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

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

Studies have shown a decreasing trend in the U.S. gender earnings gap since the 1980s. The […]

Jungmin Lee, Sokbae (Simon) Lee
31 January 2012 | Journal Article

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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
31 December 2011 | Journal Article

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Testing for threshold effects in regression models
Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Myung Hwan Seo, Youngki Shin
3 December 2010 | CWP36/10
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
4 November 2011 | CWP34/11

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Intersection bounds: estimation and inference
Victor Chernozhukov, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Adam Rosen
17 October 2012 | CWP33/12

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Intersection Bounds: estimation and inference
Victor Chernozhukov, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Adam Rosen
28 July 2009 | CWP19/09
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
30 October 2011 | Journal Article

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Trends in quality-adjusted skill premia in the United States, 1960-2000
Pedro Carneiro, Sokbae (Simon) Lee
23 January 2009 | CWP02/09
Is distance dying at last? Falling home bias in fixed effects models of patent citations

We examine the “home bias” of knowledge spillovers (the idea that knowledge spreads more slowly over […]

Rachel Griffith, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, John Van Reenen
24 May 2011 | CWP18/11
Local identification of nonparametric and semiparametric models

In parametric models a sufficient condition for local identification is that the vector of moment conditions […]

Xiaohong Chen, Victor Chernozhukov, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Whitney K. Newey
23 May 2011 | CWP17/11

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Local identification of nonparametric and semiparametric models
Xiaohong Chen, Victor Chernozhukov, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Whitney K. Newey
14 November 2012 | CWP37/12
Testing functional inequalities

This paper develops tests for inequality constraints of nonparametric regression functions. The test statistics involve a […]

Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Kyungchui (Kevin) Song, Yoon-Jae Whang
22 February 2011 | CWP12/11

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Testing functional inequalities
Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Song, Kyungchul, Yoon-Jae Whang
31 January 2013 | Journal Article
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
Characterization of the asymptotic distribution of semiparametric M-estimators

This paper develops a concrete formula for the asymptotic distribution of two-step, possibly non-smooth semiparametric M-estimators […]

Hidehiko Ichimura, Sokbae (Simon) Lee
31 December 2010 | Journal Article

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Characterization of the asymptotic distribution of semiparametric M-estimators
Hidehiko Ichimura, Sokbae (Simon) Lee
6 August 2006 | CWP15/06
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

Latest version

Testing for threshold effects in regression models
Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Myung Hwan Seo, Youngki Shin
31 December 2011 | Journal Article