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Quantile Treatment Effects in the Regression Discontinuity Design

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Frölich, Markus () (University of Mannheim)
Melly, Blaise () (Brown University)

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This paper shows nonparametric identification of quantile treatment effects (QTE) in the regression discontinuity design (RDD) and proposes simple estimators. Quantile treatment effects are a very helpful tool to characterize the effects of certain interventions on the outcome distribution. The distributional impacts of social programs such as welfare, education, training programs and unemployment insurance are of large interest to economists.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 3638.

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Keywords: quantile treatment effect; causal effect; endogeneity; regression discontinuity;

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C13 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General - - - Estimation
C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods
C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models

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