Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/277703 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2023: Growth and the "sociale Frage"
Publisher: 
ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, Kiel, Hamburg
Abstract: 
This paper revisits the instrumental variable (IV) approach in Lipscomb et al. (2013, 2021, LMB) to study the impacts of electrification. We first make corrections to the construction of the dataset, including the modelled IV. Revised estimates on main outcomes and mechanisms are statistically insignificant, with substantially lower effect sizes. We second develop a framework that accounts for weak IVs and discourages specification screening. Applying it to LMB, we find that most theoretically justified specifications yield insignificant results. The proposed framework is transferable to other IV applications to reduce potential bias stemming from researcher's or replicator's discretion.
Subjects: 
replication
instrumental variables
electrification
infrastructure
specification curve analysis
robust inference
JEL: 
O13
C52
O18
Document Type: 
Conference Paper

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