Please Call Again: Correcting Nonresponse Bias in Treatment Effect Models
Journal article: We propose a novel selectivity correction procedure to deal with survey attrition in treatment effect models, at the crossroads of the Heckit model and the bounding approach of Lee (2009). As a substitute for the instrument needed in sample selectivity correction models, we use information on the number of prior calls made to each individual before obtaining a response to the survey. We obtain sharp bounds to the average treatment effect on the common support of responding individuals. Because the number of prior calls brings information, we can obtain tighter bounds than in other nonparametric methods.
Author(s)
Luc Behaghel, Bruno Crépon, Marc Gurgand, Thomas Le Barbanchon
Journal
- Review of Economics and Statistics
Date of publication
- 2015
Keywords
- Heckit model
- Bounding approach of Lee
Pages
- 1070-1080
URL of the HAL notice
Version
- 1
Volume
- 97