A distributional synthetic control method for policy evaluation
Author
Abstract
Suggested Citation
DOI: 10.1002/jae.2778
Download full text from publisher
References listed on IDEAS
- David Card, 1990.
"The Impact of the Mariel Boatlift on the Miami Labor Market,"
ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 43(2), pages 245-257, January.
- David Card, 1989. "The Impact of the Mariel Boatlift on the Miami Labor Market," NBER Working Papers 3069, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- David Card, 1989. "The Impact of the Mariel Boatlift on the Miami Labor Market," Working Papers 633, Princeton University, Department of Economics, Industrial Relations Section..
- Dmitry Arkhangelsky & Susan Athey & David A. Hirshberg & Guido W. Imbens & Stefan Wager, 2021.
"Synthetic Difference-in-Differences,"
American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 111(12), pages 4088-4118, December.
- Dmitry Arkhangelsky & Susan Athey & David A. Hirshberg & Guido W. Imbens & Stefan Wager, 2019. "Synthetic Difference In Differences," NBER Working Papers 25532, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Dmitry Arkhangelsky & Susan Athey & David A. Hirshberg & Guido W. Imbens & Stefan Wager, 2019. "Synthetic Difference in Differences," Working Papers wp2019_1907, CEMFI.
- Sarah Bohn & Magnus Lofstrom & Steven Raphael, 2014.
"Did the 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act Reduce the State's Unauthorized Immigrant Population?,"
The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 96(2), pages 258-269, May.
- Bohn, Sarah & Lofstrom, Magnus & Raphael, Steven, 2011. "Did the 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act Reduce the State's Unauthorized Immigrant Population?," IZA Discussion Papers 5682, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Alberto Abadie & Javier Gardeazabal, 2003. "The Economic Costs of Conflict: A Case Study of the Basque Country," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 93(1), pages 113-132, March.
- Nikolay Doudchenko & Guido W. Imbens, 2016. "Balancing, Regression, Difference-In-Differences and Synthetic Control Methods: A Synthesis," NBER Working Papers 22791, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Andreas Billmeier & Tommaso Nannicini, 2013. "Assessing Economic Liberalization Episodes: A Synthetic Control Approach," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 95(3), pages 983-1001, July.
- Xu, Yiqing, 2017. "Generalized Synthetic Control Method: Causal Inference with Interactive Fixed Effects Models," Political Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 25(1), pages 57-76, January.
- Laurent Gobillon & Thierry Magnac, 2016.
"Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls,"
The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 98(3), pages 535-551, July.
- Gobillon, Laurent & Magnac, Thierry, 2013. "Regional Policy Evaluation:Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," IDEI Working Papers 786, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse.
- Laurent Gobillon & Thierry Magnac, 2013. "Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," PSE - Labex "OSE-Ouvrir la Science Economique" halshs-00849071, HAL.
- Gobillon, Laurent & Magnac, Thierry, 2013. "Regional Policy Evaluation:Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," TSE Working Papers 13-419, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE).
- Laurent Gobillon & Thierry Magnac, 2016. "Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-01509743, HAL.
- Laurent Gobillon & Thierry Magnac, 2014. "Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Control," CESifo Working Paper Series 5077, CESifo.
- Gobillon, Laurent & Magnac, Thierry, 2013. "Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," IZA Discussion Papers 7493, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Laurent Gobillon & Thierry Magnac, 2013. "Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," Working Papers halshs-00849071, HAL.
- Laurent Gobillon & Thierry Magnac, 2016. "Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," Post-Print halshs-01509743, HAL.
- Laurent Gobillon & Thierry Magnac, 2013. "Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," PSE Working Papers halshs-00849071, HAL.
- Magnac, Thierry & Gobillon, Laurent, 2014. "Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," CEPR Discussion Papers 10253, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Lechner, Michael, 2011.
"The Estimation of Causal Effects by Difference-in-Difference Methods,"
Foundations and Trends(R) in Econometrics, now publishers, vol. 4(3), pages 165-224, November.
- Michael Lechner, 2010. "The Estimation of Causal Effects by Difference-in-Difference Methods," University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2010 2010-28, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen, revised Oct 2011.
- Susan Athey & Guido W. Imbens, 2017.
"The State of Applied Econometrics: Causality and Policy Evaluation,"
Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 31(2), pages 3-32, Spring.
- Susan Athey & Guido Imbens, 2016. "The State of Applied Econometrics - Causality and Policy Evaluation," Papers 1607.00699, arXiv.org.
- Abadie, Alberto & Diamond, Alexis & Hainmueller, Jens, 2011. "Synth: An R Package for Synthetic Control Methods in Comparative Case Studies," Journal of Statistical Software, Foundation for Open Access Statistics, vol. 42(i13).
- David S. Lee, 1999. "Wage Inequality in the United States During the 1980s: Rising Dispersion or Falling Minimum Wage?," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 114(3), pages 977-1023.
- Dukpa Kim & Tatsushi Oka, 2014. "Divorce Law Reforms And Divorce Rates In The Usa: An Interactive Fixed‐Effects Approach," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 29(2), pages 231-245, March.
- Abadie, Alberto & Diamond, Alexis & Hainmueller, Jens, 2010. "Synthetic Control Methods for Comparative Case Studies: Estimating the Effect of California’s Tobacco Control Program," Journal of the American Statistical Association, American Statistical Association, vol. 105(490), pages 493-505.
- Cheng Hsiao & Qiankun Zhou, 2019. "Panel parametric, semiparametric, and nonparametric construction of counterfactuals," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 34(4), pages 463-481, June.
- Laurent Gobillon & Thierry Magnac, 2016.
"Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls,"
The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 98(3), pages 535-551, July.
- Laurent Gobillon & Thierry Magnac, 2013. "Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," PSE - Labex "OSE-Ouvrir la Science Economique" halshs-00849071, HAL.
- Gobillon, Laurent & Magnac, Thierry, 2013. "Regional Policy Evaluation:Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," IDEI Working Papers 786, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse.
- Gobillon, Laurent & Magnac, Thierry, 2013. "Regional Policy Evaluation:Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," TSE Working Papers 13-419, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE).
- Gobillon, Laurent & Magnac, Thierry, 2013. "Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," IZA Discussion Papers 7493, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Laurent Gobillon & Thierry Magnac, 2013. "Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," Working Papers halshs-00849071, HAL.
- Laurent Gobillon & Thierry Magnac, 2016. "Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," Post-Print halshs-01509743, HAL.
- Laurent Gobillon & Thierry Magnac, 2016. "Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-01509743, HAL.
- Laurent Gobillon & Thierry Magnac, 2013. "Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," PSE Working Papers halshs-00849071, HAL.
- Laurent Gobillon & Thierry Magnac, 2014. "Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Control," CESifo Working Paper Series 5077, CESifo.
- Magnac, Thierry & Gobillon, Laurent, 2014. "Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," CEPR Discussion Papers 10253, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Arindrajit Dube & T. William Lester & Michael Reich, 2010.
"Minimum Wage Effects Across State Borders: Estimates Using Contiguous Counties,"
The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 92(4), pages 945-964, November.
- Dube, Andrajit & Lester, T. William & Reich, Michael, 2010. "Minimum Wage Effects Across State Borders: Estimates Using Contiguous Counties," Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series qt86w5m90m, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley.
- Alberto Abadie & Alexis Diamond & Jens Hainmueller, 2015. "Comparative Politics and the Synthetic Control Method," American Journal of Political Science, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 59(2), pages 495-510, February.
- Cheng Hsiao & H. Steve Ching & Shui Ki Wan, 2012. "A Panel Data Approach For Program Evaluation: Measuring The Benefits Of Political And Economic Integration Of Hong Kong With Mainland China," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 27(5), pages 705-740, August.
- David Card & Alan B. Krueger, 2016. "Myth and Measurement: The New Economics of the Minimum Wage Twentieth-Anniversary Edition," Economics Books, Princeton University Press, edition 2, number 10738.
- David Neumark & DMark Schweitzer & DaWilliam Wascher, 2004. "Minimum Wage Effects throughout the Wage Distribution," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 39(2).
- Laurent Gobillon & Thierry Magnac, 2016.
"Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls,"
The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 98(3), pages 535-551, July.
- Laurent Gobillon & Thierry Magnac, 2013. "Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," PSE - Labex "OSE-Ouvrir la Science Economique" halshs-00849071, HAL.
- Magnac, Thierry & Gobillon, Laurent, 2014. "Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," CEPR Discussion Papers 10253, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Laurent Gobillon & Thierry Magnac, 2016. "Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) halshs-01509743, HAL.
- Gobillon, Laurent & Magnac, Thierry, 2013. "Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," IZA Discussion Papers 7493, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Laurent Gobillon & Thierry Magnac, 2013. "Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," Working Papers halshs-00849071, HAL.
- Laurent Gobillon & Thierry Magnac, 2013. "Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," PSE Working Papers halshs-00849071, HAL.
- Gobillon, Laurent & Magnac, Thierry, 2013. "Regional Policy Evaluation:Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," IDEI Working Papers 786, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse.
- Gobillon, Laurent & Magnac, Thierry, 2013. "Regional Policy Evaluation:Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," TSE Working Papers 13-419, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE).
- Laurent Gobillon & Thierry Magnac, 2014. "Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Control," CESifo Working Paper Series 5077, CESifo.
- Laurent Gobillon & Thierry Magnac, 2016. "Regional Policy Evaluation: Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls," Post-Print halshs-01509743, HAL.
- Mora, Ricardo & Reggio, Iliana, 2012. "Treatment effect identification using alternative parallel assumptions," UC3M Working papers. Economics we1233, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía.
- Jinyong Hahn & Ruoyao Shi, 2017.
"Synthetic Control and Inference,"
Econometrics, MDPI, vol. 5(4), pages 1-12, November.
- Ruoyao Shi & Jinyong Hahn, 2016. "Synthetic Control and Inference," Working Papers 201802, University of California at Riverside, Department of Economics, revised Nov 2017.
Citations
Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
Cited by:
- Masahiro Kato & Akari Ohda & Masaaki Imaizumi & Kenichiro McAlinn, 2023. "Synthetic Control Methods by Density Matching under Implicit Endogeneity," Papers 2307.11127, arXiv.org, revised Jul 2023.
- Maciej Berk{e}sewicz, 2023. "Survey calibration for causal inference: a simple method to balance covariate distributions," Papers 2310.11969, arXiv.org.
- Shengli Dai & Weimin Zhang & Linshan Lan, 2022. "Quantitative Evaluation of China’s Ecological Protection Compensation Policy Based on PMC Index Model," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(16), pages 1-24, August.
- Zhang, Cheng & Zhou, Xinxin & Zhou, Bo & Zhao, Ziwei, 2022. "Impacts of a mega sporting event on local carbon emissions: A case of the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympics," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 73(C).
- Kraft, Kornelius & Lammers, Alexander, 2021. "Bargaining Power and the Labor Share - a Structural Break Approach," VfS Annual Conference 2021 (Virtual Conference): Climate Economics 242342, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
- Ricardo Masini, 2022. "Distributional Counterfactual Analysis in High-Dimensional Setup," Papers 2202.11671, arXiv.org, revised Sep 2023.
Most related items
These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.- David Gilchrist & Thomas Emery & Nuno Garoupa & Rok Spruk, 2023. "Synthetic Control Method: A tool for comparative case studies in economic history," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 37(2), pages 409-445, April.
- Bruno Ferman & Cristine Pinto & Vitor Possebom, 2020.
"Cherry Picking with Synthetic Controls,"
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 39(2), pages 510-532, March.
- Ferman, Bruno & Pinto, Cristine Campos de Xavier & Possebom, Vitor Augusto, 2016. "Cherry picking with synthetic controls," Textos para discussão 420, FGV EESP - Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil).
- Ferman, Bruno & Pinto, Cristine & Possebom, Vitor, 2017. "Cherry Picking with Synthetic Controls," MPRA Paper 78213, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Ferran A. Mazaira-Font, 2021. "Decoupling synthetic control methods to ensure stability, accuracy and meaningfulness," SERIEs: Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, Springer;Spanish Economic Association, vol. 12(4), pages 549-584, December.
- Giulio Grossi & Marco Mariani & Alessandra Mattei & Patrizia Lattarulo & Ozge Oner, 2020. "Direct and spillover effects of a new tramway line on the commercial vitality of peripheral streets. A synthetic-control approach," Papers 2004.05027, arXiv.org, revised Nov 2023.
- Kaul, Ashok & Klößner, Stefan & Pfeifer, Gregor & Schieler, Manuel, 2015. "Synthetic Control Methods: Never Use All Pre-Intervention Outcomes Together With Covariates," MPRA Paper 83790, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Ferran A. Mazaira-Font, 2020. "Ensuring Stability, Accuracy and Meaningfulness in Synthetic Control Methods: The Regularized SHAP-Distance Method," IREA Working Papers 202005, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Apr 2020.
- Irene Botosaru & Bruno Ferman, 2019.
"On the role of covariates in the synthetic control method,"
The Econometrics Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 22(2), pages 117-130.
- Botosaru, Irene & Ferman, Bruno, 2017. "On the Role of Covariates in the Synthetic Control Method," MPRA Paper 80796, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Michael Funke & Kadri Männasoo & Helery Tasane, 2023. "Regional Economic Impacts of the Øresund Cross-Border Fixed Link: Cui Bono?," CESifo Working Paper Series 10557, CESifo.
- Kuosmanen, Timo & Zhou, Xun & Eskelinen, Juha & Malo, Pekka, 2021. "Design Flaw of the Synthetic Control Method," MPRA Paper 106328, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Susan Athey & Mohsen Bayati & Nikolay Doudchenko & Guido Imbens & Khashayar Khosravi, 2021.
"Matrix Completion Methods for Causal Panel Data Models,"
Journal of the American Statistical Association, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 116(536), pages 1716-1730, October.
- Susan Athey & Mohsen Bayati & Nikolay Doudchenko & Guido Imbens & Khashayar Khosravi, 2017. "Matrix Completion Methods for Causal Panel Data Models," Papers 1710.10251, arXiv.org, revised Apr 2022.
- Susan Athey & Mohsen Bayati & Nikolay Doudchenko & Guido Imbens & Khashayar Khosravi, 2018. "Matrix Completion Methods for Causal Panel Data Models," NBER Working Papers 25132, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Bruno Ferman & Cristine Pinto, 2021.
"Synthetic controls with imperfect pretreatment fit,"
Quantitative Economics, Econometric Society, vol. 12(4), pages 1197-1221, November.
- Bruno Ferman & Cristine Pinto, 2019. "Synthetic Controls with Imperfect Pre-Treatment Fit," Papers 1911.08521, arXiv.org, revised Jan 2021.
- Victor Chernozhukov & Kaspar Wüthrich & Yinchu Zhu, 2019. "Inference on average treatment effects in aggregate panel data settings," CeMMAP working papers CWP32/19, Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
- Victor Chernozhukov & Kaspar Wuthrich & Yinchu Zhu, 2018. "A $t$-test for synthetic controls," Papers 1812.10820, arXiv.org, revised Jul 2022.
- Tomasz Serwach, 2023. "The European Union and within‐country income inequalities. The case of the new member states," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 46(7), pages 1890-1939, July.
- Tomasz Serwach, 2022. "The European Union and within-country income inequalities. The case of the New Member States," Working Papers hal-03548416, HAL.
- Victor Chernozhukov & Kaspar Wüthrich & Yinchu Zhu, 2021.
"An Exact and Robust Conformal Inference Method for Counterfactual and Synthetic Controls,"
Journal of the American Statistical Association, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 116(536), pages 1849-1864, October.
- Victor Chernozhukov & Kaspar Wüthrich & Yu Zhu, 2017. "An exact and robust conformal inference method for counterfactual and synthetic controls," CeMMAP working papers CWP62/17, Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
- Victor Chernozhukov & Kaspar Wuthrich & Yinchu Zhu, 2017. "An Exact and Robust Conformal Inference Method for Counterfactual and Synthetic Controls," Papers 1712.09089, arXiv.org, revised May 2021.
- Victor Chernozhukov & Kaspar Wüthrich & Yu Zhu, 2017. "An exact and robust conformal inference method for counterfactual and synthetic controls," CeMMAP working papers 62/17, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
- Chernozhukov, Victor & Wüthrich, Kaspar & Zhu, Yinchu, 2021. "An Exact and Robust Conformal Inference Method for Counterfactual and Synthetic Controls," University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series qt90m9d66s, Department of Economics, UC San Diego.
- Carvalho, Carlos & Masini, Ricardo & Medeiros, Marcelo C., 2018.
"ArCo: An artificial counterfactual approach for high-dimensional panel time-series data,"
Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 207(2), pages 352-380.
- Carlos Viana de Carvalho & Ricardo Masini & Marcelo Cunha Medeiros, 2016. "ARCO: an artificial counterfactual approach for high-dimensional panel time-series data," Textos para discussão 653, Department of Economics PUC-Rio (Brazil).
- Carvalho, Carlos Viana de & Masini, Ricardo Pereira & Medeiros, Marcelo C., 2017. "Arco: an artificial counterfactual approach for high-dimensional panel time-series data," Textos para discussão 454, FGV EESP - Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil).
- Bruno Ferman, 2021.
"On the Properties of the Synthetic Control Estimator with Many Periods and Many Controls,"
Journal of the American Statistical Association, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 116(536), pages 1764-1772, October.
- Bruno Ferman, 2019. "On the Properties of the Synthetic Control Estimator with Many Periods and Many Controls," Papers 1906.06665, arXiv.org, revised May 2020.
- Pier Basaglia & Sophie Behr & Moritz A. Drupp, 2023. "De-Fueling Externalities: How Tax Salience and Fuel Substitution Mediate Climate and Health Benefits," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 2041, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
- Klößner, Stefan & Pfeifer, Gregor, 2015.
"Synthesizing Cash for Clunkers: Stabilizing the Car Market, Hurting the Environment,"
VfS Annual Conference 2015 (Muenster): Economic Development - Theory and Policy
113207, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
- Klößner, Stefan & Pfeifer, Gregor, 2018. "Synthesizing Cash for Clunkers: Stabilizing the Car Market, Hurting the Environment?," MPRA Paper 88175, University Library of Munich, Germany.
Corrections
All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wly:japmet:v:35:y:2020:i:5:p:505-525. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: . General contact details of provider: http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0883-7252/ .
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0883-7252/ .
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.