准实验性份额转移研究设计

Quasi-Experimental Shift-Share Research Designs

Review of Economic Studies · 2018
被引 135
人大 A+FT50ABS 4*

中文导读

为份额转移(Bartik)工具变量回归提供了新的计量框架,证明识别来自冲击的准随机分配,而暴露份额可内生,并通过等价结果简化了一致性条件。

Abstract

Abstract Many studies use shift-share (or “Bartik”) instruments, which average a set of shocks with exposure share weights. We provide a new econometric framework for shift-share instrumental variable (SSIV) regressions in which identification follows from the quasi-random assignment of shocks, while exposure shares are allowed to be endogenous. The framework is motivated by an equivalence result: the orthogonality between a shift-share instrument and an unobserved residual can be represented as the orthogonality between the underlying shocks and a shock-level unobservable. SSIV regression coefficients can similarly be obtained from an equivalent shock-level regression, motivating shock-level conditions for their consistency. We discuss and illustrate several practical insights of this framework in the setting of Autor et al. (2013), estimating the effect of Chinese import competition on manufacturing employment across U.S. commuting zones.

准实验设计份额转移工具变量Bartik工具变量冲击外生性