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Analyzing Regression-Discontinuity Designs With Multiple Assignment Variables: A Comparative Study of Four Estimation Methods

In a traditional regression-discontinuity design (RDD), units are assigned to treatment on the basis of a cutoff score and a continuous assignment variable. The treatment effect is measured at a ...
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ON NONPARAMETRIC INFERENCE IN THE REGRESSION DISCONTINUITY DESIGN

This paper studies the validity of nonparametric tests used in the regression discontinuity design. The null hypothesis of interest is that the average treatment effect at the threshold in the ...
Health Affairs

Adverse Events And Emergency Department Opioid Prescriptions In Adolescents

Understanding the risks associated with opioid prescription in adolescents is critical for informing opioid policy, but the risks are challenging to quantify given the lack of randomized trial data.
RIETI独立行政法人経済産業研究所

Regression Discontinuity Design As a Policy Impact Assessment Methodology - Assumptions, Key Points of Interpretation and Limitations for Practical Application

The Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) is one of the emerging methodology for recent policy impact assessment area. But based on the unique nature of RDD, its assumptions for practical application ...
RIETI独立行政法人経済産業研究所

Evidence of a Rubella Prevention Policy’s Effect from Regression Discontinuity Design: Automatic Receiving of Coupons for Free Antibody Testing and Vaccination

Since the prevalence of rubella antibodies is low among Japanese men aged 40 to 57, the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) has issued coupons for free rubella antibody testing and ...
Harvard Business School

Monitoring Public Procurement: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design in Chile

Gerardino, Maria Paula, Stephan Litschig, and Dina D. Pomeranz. "Monitoring Public Procurement: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design in Chile." Working Paper, September 2014. (Latest ...
Education Week

‘What Works’ Broadens Its Research Standards

For the first time since its inception, the U.S. Department of Education’s What Works Clearinghouse is broadening its definition of “gold standard” research to include nonexperimental designs. As part ...