Research Staff

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

Does it matter who responded to the survey? Trends in the U.S. gender earnings gap revisited

Blau and Kahn (JOLE, 1997; ILRR, 2006) decomposed trends in the U.S. gender earnings gap into […]

Jungmin Lee, Sokbae (Simon) Lee
11 February 2011 | CWP05/11

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Does it matter who responded to the survey? Trends in the U.S. gender earnings gap revisited
Jungmin Lee, Sokbae (Simon) Lee
31 January 2012 | Journal Article
Testing for threshold effects in regression models

In this article, we develop a general method for testing threshold effects in regression models, using […]

Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Myung Hwan Seo, Youngki Shin
3 December 2010 | CWP36/10

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Testing for threshold effects in regression models
Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Myung Hwan Seo, Youngki Shin
31 December 2011 | Journal Article
Uniform confidence bands for functions estimated nonparametrically with instrumental variables

This paper is concerned with developing uniform confidence bands for functions estimated nonparametrically with instrumental variables. […]

Joel L. Horowitz, Sokbae (Simon) Lee
11 July 2010 | CWP19/10

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Uniform confidence bands for functions estimated nonparametrically with instrumental variables
Joel L. Horowitz, Sokbae (Simon) Lee
30 June 2012 | Journal Article

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Nonparametric identification of accelerated failure time competing risks models

We provide new conditions for identification of accelerated failure time competing risks models. These include Roy […]

Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Arthur Lewbel
5 June 2010 | CWP14/10

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Nonparametric identification of accelerated failure time competing risks models
Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Arthur Lewbel
30 October 2013 | Journal Article
Nonparametric tests of conditional treatment effects

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

Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Yoon-Jae Whang
6 December 2009 | CWP36/09

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Nonparametric tests of conditional treatment effects with an application to single-sex schooling on academic achievements
Minsu Chang, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Yoon-Jae Whang
30 October 2015 | Journal Article
Intersection Bounds: estimation and inference

We develop a practical and novel method for inference on intersection bounds, namely bounds defined by […]

Victor Chernozhukov, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Adam Rosen
28 July 2009 | CWP19/09

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Intersection bounds: estimation and inference
Victor Chernozhukov, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Adam Rosen
17 October 2012 | CWP33/12
Uniform confidence bands for functions estimated nonparametrically with instrumental variables

This paper is concerned with developing uniform confidence bands for functions estimated nonparametrically with instrumental variables. […]

Joel L. Horowitz, Sokbae (Simon) Lee
27 July 2009 | CWP18/09

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Trends in quality-adjusted skill premia in the United States, 1960-2000

This paper presents new evidence that increases in college enrollment lead to a decline in the […]

Pedro Carneiro, Sokbae (Simon) Lee
23 January 2009 | CWP02/09

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Trends in quality-adjusted skill premia in the United States, 1960-2000
Pedro Carneiro, Sokbae (Simon) Lee
30 October 2011 | Journal Article
Estimating distributions of potential outcomes using local instrumental variables with an application to changes in college enrollment and wage inequality

This paper extends the method of local instrumental variables developed by Heckman and Vytlacil (1999, 2001, […]

Pedro Carneiro, Sokbae (Simon) Lee
22 January 2009 | CWP01/09
Testing for stochastic monotonicity

We propose a test of the hypothesis of stochastic monotonicity. This hypothesis is of interest in […]

Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Oliver Linton, Yoon-Jae Whang
31 July 2008 | CWP21/08

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Testing for stochastic monotonicity
Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Oliver Linton
1 March 2009 | Journal Article