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

Authors
Heckman, James J Pinto, Rodrigo
Citation
J. Heckman, James et Pinto, Rodrigo, Econometric Mediation Analyses: Identifying the Sources of Treatment Effects from Experimentally Estimated Production Technologies with Unmeasured and Mismeasured Inputs, Econometric reviews , 34(1-2), 2015, pp. 6-31
Journal title
Econometric reviews → ACNP
ISSN journal
07474938
Volume
34
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
2015
Pages
6 - 31
Database
ACNP
SICI code
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.