Efficient Estimation With Panel Data When Instruments Are Predetermined: An Empirical Comparison of Moment-Condition Estimators

James P. Ziliak

doi:10.1080/07350015.1997.10524720

Abstract

I examine the empirical performance of instrumental variables estimators with predetermined instruments in an application to life-cycle labor supply under uncertainty. The estimators studied are two-stage least squares, generalized method-of-moments (GMM), forward filter, independently weighted GMM, and split-sample instrumental variables. I compare the bias/efficiency trade-off for the estimators using bootstrap algorithms suggested by Freedman and by Brown and Newey. Results indicate that the downward bias in GMM is quite severe as the number of moment conditions expands, outweighing the gains in efficiency. The forward-filter estimator, however, has lower bias and is more efficient than two-stage least squares.

Keywords

EstimatorInstrumental variableMoment (physics)Generalized method of momentsEconometricsMathematicsStatisticsPanel dataLeast-squares function approximationFilter (signal processing)EconomicsComputer science

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University of Oregon US

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Year: 1997
Type: article
Volume: 15
Issue: 4
Pages: 419-431
Citations: 281
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                                    James P. Ziliak
                                
                            (1997). 
                            Efficient Estimation With Panel Data When Instruments Are Predetermined: An Empirical Comparison of Moment-Condition Estimators. 
                            Journal of Business and Economic Statistics
                            , 15
                            (4)
                            , 419-431.
                            https://doi.org/10.1080/07350015.1997.10524720

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DOI: 10.1080/07350015.1997.10524720