Daniel L Millimet
Biographic Data
| ID | 1088587 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel L Millimet |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel L |
| FAMILY NAME | Millimet |
| SIGNATURE | MILLIMET D L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Methodist University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5178-5993 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
On the (Mis) Use of the Fixed Effects Estimator
Data that span multiple units and time periods allow controlling for time‐invariant heterogeneity correlated with the covariates. While researchers can do this in different ways, the fixed effects estimator—also known as the within estimator, and equivalent to the least squares dummy variable approach—has become the default choice. But when time‐invariant attributes are not invariant to time—that is, when they are not invariant to the length of t…
The impact of measurement error on trends in earnings inequality in the USA
Measurement error is pervasive in self-reported income and has likely evolved over time. As such, the extent of and trends in income inequality are difficult to discern. While administrative data are a possible solution, they face their own measurement issues and are frequently unavailable. Here, we propose a new method based on stochastic frontier analysis to correct self-reported income for measurement error throughout the distribution. We then…
Partisan mortality cycles
Geographic disparities in mortality rates in the United States are pronounced and growing. The Black-White mortality gap is volatile but persistent, while the Rich-Poor mortality gap is increasing dramatically. While the causes of these inequalities are not understood, recent attention has focused on the role of place-specific factors. Here, we explore the importance of politics as a place-specific factor contributing to spatial inequality in mor…
Retrospectives: Yair Mundlak and the Fixed Effects Estimator
We discuss Yair Mundlak's (1927-2015) contribution to econometrics through the lens of the fixed effects estimator. We set the stage by discussing Mundlak's life and his seminal 1961 article in the Journal of Farm Economics, showing how it was looking at the right application - the study of agricultural productivity, which had hitherto been thought to be marred by the presence of management bias - that led Mundlak to use the fixed effects estimat…
Accounting for Skewed or One-Sided Measurement Error in the Dependent Variable
While classical measurement error in the dependent variable in a linear regression framework results only in a loss of precision, nonclassical measurement error can lead to estimates, which are biased and inference which lacks power. Here, we consider a particular type of nonclassical measurement error: skewed errors. Unfortunately, skewed measurement error is likely to be a relatively common feature of many outcomes of interest in political scie…
Partial Identification of Economic Mobility: With an Application to the United States
The economic mobility of individuals and households is of fundamental interest. While many measures of economic mobility exist, reliance on transition matrices remains pervasive due to simplicity and ease of interpretation. However, estimation of transition matrices is complicated by the well-acknowledged problem of measurement error in self-reported and even administrative data. Existing methods of addressing measurement error are complex, rely …
Empirical Tests of the Pollution Haven Hypothesis When Environmental Regulation is Endogenous: Empirical Tests of the Pollution Haven Hypothesis
The pollution haven hypothesis (PHH) posits that production within polluting industries will shift to locations with lax environmental regulation. While straightforward, the existing empirical literature is inconclusive owing to two shortcomings. First, unobserved heterogeneity and measurement error are typically ignored due to the lack of a credible, traditional instrumental variable for regulation. Second, geographic spillovers have not been ad…
Persistence in body mass index in a recent cohort of US children
Is the Quantity-Quality Trade-Off a Trade-Off for All, None, or Some
Although the theoretical trade-off between the quantity and quality of children is well established, empirical evidence supporting such a causal relationship—particularly on child health—is limited. We use two measures of child health to assess the quantity-quality trade-off across the entire distribution. Using data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey and controlling for the potential endogeneity of child quantity, we find modest, statisticall…
On the Specification of Propensity Scores, With Applications to the Analysis of Trade Policies
The use of propensity score methods for program evaluation with nonexperimental data typically requires that the propensity score be estimated, often with a model whose specification is unknown. Although theoretical results suggest that estimators using more flexible propensity score specifications perform better, this has not filtered into applied research. Here we provide Monte Carlo evidence indicating benefits of overspecifying the propensity…
Pollution Abatement Costs and Foreign Direct Investment Inflows to U.S. States: A Nonparametric Reassessment
Keller and Levinson (2002) utilize state-level panel data on inflows of foreign direct investment along with an innovative measure of relative pollution abatement costs to assess the impact of environmental stringency on capital flows. Using standard parametric panel data models, the authors find moderate evidence that capital flows are sensitive to abatement costs. Using recently developed nonparametric methods, we assess the robustness of this …
Legislative Organization and Pollution Taxation
Effects of environmental regulation on foreign and domestic plant births: Is there a home field advantage
The Environmental Kuznets Curve: Real Progress or Misspecified Models
We explore the importance of modeling strategies when estimating the emissions-income relationship. Using U.S. state-level panel data on nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide emissions, we estimate several environmental Kuznets curves using the standard parametric framework as well as a more flexible semiparametric alternative. Formal statistical comparisons of the results overwhelmingly reject the parametric approach. Moreover, the differences, part…
Effects of Environmental Regulations on Manufacturing Plant Births: Evidence from a Propensity Score Matching Estimator
This study examines the effects of air quality regulation on economic activity. Anecdotal evidence and some recent empirical studies suggest that an inverse relationship exists between the stringency of environmental regulations and new plant formations. Using a unique county-level data set for New York State from 1980 to 1990, we revisit this conjecture using a seminonparametric method based on propensity score matching. Our empirical estimates …
Strategic Interaction and the Determination of Environmental Policy across U.S. States
The Impact of Children on Wages, Job Tenure, and the Division of Household Labour
Journal Article The Impact of Children on Wages, Job Tenure, and the Division of Household Labour Get access Daniel L. Millimet Daniel L. Millimet Southern Methodist University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 110, Issue 462, March 2000, Pages C139–C157, https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0297.00526 Published: 25 December 2001
Strategic Interaction and the Determination of Environmental Policy across U.S. States
Accounting for Skewed or One-Sided Measurement Error in the Dependent Variable
While classical measurement error in the dependent variable in a linear regression framework results only in a loss of precision, nonclassical measurement error can lead to estimates, which are biased and inference which lacks power. Here, we consider a particular type of nonclassical measurement error: skewed errors. Unfortunately, skewed measurement error is likely to be a relatively common feature of many outcomes of interest in political scie…
Is the Quantity-Quality Trade-Off a Trade-Off for All, None, or Some
Although the theoretical trade-off between the quantity and quality of children is well established, empirical evidence supporting such a causal relationship—particularly on child health—is limited. We use two measures of child health to assess the quantity-quality trade-off across the entire distribution. Using data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey and controlling for the potential endogeneity of child quantity, we find modest, statisticall…
The Impact of Children on Wages, Job Tenure, and the Division of Household Labour
Journal Article The Impact of Children on Wages, Job Tenure, and the Division of Household Labour Get access Daniel L. Millimet Daniel L. Millimet Southern Methodist University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 110, Issue 462, March 2000, Pages C139–C157, https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0297.00526 Published: 25 December 2001
Legislative Organization and Pollution Taxation
Effects of environmental regulation on foreign and domestic plant births: Is there a home field advantage
Partisan mortality cycles
Geographic disparities in mortality rates in the United States are pronounced and growing. The Black-White mortality gap is volatile but persistent, while the Rich-Poor mortality gap is increasing dramatically. While the causes of these inequalities are not understood, recent attention has focused on the role of place-specific factors. Here, we explore the importance of politics as a place-specific factor contributing to spatial inequality in mor…
Retrospectives: Yair Mundlak and the Fixed Effects Estimator
We discuss Yair Mundlak's (1927-2015) contribution to econometrics through the lens of the fixed effects estimator. We set the stage by discussing Mundlak's life and his seminal 1961 article in the Journal of Farm Economics, showing how it was looking at the right application - the study of agricultural productivity, which had hitherto been thought to be marred by the presence of management bias - that led Mundlak to use the fixed effects estimat…
The Impact of Children on Wages, Job Tenure, and the Division of Household Labour
Journal Article The Impact of Children on Wages, Job Tenure, and the Division of Household Labour Get access Daniel L. Millimet Daniel L. Millimet Southern Methodist University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 110, Issue 462, March 2000, Pages C139–C157, https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0297.00526 Published: 25 December 2001
Strategic Interaction and the Determination of Environmental Policy across U.S. States
The Environmental Kuznets Curve: Real Progress or Misspecified Models
We explore the importance of modeling strategies when estimating the emissions-income relationship. Using U.S. state-level panel data on nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide emissions, we estimate several environmental Kuznets curves using the standard parametric framework as well as a more flexible semiparametric alternative. Formal statistical comparisons of the results overwhelmingly reject the parametric approach. Moreover, the differences, part…
Effects of Environmental Regulations on Manufacturing Plant Births: Evidence from a Propensity Score Matching Estimator
This study examines the effects of air quality regulation on economic activity. Anecdotal evidence and some recent empirical studies suggest that an inverse relationship exists between the stringency of environmental regulations and new plant formations. Using a unique county-level data set for New York State from 1980 to 1990, we revisit this conjecture using a seminonparametric method based on propensity score matching. Our empirical estimates …
Effects of environmental regulation on foreign and domestic plant births: Is there a home field advantage
Pollution Abatement Costs and Foreign Direct Investment Inflows to U.S. States: A Nonparametric Reassessment
Keller and Levinson (2002) utilize state-level panel data on inflows of foreign direct investment along with an innovative measure of relative pollution abatement costs to assess the impact of environmental stringency on capital flows. Using standard parametric panel data models, the authors find moderate evidence that capital flows are sensitive to abatement costs. Using recently developed nonparametric methods, we assess the robustness of this …
Legislative Organization and Pollution Taxation
On the Specification of Propensity Scores, With Applications to the Analysis of Trade Policies
The use of propensity score methods for program evaluation with nonexperimental data typically requires that the propensity score be estimated, often with a model whose specification is unknown. Although theoretical results suggest that estimators using more flexible propensity score specifications perform better, this has not filtered into applied research. Here we provide Monte Carlo evidence indicating benefits of overspecifying the propensity…
Is the Quantity-Quality Trade-Off a Trade-Off for All, None, or Some
Although the theoretical trade-off between the quantity and quality of children is well established, empirical evidence supporting such a causal relationship—particularly on child health—is limited. We use two measures of child health to assess the quantity-quality trade-off across the entire distribution. Using data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey and controlling for the potential endogeneity of child quantity, we find modest, statisticall…
Persistence in body mass index in a recent cohort of US children
Empirical Tests of the Pollution Haven Hypothesis When Environmental Regulation is Endogenous: Empirical Tests of the Pollution Haven Hypothesis
The pollution haven hypothesis (PHH) posits that production within polluting industries will shift to locations with lax environmental regulation. While straightforward, the existing empirical literature is inconclusive owing to two shortcomings. First, unobserved heterogeneity and measurement error are typically ignored due to the lack of a credible, traditional instrumental variable for regulation. Second, geographic spillovers have not been ad…
Partial Identification of Economic Mobility: With an Application to the United States
The economic mobility of individuals and households is of fundamental interest. While many measures of economic mobility exist, reliance on transition matrices remains pervasive due to simplicity and ease of interpretation. However, estimation of transition matrices is complicated by the well-acknowledged problem of measurement error in self-reported and even administrative data. Existing methods of addressing measurement error are complex, rely …
Accounting for Skewed or One-Sided Measurement Error in the Dependent Variable
While classical measurement error in the dependent variable in a linear regression framework results only in a loss of precision, nonclassical measurement error can lead to estimates, which are biased and inference which lacks power. Here, we consider a particular type of nonclassical measurement error: skewed errors. Unfortunately, skewed measurement error is likely to be a relatively common feature of many outcomes of interest in political scie…
The impact of measurement error on trends in earnings inequality in the USA
Measurement error is pervasive in self-reported income and has likely evolved over time. As such, the extent of and trends in income inequality are difficult to discern. While administrative data are a possible solution, they face their own measurement issues and are frequently unavailable. Here, we propose a new method based on stochastic frontier analysis to correct self-reported income for measurement error throughout the distribution. We then…
Partisan mortality cycles
Geographic disparities in mortality rates in the United States are pronounced and growing. The Black-White mortality gap is volatile but persistent, while the Rich-Poor mortality gap is increasing dramatically. While the causes of these inequalities are not understood, recent attention has focused on the role of place-specific factors. Here, we explore the importance of politics as a place-specific factor contributing to spatial inequality in mor…
Retrospectives: Yair Mundlak and the Fixed Effects Estimator
We discuss Yair Mundlak's (1927-2015) contribution to econometrics through the lens of the fixed effects estimator. We set the stage by discussing Mundlak's life and his seminal 1961 article in the Journal of Farm Economics, showing how it was looking at the right application - the study of agricultural productivity, which had hitherto been thought to be marred by the presence of management bias - that led Mundlak to use the fixed effects estimat…
On the (Mis) Use of the Fixed Effects Estimator
Data that span multiple units and time periods allow controlling for time‐invariant heterogeneity correlated with the covariates. While researchers can do this in different ways, the fixed effects estimator—also known as the within estimator, and equivalent to the least squares dummy variable approach—has become the default choice. But when time‐invariant attributes are not invariant to time—that is, when they are not invariant to the length of t…
Economics (12 works) · Econometrics (9 works) · Mathematics (9 works) · Statistics (9 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (8 works) · Climate Change Policy and Economics (6 works) · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (5 works) · Macroeconomics (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Estimator (4 works)