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Marginal Treatment Effects from a Propensity Score Perspective

Author(s): Zhou, Xiang; Xie, Yu

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dc.contributor.authorZhou, Xiang-
dc.contributor.authorXie, Yu-
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-10T22:27:30Z-
dc.date.available2020-03-10T22:27:30Z-
dc.date.issued2019-10-28en_US
dc.identifier.citationZhou, Xiang, Xie, Yu. Marginal Treatment Effects from a Propensity Score Perspective. Journal of Political Economy, 127(6), 3070 - 3084. doi:10.1086/702172en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr1kn31-
dc.description.abstractWe offer a propensity score perspective to interpret and analyze the marginal treatment effect (MTE). Specifically, we redefine MTE as the expected treatment effect conditional on the propensity score and a latent variable representing unobserved resistance to treatment. As with the original MTE, the redefined MTE can be used as a building block for constructing standard causal estimands. The weights associated with the new MTE, however, are simpler, more intuitive, and easier to compute. Moreover, the redefined MTE immediately reveals treatment effect heterogeneity among individuals at the margin of treatment, enabling us to evaluate a wide range of policy effects.en_US
dc.format.extent3070 - 3084en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Political Economyen_US
dc.rightsFinal published version. Article is made available in OAR by the publisher's permission or policy.en_US
dc.titleMarginal Treatment Effects from a Propensity Score Perspectiveen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.1086/702172-
pu.type.symplectichttp://www.symplectic.co.uk/publications/atom-terms/1.0/journal-articleen_US

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