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A Causal Interpretation of Extensive and Intensive Margin Effects in Generalized Tobit Models

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This note proposes a new decomposition of average treatment effects on nonnegative outcomes. It represents the total effect as a population-weighted sum of the effects for two groups: those induced to participate by the treatment and those participating regardless of it. The usual decomposition into extensive and intensive margins used in the literature is generally incompatible with such a causal interpretation. The difference between decompositions can be substantial and yield diametrically opposed results. © 2014 The President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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  • Kevin E. Staub, 2014. "A Causal Interpretation of Extensive and Intensive Margin Effects in Generalized Tobit Models," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 96(2), pages 371-375, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:restat:v:96:y:2014:i:2:p:371-375
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    • C24 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Truncated and Censored Models; Switching Regression Models; Threshold Regression Models
    • C34 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Truncated and Censored Models; Switching Regression Models

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