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JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL SOFTWARE
Volume 107, Issue 3, Pages 1-43Publisher
JOURNAL STATISTICAL SOFTWARE
DOI: 10.18637/jss.v107.i03
Keywords
endogeneity; internal instrumental variables
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Endogeneity is a common issue in causal analysis when the independence assumption between an explanatory variable and the error in a statistical model is violated. Instrumental variable estimation is a possible solution, but finding valid and strong external instruments is difficult. Therefore, internal instrumental variable approaches have been proposed to correct for endogeneity without relying on external instruments. The R package REndo implements various internal instrumental variable methods.
Endogeneity is a common problem in any causal analysis. It arises when the independence assumption between an explanatory variable and the error in a statistical model is violated. The causes of endogeneity are manifold and include response bias in surveys, omission of important explanatory variables, or simultaneity between explanatory and response variables. Instrumental variable estimation provides a possible solution. However, valid and strong external instruments are difficult to find. Consequently, internal instrumental variable approaches have been proposed to correct for endogeneity without relying on external instruments. The R package REndo implements various internal Wedel, Boeckenholt, and Steerneman 2005), higher moments estimation (Lewbel 1997), heteroscedastic error estimation (Lewbel 2012), joint estimation using copula (Park and Gupta 2012) and multilevel generalized method of moments estimation (Kim and Frees 2007). Package usage is illustrated on simulated and real-world data.
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