International Fellows

Sokbae (Simon) Lee

Columbia University and IFS

Sokbae is a Professor of Economics at Columbia University. His research focuses on theoretical and applied econometrics.

Selected Publications

Optimal data collection for randomized control trials

In a randomized control trial, the precision of an average treatment effect estimator and the power […]

Pedro Carneiro, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Daniel Wilhelm
27 March 2017 | CWP15/17

Previous version

Optimal data collection for randomized control trials
Pedro Carneiro, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Daniel Wilhelm
1 April 2016 | CWP15/16
Nonparametric estimation and inference under shape restrictions

Economic theory often provides shape restrictions on functions of interest in applications, such as monotonicity, convexity, […]

Joel L. Horowitz, Sokbae (Simon) Lee
25 July 2016 | CWP29/16

Previous version

Nonparametric estimation and inference under shape restrictions
Joel L. Horowitz, Sokbae (Simon) Lee
19 October 2015 | CWP67/15
Optimal data collection for randomized control trials

In a randomized control trial, the precision of an average treatment e ffect estimator can be […]

Pedro Carneiro, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Daniel Wilhelm
1 April 2016 | CWP15/16

Latest version

Optimal data collection for randomized control trials
Pedro Carneiro, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Daniel Wilhelm
23 October 2017 | CWP45/17
The lasso for high dimensional regression with a possible change point

We consider a high dimensional regression model with a possible change point due to a covariate […]

Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Myung Hwan Seo, Youngki Shin
31 January 2016 | Journal Article
Doubly robust uniform confidence band for the conditional average treatment effect function

In this paper, we propose a doubly robust method to present the heterogeneity of the average […]

Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Ryo Okui, Yoon-Jae Whang
10 January 2016 | CWP03/16
Identifying effects of multivalued treatments

Multivalued treatment models have only been studied so far under restrictive assumptions: ordered choice, or more […]

Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Bernard Salanie
8 December 2015 | CWP72/15

Latest version

Identifying effects of multivalued treatments
Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Bernard Salanie
12 June 2018 | CWP34/18
Nonparametric tests of conditional treatment effects with an application to single-sex schooling on academic achievements

We develop a general class of nonparametric tests for treatment effects conditional on covariates. We consider […]

Minsu Chang, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Yoon-Jae Whang
30 October 2015 | Journal Article

Previous version

Nonparametric tests of conditional treatment effects
Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Yoon-Jae Whang
6 December 2009 | CWP36/09
Nonparametric estimation and inference under shape restrictions

Economic theory often provides shape restrictions on functions of interest in applications, such as monotonicity, convexity, […]

Joel L. Horowitz, Sokbae (Simon) Lee
19 October 2015 | CWP67/15

Latest version

Nonparametric estimation and inference under shape restrictions
Joel L. Horowitz, Sokbae (Simon) Lee
25 July 2016 | CWP29/16
Please call me John: name choice and the assimilation of immigrants in the United States, 1900-1930

The vast majority of immigrants to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century […]

Pedro Carneiro, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Hugo Reis
24 June 2015 | CWP28/15
Breaking the curse of dimensionality in conditional moment inequalities for discrete choice models

This paper studies inference of preference parameters in semiparametric discrete choice models when these parameters are […]

Le-Yu Chen, Sokbae (Simon) Lee
18 June 2015 | CWP26/15