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Regression Discontinuity Designs

open access: yesAnnual Review of Economics, 2022
The regression discontinuity (RD) design is one of the most widely used nonexperimental methods for causal inference and program evaluation. Over the last two decades, statistical and econometric methods for RD analysis have expanded and matured, and there is now a large number of methodological results for RD identification, estimation, inference ...
Cattaneo, Matias D., Titiunik, Rocio
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Isotonic regression discontinuity designs [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Econometrics, 2019
This paper studies the estimation and inference for the isotonic regression at the boundary point, an object that is particularly interesting and required in the analysis of monotone regression discontinuity designs. We show that the isotonic regression is inconsistent in this setting and derive the asymptotic distributions of boundary corrected ...
Babii, Andrii, Kumar, Rohit
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The causal effect of retirement on stress in older adults in China: A regression discontinuity study

open access: yesSSM: Population Health, 2020
Population aging in middle-income countries, including China, has resulted in strong economic incentives to increase the retirement age. These economic incentives should be weighed up against the effects of later retirement on physical and mental health ...
Simiao Chen   +2 more
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Regression discontinuity design and its applications to Science of Science: A survey

open access: yesJournal of Data and Information Science, 2023
With the availability of large-scale scholarly datasets, scientists from various domains hope to understand the underlying mechanisms behind science, forming a vibrant area of inquiry in the emerging “science of science” field.
Li Meiling, Zhang Yang, Wang Yang
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District heating versus self-heating: Estimation of energy efficiency gap using regression discontinuity design

open access: yesChina Economic Quarterly International, 2021
This paper employs regression discontinuity design to estimate the impact of heating modes on residents’ energy consumption, energy efficiency gap, and energy usage behavior, using the Chinese Residential Energy Consumption Survey (CRECS).
Jing Jin, Yucheng Wang, Xinye Zheng
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How and to what extent can pensions facilitate increased use of health services by older people: evidence from social pension expansion in rural China

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background The proportion of people aged 60 years or over is growing faster than other age groups. Traditionally, retirement has been considered as both a loss to the labour market and an additional economic burden on the nation.
Shanquan Chen   +7 more
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Impact of the Tennessee Voluntary Prekindergarten Program on Children’s Literacy, Language, and Mathematics Skills: Results From a Regression-Discontinuity Design

open access: yesAERA Open, 2021
The Tennessee Voluntary Pre-K Program (TN-VPK) is statewide full-day program that gives priority to children from low-income families. A regression-discontinuity design with a statewide probability sample of 155 TN-VPK classrooms and 5,189 children ...
Georgine M. Pion, Mark W. Lipsey
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Estimating Incumbency Effects Using Regression Discontinuity Design

open access: yesResearch & Politics, 2018
In recent years, research on the incumbency effect using a regression discontinuity design has flourished. Although the regression discontinuity design has allowed scholars to examine the incumbency effect in various electoral settings, previous studies ...
B. K. Song
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On the reliability of published findings using the regression discontinuity design in political science

open access: yesResearch & Politics, 2023
The regression discontinuity (RD) design offers identification of causal effects under weak assumptions, earning it a position as a standard method in modern political science research.
Drew Stommes   +2 more
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Regression Discontinuity Designs in Health [PDF]

open access: yesEpidemiology, 2020
Background: Regression discontinuity designs are non-randomized study designs that permit strong causal inference with relatively weak assumptions. Interest in these designs is growing but there is limited knowledge of the extent of their application in health. We aimed to conduct a comprehensive systematic review of the use of
Hilton Boon, Michele   +4 more
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