TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Mogstad, Magne
AU  - Wiswall, Matthew
        TI  - Instrumental Variables Estimation with Partially Missing Instruments
        PY  - 2010/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 4689
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp4689
        AB  - We examine instrumental variables estimation in situations where the instrument is only observed for a sub-sample, which is fairly common in empirical research. Typically, researchers simply limit the analysis to the sub-sample where the instrument is non-missing. We show that when the instrument is non-randomly missing, standard IV estimators require strong, auxiliary assumptions to be consistent. In many (quasi)natural experiments, the auxiliary assumptions are unlikely to hold. We therefore introduce alternative IV estimators that are robust to non-randomly missing instruments without auxiliary assumptions. A Monte-Carlo study illustrates our results.
        KW  - sub-sample estimation
KW  - sample selection
KW  - partially missing instruments
KW  - instrumental variables
        ER  -