Zhuan Pei

Overview

Economist (Cornell University) specializing in applied microeconometrics, program evaluation, and the econometrics of regression kink and discontinuity designs.

Key Contributions / Features

• Generalized regression kink design (Card, Lee, Pei, and Weber 2015): co-developed the inference theory for the Regression Kink Design, including bias-correction and bandwidth-selection procedures for estimating causal effects from kinked policy rules.
• Research on measurement error in program-eligibility running variables and on social-insurance program evaluation, including the RKD estimate that DI income reduces beneficiary mortality (Gelber, Moore, Pei, and Strand 2023).

Related

• David Card
• David Lee
• Andrea Weber
• Regression Kink Design

Sources

• Card et al. 2015 — Inference on Causal Effects in a Generalized Regression Kink Design
• Gelber Moore and Strand 2017 — Disability Insurance Income Saves Lives