Extrapolating Treatment Effects in Multi-Cutoff Regression Discontinuity Designs

DOI10.1080/01621459.2020.1751646MaRDI QIDQ5881975zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Matias D. Cattaneo, Luke Keele, Rocío Titiunik, Gonzalo Vazquez-Bare

Publication date 14 March 2023

Published in Journal of the American Statistical Association (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.04416

zbMATH Keywords

causal inferenceextrapolationregression discontinuity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Causal inference from observational studies (62D20)

Abstract: In non-experimental settings, the Regression Discontinuity (RD) design is one of the most credible identification strategies for program evaluation and causal inference. However, RD treatment effect estimands are necessarily local, making statistical methods for the extrapolation of these effects a key area for development. We introduce a new method for extrapolation of RD effects that relies on the presence of multiple cutoffs, and is therefore design-based. Our approach employs an easy-to-interpret identifying assumption that mimics the idea of "common trends" in difference-in-differences designs. We illustrate our methods with data on a subsidized loan program on post-education attendance in Colombia, and offer new evidence on program effects for students with test scores away from the cutoff that determined program eligibility.

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Uses Software

• rdrobust
• rdmulti

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