Competing risks models are fundamentally unidentified. This paper derives bounds for aspects of the underlying distributions under a number of different assumptions. These bounds are then applied to mortality data from the US. We find that trends in cancer show much larger improvements than was previously estimated.Bounds; Competing Risks; Cancer

Adriana Lleras-Muney

Bo E. Honoré

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