date: 2022-09
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