Bounds for average treatment effect on couples with an application to the retirement-consumption puzzle
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Keywords
Partial identification; Monotonicity restrictions; Retirement; Consumption; Expenditure; Average treatment effect;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
- C30 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - General
- C90 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - General
- J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
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