Calendrier du 19 janvier 2015
Roy Seminar (ADRES)
Du 19/01/2015 de 17:00 à 18:15
Campus jourdan,Bâtiment E, Rez de chaussée, Salle 101
HENRANDEZ-LAGOS Pablo (NYU)
Political Identity and Trust
We explore how political identity affects trust. Using an incentivized experimental survey we vary information about partners' partisan identity to elicit trust behavior and beliefs. By eliciting beliefs, we are able to assess whether differences in trust rates are due to stereotyping or a "taste for discrimination." By measuring actual trustworthiness, we are able to determine whether beliefs are statistically correct. We find that trust is pervasive and depends on the partisan identity of the trustee. Differential trust rates are explained by incorrect stereotypes about the other's lack of trustworthiness rather than by a "taste for discrimination.
Job Market Seminar
Du 19/01/2015 de 12:15 à 13:30
Campus jourdan,Bâtiment A, Rez de chaussée, Salle 2
LAFFERS Lukas (NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS )
Bounding Average Treatment Effects using Linear Programming
This paper presents a method of calculating sharp bounds on the average treatment effect using linear programming under identifying assumptions commonly used in the literature. This new method provides a sensitivity analysis of the identifying assumptions and missing data in an application regarding the effect of parent’s schooling on children’s schooling. Even a mild departure from identifying assumptions may substantially widen the bounds on average treatment effects. Allowing for a small fraction of the data to be missing also has a large impact on the results.