BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251122T022801EST-27208t8aou@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20251122T072801Z DESCRIPTION:Automated Inference on Sharp Bounds\n\n\n Abstract:\n\n\nMany ca usal parameters involving the joint distribution of potential outcomes in treated and control states cannot be point-identified\, but only be bounde d from above and below. The bounds can be further tightened by conditionin g on pre-treatment covariates\, and the sharp version of the bounds corres ponds to using a full covariate vector. This paper gives a method for esti mation and inference on sharp bounds determined by a linear system of unde r-identified equalities (e.g.\, as in Heckman et al (ReSTUD\, 1997)). In t he sharp bounds’ case\, the RHS of this system involves a nuisance functio n of (many) covariates (e.g.\, the conditional probability of employment i n treated or control state). Combining Neyman-orthogonality and sample spl itting\, I provide an asymptotically Gaussian estimator of sharp bound tha t does not require solving the linear system in closed form. I demonstrate the method in an empirical application to Connecticut’s Jobs First welfar e reform experiment.\n\n\n Speaker\n\n\nVira Semenova is an assistant profe ssor at UC Berkeley’s Department of Economics. Her research interests are Econometrics and Machine Learning. https://sites.google.com/view/semenovav ira\n\nɬÀï·¬ Statistics Seminar schedule: https://mcgillstat.github.io/\n \nZoom link: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/83436686293?pwd=b0RmWmlXRXE3OWR6NlNI cWF5d0dJQT09\n\nMeeting ID: 834 3668 6293\n\nPasscode: 12345\n\n \n\n \n DTSTART:20221111T203000Z DTEND:20221111T213000Z SUMMARY:Vira Semenova (UC Berkeley) URL:/mathstat/channels/event/vira-semenova-uc-berkeley -343450 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR