LATE for history

Alberto Bisin; Andrea Moro

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-815874-6.00018-6

LATE for history

Alberto Bisin, Andrea Moro

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In Historical Economics, Persistence studies document the persistence of some historical phenomenon or leverage this persistence to identify causal relationships of interest in the present. In this chapter, we analyze the implications of allowing for heterogeneous treatment effects in these studies. We delineate their common empirical structure, argue that heterogeneous treatment effects are likely in their context, and propose minimal abstract models that help interpret results and guide the development of empirical strategies to uncover the mechanisms generating the effects.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Handbook of Historical Economics
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	269-296
Number of pages	28
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128158746
ISBN (Print)	9780128162682
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-815874-6.00018-6
State	Published - Jan 1 2021

Keywords

Culture
Identification
Institutions
Instrumental variables
Local average treatment effects
Persistence studies

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
General Business, Management and Accounting

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