no code implementations • 18 Jan 2023 • Javier Alejo, Antonio F. Galvao, Julian Martinez-Iriarte, Gabriel Montes-Rojas
This paper develops a semi-parametric procedure for estimation of unconditional quantile partial effects using quantile regression coefficients.
no code implementations • 7 Jan 2022 • Julian Martinez-Iriarte, Gabriel Montes-Rojas, Yixiao Sun
The location-scale shift is intended to study a counterfactual policy aimed at changing not only the mean or location of a covariate but also its dispersion or scale.
no code implementations • 13 Dec 2021 • Javier Alejo, Gabriel Montes-Rojas
A new Stata command, ldvqreg, is developed to estimate quantile regression models for the cases of censored (with lower and/or upper censoring) and binary dependent variables.
no code implementations • 8 Dec 2021 • Jorge Carrera, Gabriel Montes-Rojas, Fernando Toledo
Given the relative importance of commodity trade in the economic structure of these countries, our study reveals that the sign and size of the trade balance of commodity goods are key parameters to rationalize the impact of global financial and liquidity conditions.
no code implementations • 7 Dec 2021 • Javier Alejo, Leonardo Gasparini, Gabriel Montes-Rojas, Walter Sosa-Escudero
The `paradox of progress' is an empirical regularity that associates more education with larger income inequality.
no code implementations • 2 Dec 2021 • Javier Alejo, Gabriel Montes-Rojas, Walter Sosa-Escudero
In empirically relevant situations where the influence function is not available or difficult to compute, we suggest to use the \emph{sensitivity curve} (Tukey, 1977) as a feasible alternative.
no code implementations • 1 Feb 2021 • Javier Alejo, Antonio F. Galvao, Gabriel Montes-Rojas
The quantile first-stage is analogous to the least squares case, i. e., a linear projection of the endogenous variables on the instruments and other exogenous covariates, with the difference that the QR case is a weighted projection.