Econometric Methods for Distributional Policy Effects

This project aims to develop new econometric methods that can measure distributional policy effects by accounting for heterogeneous policy impacts among observationally equivalent individuals. The project expects to develop quantile regression methods under a difference-in-differences framework and will further extend our analysis by accommodating issues of censoring and sample selection. The research outcomes of this project are expected to substantially broaden the scope of the standard mean difference-in-differences approach and have significant contributions to empirical studies in the future. The project intends to provide statistically valid inferential procedures and conduct simulation exercise and empirical studies.

Funding source: Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Projects 2019.