Questions tagged [endogeneity]
Endogeneity refers to a situation where an explanatory variable in a model is correlated with the error term. Endogeneity induces biased parameter estimates. This is an important problem when working with observational data and the goal is causal inference.
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Does endogeneity in a linear model imply a non-linear conditional mean?
Given the model: $y = a + bx + u$, and that $x$ is endogenous, This implies that $E(u|x)\neq 0$. I believe this implies that there are no values for $a$ and $b$ that exist that can make $E(u|x)=0$? So ...
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Statistical Test for Endogeneity Condition: Statistical Test for Correlation of Error Term with Independent Variables
We are given the following regression specification and terms, which I believe are fairly standard. The regression model is written as shown below. \begin{align} \boldsymbol{y} & =\boldsymbol{X\...
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How to handle potential endogeneity in a ppml gravity using orthogonal residuals and lagged instruments?
I'm working with dyadic panel data and estimating a Poisson Pseudo Maximum Likelihood (PPML) gravity model. Two variables I suspect to be endogenous (let's call them var1 and var2) are initially ...
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Rural and Urban subgroup analysis and potential endogeneity
I’m investigating the question: How does childbearing (specifically, transitioning from two to three children) affect mothers’ and fathers’ labor supply, particularly in rural versus urban settings? ...
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Does statistical significance at 10% undermine the credibility of an IV estimate?
I’m investigating the question: How does childbearing (specifically, transitioning from two to three children) affect mothers’ and fathers’ labor supply, particularly in rural versus urban settings? ...
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Is endogeneity only a problem for explanation, and not a problem for forecasting?
I was confused by the usual definition of endogeneity, in which it is described as regressors being correlated with residuals. I could not come up with code that generates data with such a feature. I ...
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Does including variables like price in a media mix model always lead to bias if they're partially influenced by upstream ad decisions? [closed]
I'm reading Challenges and Opportunities in Media Mix Modeling, and the author raises the following point regarding funnel-effect selection bias: A broader problem is that many important variables ...
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How to model Endogeneity in a Zero-Inflated process
I have a multivariate dataset consisting of household level variables such as education, location of the household, occupation, income, consumption etc. The regressand variable is number of social ...
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Biased beta in regression model - Multicollinearity or Endogeneity?
I am currently fitting a model where the sales of a company (Y) are explained by the company's investment in advertising (X), plus many other marketing variables. The estimated B for the the ...
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Endogenous Control Variables
Suppose a linear model estimated by OLS. Suppose X1 is the study variable and is strictly exogenous. Now, suppose control variables X2 and X3 are added. Suppose X2 and X3 are correlated with the error ...
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Is it valid to analyze a design where one condition involves endogenous and another exogenous assignment?
I am running an experiment using a lottery setup where participants are presented with information about risk and reward. The design includes two factors: Condition: In one condition (free sequence), ...
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Condition the effect of X on Y on the indicator of Y
As is in the title, I'm doing a research project that investigate the relationship between X (the dependent variable) and Y (the independent variable). Both of them are continuous variables and Y is ...
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Is this a correct understanding of why the Anderson-Hsaio estimator removes bias introduced by reverse causality in a estimator of an causal effect
So if I want to estimate the effect of x on y, however, I also know that y has an effect on x (in other words, reverse causality is present). I have a panel data for both variables, and I know there ...
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How can there be omitted variable bias in OLS? Shouldn't OLS always eliminate endogeneity?
How can there be Ommited Variable Bias (OVB) in OLS? Can't all regressions be computed without endogeneity? For introduction, this is Greene (Econometric Analysis, 8th edition)'s entry on OVB: ...
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A model to deal with endogeneity and simultaneity in panel data
Here is my set up (longitudinal mixed effects): Time periods: $t = 1,...,T$ Clusters: $j = 1,...,J$ Variables: $z_{jt}$, $x_{jt}$, $y_{jt}$ Initially, I wanted to make the following model (current ...