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A GMM Approach for Non-monotone Missingness on Both Treatment and Outcome Variables

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  • Shenshen Yang

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I examine the common problem of multiple missingness on both the endogenous treatment and outcome variables. Two types of dependence assumptions for missing mechanisms are proposed for identification, based on which a two-step AIPW GMM estimator is proposed. This estimator is unbiased and more efficient than the previously used estimation methods. Statistical properties are discussed case by case. This method is applied to the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment and shows the significant effects of enrolling in the Oregon Health Plan on improving health-related outcomes and reducing out-of-pocket costs for medical care. There is evidence that simply dropping the incomplete data creates downward biases for some of the chosen outcome variables. Moreover, the estimator proposed in this paper reduced standard errors by 6-24% of the estimated effects of the Oregon Health Plan.

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  • Shenshen Yang, 2022. "A GMM Approach for Non-monotone Missingness on Both Treatment and Outcome Variables," Papers 2201.01010, arXiv.org.
    • Handle: RePEc:arx:papers:2201.01010
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