Econometric Mediation Analyses: Identifying the Sources of Treatment Effects from Experimentally Estimated Production Technologies with Unmeasured and Mismeasured Inputs

37 Pages Posted: 23 Aug 2013

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James J. Heckman

University of Chicago - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); American Bar Foundation; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Rodrigo R. Pinto

University of Chicago - Department of Economics

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Abstract

This paper presents an econometric mediation analysis. It considers identification of production functions and the sources of output effects (treatment effects) from experimental interventions when some inputs are mismeasured and others are entirely omitted.

Keywords: production function, mediation analysis, measurement error, missing inputs

JEL Classification: C21, C38, C43, D24

Suggested Citation

Heckman, James J. and Pinto, Rodrigo R., Econometric Mediation Analyses: Identifying the Sources of Treatment Effects from Experimentally Estimated Production Technologies with Unmeasured and Mismeasured Inputs. IZA Discussion Paper No. 7552, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2314847 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2314847

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