EconBase
← All papers

Fast and Reliable Jackknife and Bootstrap Methods for Cluster-Robust Inference

James G. MacKinnon, Morten Ørregaard Nielsen, Matthew D. Webb

arXiv 11 Jan 2023 · Econometrics · publishedJournal of Applied Econometrics (2023) · 42 citations (OpenAlex)

arXiv:2301.04527 · PDF · DOI · OpenAlex · Extracted main text

Abstract

We provide computationally attractive methods to obtain jackknife-based cluster-robust variance matrix estimators (CRVEs) for linear regression models estimated by least squares. We also propose several new variants of the wild cluster bootstrap, which involve these CRVEs, jackknife-based bootstrap data-generating processes, or both. Extensive simulation experiments suggest that the new methods can provide much more reliable inferences than existing ones in cases where the latter are not trustworthy, such as when the number of clusters is small and/or cluster sizes vary substantially. Three empirical examples illustrate the new methods.

Citation extraction

41
references
79
in-text mentions
41
distinct cited
0
self-citations
17,913
main-text words

appendix boundary found by none_found · 100% of the source is main text. Read the extracted text to check this.

Most heavily cited references

The works this paper leans on most, across its whole bibliography — not restricted to papers in our corpus. Ranked by composite intensity, which combines how often a work is mentioned, how many sections mention it, and how much of that falls in the main text rather than the appendix.

ReferenceIntensityMentionsSectionsMain text
1Djogbenou AA, Mac\-Kinnon JG, Nielsen M (2019) Asymptotic theory and wild bootstrap inference with clustered errors1.00074100%
2Mac\-Kinnon JG, Nielsen M, Webb MD (2023) Cluster-robust inference: A guide to empirical practice1.00074100%
3Bell RM, McCaffrey DF (2002) Bias reduction in standard errors for linear regression with multi-stage samples1.00054100%
4Mac\-Kinnon JG (2022) Fast cluster bootstrap methods for linear regression models1.00053100%
5Roodman D, Mac\-Kinnon JG, Nielsen M, Webb MD (2019) Fast and wild: Bootstrap inference in Stata using boottest1.00053100%
6Mac\-Kinnon JG, Nielsen M, Webb MD (2022) Leverage, influence, and the jackknife in clustered regression models: Reliable inference using summclust0.92843100%
7Hansen BE (2022) Jackknife standard errors for clustered regression0.84333100%
8Mac\-Kinnon JG, Webb MD (2018) The wild bootstrap for few (treated) clusters0.73732100%
9Mac\-Kinnon JG, Webb MD (2017) Wild bootstrap inference for wildly different cluster sizes0.73732100%
10Mac\-Kinnon JG, White H (1985) Some heteroskedasticity consistent covariance matrix estimators with improved finite sample properties0.73732100%

Showing the top 10 of 41 scored citations.

Cited by, within the corpus

arXiv econ.EM papers that cite this one, ranked by how heavily they lean on it.

Citing paperIntensityMentionsSections
1Cluster-Robust Jackknife and Bootstrap Inference for Logistic Regression Models0.983209
2Testing for the appropriate level of clustering in linear regression models0.92843
3Improved Inference for CSDID Using the Cluster Jackknife0.92844
4Genuinely Robust Inference for Clustered Data0.84343
5Non-Robustness of the Cluster-Robust Inference: with a Proposal of a New Robust Method0.73733
6Inference in Linear Dyadic Data Models with Network Spillovers0.40511
7Difference-in-Differences with Unpoolable Data0.40511
8A Dimension-Agnostic Bootstrap Anderson-Rubin Test For Instrumental Variable Regressions0.40511
9Estimation and exclusion restrictions in clustered linear models0.40511
10Estimation and Inference for the $$-Quantile of Individual Heterogeneous Coefficient0.40511