Semiparametric Analysis With Grouped Dependent Variables and Application to Physicians' Provision of Charity Care
分组因变量的半参数分析及其在医师慈善诊疗供给中的应用
We present estimators for semiparametric regression models where the dependent variable is grouped, that is, known to fall in a specified group with observable thresholds while its true value remains latent. Income, weeks unemployed, and treatment length are examples of such variables. Because the model is not amenable to direct estimation, estimators are derived from a transform in which the index emerges as the partially linear component in a vector of identities.…