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1Department of Statistical Science, Temple University.
Abstract:
The instrumental variable approaches have been demonstrated effective for semiparametrically modeling the propensity function in analyzing data that may be missing not at random. A model specification test is considered for a class of parsimonious semiparametric propensity models. The test is constructed based on assessing an over-identification so as to detect possible incompatibility in the moment conditions when the model and/or instrumental variables are misspecified. Validity of the test under the null hypothesis is established; and its power is studied when the model is misspecified. A data analysis and simulations are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of our methods.
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