A Simple Procedure for the Evaluation of Treatment Effects on Duration Variables
by
Jaap H. Abbring, Gerard J. van den Berg
(June 2003)
Abstract:
Often, a treatment and the outcome of interest are characterized by the moment they occur,
and these moments are realizations of stochastic processes with dependent unobserved
determinants. We develop a simple and intuitive method for inference on the treatment effect.
The method can be implemented as a graphical procedure or as a straightforward parameter
test in an auxiliary univariate single-spell duration model. The method exploits information on
the timing of the treatment relative to the outcome that is discarded in binary treatment
analyses.
Text: See Discussion Paper No. 810 
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