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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 26.
Published in final edited form as: Health Econ. 2018 Mar 26;27(6):937–955. doi: 10.1002/hec.3647

Table 1:

Descriptive statistics for alternative data generating processes.

Outcomes DGP (β0) Exposure DGP (α0)
−2 −1.25 −0.3 0.5 1.5
−2 Pr(D) = 0.55 Pr(D) = 0.70 Pr(D) = 0.85 Pr(D) = 0.93 Pr(D) = 0.995
E(Y) = 0.51 E(Y) = 0.54 E(Y) = 0.57 E(Y) = 0.57 E(Y) = 0.58
ATE = 0.165 ATE = 0.165 ATE = 0.165 ATE = 0.165 ATE = 0.165
TT= 0.168 TT= 0.176 TT= 0.176 TT= 0.172 TT= 0.170
TUT =0.160 TUT =0.140 TUT =0.101 TUT =0.071 TUT =0.031
LATE = 0.212 LATE = 0.198 LATE = 0.150 LATE = 0.098 LATE = 0.046

0.5 Pr(D) = 0.55 Pr(D) = 0.70 Pr(D) = 0.85 Pr(D) = 0.93 Pr(D) = 0.995
E(Y) = 0.82 E(Y) = 0.84 E(Y) = 0.86 E(Y) = 0.87 E(Y) = 0.89
ATE = 0.097 ATE = 0.097 ATE = 0.097 ATE = 0.097 ATE = 0.097
TT= 0.044 TT= 0.060 TT= 0.078 TT= 0.088 TT=0.93
TUT =0.162 TUT =0.181 TUT =0.202 TUT =0.201 TUT =0.172
LATE = 0.100 LATE = 0.141 LATE = 0.192 LATE = 0.218 LATE = 0.203

1.5 Pr(D) = 0.55 Pr(D) = 0.70 Pr(D) = 0.85 Pr(D) = 0.93 Pr(D) = 0.995
E(Y) = 0.93 E(Y) = 0.93 E(Y) = 0.93 E(Y) = 0.95 E(Y) = 0.95
ATE = 0.058 ATE = 0.058 ATE = 0.058 ATE = 0.058 ATE = 0.058
TT=0.017 TT=0.025 TT=0.038 TT=0.047 TT=0.054
TUT =0.109 TUT =0.133 TUT =0.168 TUT =0.197 TUT =0.217
LATE = 0.045 LATE = 0.075 LATE = 0.127 LATE = 0.178 LATE =0.220

2.5 Pr(D) = 0.55 Pr(D) = 0.70 Pr(D) = 0.85 Pr(D) = 0.93 Pr(D) = 0.995
E(Y) = 0.96 E(Y) = 0.96 E(Y) = 0.96 E(Y) = 0.98 E(Y) = 0.98
ATE = 0.029 ATE = 0.029 ATE = 0.029 ATE = 0.029 ATE = 0.029
TT=0.005 TT=0.008 TT=0.014 TT=0.020 TT=0.023
TUT =0.059 TUT =0.077 TUT =0.110 TUT =0.144 TUT =0.185
LATE = 0.015 LATE = 0.029 LATE = 0.062 LATE = 0.107 LATE = 0.175

TT: Effect on the Treated; TUT: Effect on the Untreated; True values of TT and TUT are provided for information only