Bounds for Average Treatment Effect on Couples with an application to the Retirement-Consumption Puzzle.

Eduardo Fe

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2025.112197

Bounds for Average Treatment Effect on Couples with an application to the Retirement-Consumption Puzzle.

Eduardo Fe

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Abstract

We present bounds for the Average Treatment Effect (ATE) of an exposure, $Z$, on an outcome, $Y$, when the units of interest are couples or individuals in a couple. We illustrate the usage of the bound in an application to the retirement-consumption puzzle.

Original language	English
Article number	112197
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	247
Early online date	23 Jan 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2025.112197
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2025

Keywords

Partial Identification
Monotonicity Restrictions,
Retirement
consumption
Expenditure
Average Treatment Effect

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