Bounds for average treatment effect on couples with an application to the retirement-consumption puzzle

IF 2.1 4区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Economics Letters Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2025.112197

Eduardo Fé

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Abstract

We present bounds for the Average Treatment Effect (ATE) of an exposure,

Z

, on an outcome,

Y

, when the units of interest are couples or individuals in a couple. We illustrate the usage of the bound in an application to the retirement-consumption puzzle.

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Economics Letters ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

3.20

自引率

5.00%

发文量

348

审稿时长

30 days

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