作者：Graham, Bryan S.; De Xavier Pinto, Cristine Campos; Egel, Daniel
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Berkeley; National Bureau of Economic Research; Getulio Vargas Foundation; RAND Corporation
摘要：We propose a new inverse probability weighting (IPW) estimator for moment condition models with missing data. Our estimator is easy to implement and compares favourably with existing IPW estimators, including augmented IPW estimators, in terms of efficiency, robustness, and higher-order bias. We illustrate our method with a study of the relationship between early Black-White differences in cognitive achievement and subsequent differences in adult earnings. In our data set, the early childhood ...
作者：Guner, Nezih; Kaygusuz, Remzi; Ventura, Gustavo
作者单位：ICREA; Autonomous University of Barcelona; Barcelona School of Economics; Sabanci University; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe
摘要：We evaluate reforms to the U.S. tax system in a life cycle set-up with heterogeneous married and single households and with an operative extensive margin in labour supply. We restrict our model with observations on gender and skill premia, labour-force participation of married females across skill groups, children, and the structure of marital sorting. We concentrate on two revenue-neutral tax reforms: a proportional income tax and a reform in which married individuals file taxes separately (s...
