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---
title: "Assesing the significance of cct policies on homicide rates using synthetic control methods - Colombian municipalities in the pacific region"
author: "Felipe Santos-Marquez"
date: "02/28/2021"
output: html_document
---
# Load packages
```{r setup, include=FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(warning = FALSE, message = FALSE)
library(tidyverse)
library(readr)
library(Synth)
library(readxl)
options(prompt="R> ", digits=3, scipen=9999)
```
# computing the policy coverage variable
In general terms, the coverage of a CCT program can be expressed as a ratio:
$$PC=\frac{PeC}{PentC}$$
Where $PC$ stands for policy coverage, $PeC$ is the number of people covered by the policy -who received the fund transfer- and $PentC$ is the number of people who are entitled to be covered by the policy.
Nevertheless, the exact measure of both the numerator and the denominator are not easily accessible data, in the sense of being openly shared by the central government of Colombia.
To overcome this measurement issue, the following proxy of policy coverage is used in this study:
$$(proxy)\space PC= 100*\frac{( CCCT_{2011}- CCCT_{2006})}{DepP}$$
Where $CCCT_i$ is the number of children and teenagers in households that received the CCT transfer in 2006 and 2011.
As a matter of fact, the data for 2006 is aggregated from 2001 to 2006.
In 2006 the program was formally deployed, and yearly disaggregated information is not available from 2001 and 2006 when pilot programs were deployed.
This data was acquired directly from the Administrative Department for Social Prosperity, the entity that is in charge of implementing public policies to alleviate poverty and promote equality in Colombia.
Additionally, $DepP$ is the number of people deprived because of "school absence".
In this sense, a person is considered deprived if they belong to a household that has at least one child/teenager between 6 and 16 years old who does not attend an educational institution.
This data is part of the Municipal database assembled by CEDE at University of the Andes (Universidad de los Andes) in Bogota, Colombia.
The availability of this specific indicator is related to the fact that it is one of the 15 indicators used to construct the national multidimensional poverty index.
Data are only available across all municipalities for the year 2005 because on this year a national census was carried out.
# loading data for CCTs and computing policy coverage
Data for $DepP$ for 2005 is equivalent to the variable **ipm_asisescu_pob** in the following datasets
```{r}
gen_ori<- read_csv("data/ipm_asisescu_pob.csv")
gen_ori<- gen_ori[-1]
gen<- gen_ori %>%
filter(ano==2005) %>%
select(1:6,ipm_asisescu_pob)
gen
```
## load CCT data
```{r}
library(readxl)
cct2 <- read_excel("data/raw_data_andes_cct2005_2010.xlsx",
skip = 1)
cct2
colnames(cct2)
```
In some municipalities more children received the help in the first year (2006) than in 2010, those municipalities are removed from this preliminary analysis.
```{r}
cct2 %>%
filter(dif_2010_2006<=0)
cct2<- cct2 %>%
select(1:4, contains(c("nna_", "dif"))) %>%
arrange(desc(dif_2010_2006)) %>%
filter(!dif_2010_2006<=0)
cct2
```
## merging CCT data and DepP data
```{r}
gen
cct2<- cct2 %>%
rename(codmpio = COD)
cct2
cct<- inner_join(gen, cct2, by="codmpio")
cct
```
## cct data frame
Policy coverage = **cct_per**
```{r}
cct<- cct%>%
mutate(cct_per= 100* dif_2010_2006/ipm_asisescu_pob ) %>%
select(codmpio, MUNICIPIO, coddepto, depto, dif_2010_2006,ipm_asisescu_pob,cct_per)
cct_master<- cct
cct_master
```
# Loading other datasets
```{r}
# Codes for municipalities
codigos_municipios <- read_csv("data/codigos_municipios.csv")
# Determinants of homicide rates
determinants_final_no_na<- read_csv("data/code05_crime_determinants_municipal_01_04_07_10.csv")
determinants_final_no_na<- determinants_final_no_na[,-1]
colnames(determinants_final_no_na)[1]<- "codmpio"
# Filtered series of homicide rates
nmr_filter <- read.csv("data/code05_hodrick_filtered_homicides.csv")
nmr_filter <- nmr_filter %>%
select(-1) %>% mutate(eb_mr_fil= 10000-eb_nmr_fil)
```
# Data wrangling (preparing data for the Synth function)
## Creating dataframes for munimiciaplities with different population specifications
In this tutorial only pobl_10000 is used, other datasets may be used to evaluate the robustness of the results for municipalities with smaller or larger populations.
```{r}
pobl_all<- gen_ori %>%
filter(ano==2005) %>%
select(depto,codmpio,municipio, pobl_tot) %>%
filter(pobl_tot>-1)
# over 10 000 people
pobl_10000<- gen_ori %>%
filter(ano==2005) %>%
select(depto,codmpio,municipio, pobl_tot) %>%
filter(pobl_tot>10000)
# over 20 000 people
pobl_20000<- gen_ori %>%
filter(ano==2005) %>%
select(depto,codmpio,municipio, pobl_tot) %>%
filter(pobl_tot>20000)
# over 30 000 people
pobl_30000<- gen_ori %>%
filter(ano==2005) %>%
select(depto,codmpio,municipio, pobl_tot) %>%
filter(pobl_tot>30000)
# over 40 000 people
pobl_40000<- gen_ori %>%
filter(ano==2005) %>%
select(depto,codmpio,municipio, pobl_tot) %>%
filter(pobl_tot>40000)
# between 10 000 and 20 000 people
pobl_10000_20000<- gen_ori %>%
filter(ano==2005) %>%
select(depto,codmpio,municipio, pobl_tot) %>%
filter(pobl_tot>10000) %>%
filter(pobl_tot<=20000)
# between 20 000 and 30 000 people
pobl_20000_30000<- gen_ori %>%
filter(ano==2005) %>%
select(depto,codmpio,municipio, pobl_tot) %>%
filter(pobl_tot>20000) %>%
filter(pobl_tot<=30000)
```
## how many municipalities in each state
```{r}
codigos_municipios %>%
group_by(`Código Departamento`, `Nombre Departamento`) %>%
summarize(number_municipalities=n()) %>%
arrange(desc(number_municipalities))
```
## Municipalities in the pacific region can be filteres using the dummy variable **gpacifica** or by selecting all the states in the region
'"19","76","27","52" are the IDs of the states in the pacific region)
```{r}
gen_ori %>%
filter(ano==2018) %>%
filter(gpacifica==1)
```
# creating the dataset of crime determinants for the municipaliteis in the pacific region (det_dep)
```{r}
pobl<-pobl_10000
pop <- as.character("pop_10K")
# "19","76","27","52" are the ID of the states in the pacific region
dep_number=c("19","76","27","52")
dep<- codigos_municipios %>%
filter(`Código Departamento`%in%dep_number) %>%
mutate(codmpio= as.double(`Código Municipio`)) %>%
filter(codmpio %in% pobl$codmpio)
pacific_states<- as.double(dep$`Código Municipio`)
det_dep<- determinants_final_no_na %>%
filter(codmpio %in% pacific_states) %>%
filter(!year==2001)
det_dep
```
# Finding the municiaplities in the control and treatment groups
## categorical variable for municipalities below and above the coverage threshold
```{r}
# control group coverage below 30%
low=30
# treatment group coverage above 70%
high=70
cct<- cct_master %>%
filter(codmpio %in% pacific_states) %>%
filter(!is.na(cct_per))
# cct_group variable: 1 below 30% coverage, 3 30%-70% coverage, 2 above 70% coverage
cct<- cct %>%
mutate(cct_group= ifelse(cct_per<low, 1, ifelse(cct_per>high,2,3)))
cluster<- cct %>%
select(codmpio, cct_group)
cluster %>%
group_by(cct_group) %>%
summarise(n=n())
```
## preparing the data for the synth package
Joining the data of homicide determinants and the filtered homicides data
new_syn is the dataframe that will be used to run the synth function()
```{r}
det_dep<- det_dep %>%
rename(eb_mr2= eb_mr)
det_dep
det_dep<-right_join(det_dep, cluster, by="codmpio")
# filtering the data for the filtered homicide rates by years and for municipalities in the pacific region
nmr<- nmr_filter %>% select(codmpio=code, year, eb_mr_fil) %>%
filter(codmpio %in% pacific_states) %>%
filter(year>=2003 & year<=2018) %>%
filter(codmpio %in% det_dep$codmpio )
new_syn<- full_join(nmr, det_dep, by=c("codmpio", "year")) %>%
arrange(codmpio, year)
#new_syn
new_syn<- new_syn %>% fill(cct_group)
new_syn<- new_syn %>% fill(cct_group, .direction=c("up"))
new_syn
```
## creating the list of control and treatment municipalities
```{r}
club1<-new_syn %>%
filter(cct_group==1) %>% filter(year==2018) %>%
arrange(desc( eb_mr_fil))
#club1
club2<-new_syn %>%
filter(cct_group==2) %>% filter(year==2018) %>%
arrange(desc( eb_mr_fil))
#club2
#IDs of control municipalities
control<- c(club1$codmpio)
#IDs of treatment municipalities
#In the treatment vector the control municipalities are also included, this is because placebo regions are generated this way (as synthetic controls of each of the units in the control group)
treatment<- c(club1$codmpio, club2$codmpio)
```
# Using the synth() function
running the following chunk took about 20 minutes in my PC. Instead of running it, you may load the workspace "output-synth-function-loop" and load the results.
The figures are stored in the folder output/30_70/.
```{r}
new_syn<- new_syn %>%
mutate(mun=as.character(codmpio)) %>%
select(mun, everything())
new_syn
year<-c(2003:2018)
mr_gap_pacific_states<- data.frame(year)
plot_pacific_states=list()
list.synth=list()
for (xx in 1:length(treatment)) {
control<- c(club1$codmpio)
control<- control[!(control %in% treatment[xx])]
muni=treatment[xx]
class(new_syn)
new_syn <- as.data.frame(new_syn)
dataprep.out <- dataprep(
foo = new_syn,
predictors = c(5:19),
predictors.op = "mean",
time.predictors.prior = c(2004,2007,2010),
special.predictors = list(
list("errad_aerea" ,c(2004,2007,2010), "mean"),
list("lag.ataqinst_ELN" ,c(2004,2007), "mean"),
list("lag.H_coca" ,c(2004,2007,2010), "mean"),
list("lag.errad_manual" ,c(2004,2007,2010), "mean"),
list("H_Coca_mayor3" ,c(2004,2007,2010), "mean"),
list("lag.DF_gast_inv" ,c(2004,2007,2010), "mean"),
list("errad_manual" ,c(2004,2007,2010), "mean"),
list("lag.lotes_coca" ,c(2004,2007,2010), "mean"),
list("lotes_coca" ,c(2004,2007,2010), "mean"),
list("lag.g_terreno" ,c(2004,2007,2010), "mean"),
list("imr" ,c(2004,2007,2010), "mean"),
list("lag.gini" ,c(2004), "mean"),
list("Litr" ,c(2004), "mean"),
list("lag.eb_pir" ,c(2010), "mean"),
list("eb_mr2" ,c(2004,2007,2010), "mean")),
dependent = "eb_mr_fil",
unit.variable = "codmpio",
unit.names.variable = "mun",
time.variable = "year",
treatment.identifier = muni,
controls.identifier = control,
time.optimize.ssr = 2003:2011,
time.plot = 2003:2018)
# tryCatch is used so that the for loop continues even if there is an error in one of the steps
tryCatch({
synth.out <- synth(data.prep.obj = dataprep.out, method = "BFGS", quadopt = "ipop", Margin.ipop = 5e-04,Sigf.ipop = 5,Bound.ipop = 10)
# the line quadopt = "ipop", Margin.ipop = 5e-04,Sigf.ipop = 5,Bound.ipop = 10 have been added to speed up the synth function, this line was not included in the analysis of the submitted thesis
# Creating plots of the homicide trends for municipalities and their synthetic counterparts
namenn<- paste("mun",as.character(muni), sep = "_")
namenn<- paste(namenn, as.character(low), as.character(high), ".pdf", sep="_")
filen<- paste("output/30_70/", namenn, sep="")
## 1. Create pdf file
pdf(filen, width = 7, height = 7)
## 2. Create the plot
path.plot(synth.res = synth.out, dataprep.res = dataprep.out,
Ylab = "Empirical Bayes homicide rate (per 10000)", Xlab = "year", Legend = c(paste("municipality", as.character(muni), sep=" "),
"synthetic control"), Legend.position = "topright", tr.intake = 2011)
## 3. Close the file
dev.off()
# Tables are produced by using the synth.tab() function for each unit in the vector treatment and saved in the element [[xx]] of a list
list.synth[[xx]] <- synth.tab(dataprep.res = dataprep.out, synth.res = synth.out)
#the annual discrepancies in the homicide trend between each municipality and its synthetic counterpart is stored in the "gap" object
gap <- dataprep.out$Y1plot - (dataprep.out$Y0plot %*% synth.out$solution.w)
# gap is turned into a dataframe and merged in each xx step of the loop with the mr_gap_pacific_states dataframe
gap<- as.data.frame(gap) %>%
mutate(year=2003:2018)
colnames(gap)[1] <- paste("m", colnames(gap)[1], sep="")
mr_gap_pacific_states <- left_join(mr_gap_pacific_states, gap, by="year")
}, error=function(e){cat("ERROR :",conditionMessage(e), "\n")})
}
```
# Analysing the outputs of the synth() function
Since the for loop was carried out entirely xx=63.
The mr_gap_pacific_states dataframe has the gap (real - synthetic) for each of the 63 municipalities
```{r}
xx
mr_gap_pacific_states
```
## Genaral plot - gaps over time for all municiaplites
```{r}
values<- c("black","gray")
plot_location<- paste("output/",pop, as.character(low),as.character(high),".png", sep = "_")
high_treatment<- paste("m", club2$codmpio, sep="")
# gather mr_gap_pacific_states dataframe
mr_gap_pacific_states_plot<- mr_gap_pacific_states %>%
gather(key= "municipality", value = "gap", 2:ncol(.)) %>%
mutate(cct=ifelse(municipality %in% high_treatment, "high", "low"))
mr_gap_pacific_states_plot %>%
filter(year==2003) %>%
group_by(cct) %>%
summarise(number_mun= n_distinct(municipality))
mr_gap_pacific_states_plot %>%
ggplot(aes(x=year,y=gap, group=municipality, color=cct)) +
geom_line(lwd=1.2)+
scale_colour_manual(values=values)+
theme_minimal() +
labs(subtitle = "",
x = "year",
y = "Homicide rate gap", legend.title="h" ) +
theme(text=element_text( family="Palatino"), axis.text=element_text(size=15),axis.title=element_text(size=15), legend.text = element_text(size=15), legend.title = element_text(size=15))+
guides(colour=guide_legend(title="CCT coverage"))
ggsave(plot_location)
```
It can be seen that Loss V in the list list.synth is the mean square prediction error before the treatment (before 2011)
```{r}
mr_gap_pacific_states
list.synth[[1]]$tab.loss
treatment[1]
sum(mr_gap_pacific_states$m52835[1:9]^2)/9
list.synth[[2]]$tab.loss
treatment[2]
sum(mr_gap_pacific_states$m19050[1:9]^2)/9
```
## calculation of the post treatment mean square prediction error
```{r}
post_mspe<- mr_gap_pacific_states %>%
filter(year>=2012) %>%
gather(key="municipality", value = "gap", 2:ncol(.)) %>%
mutate(gap=gap^2) %>%
group_by(municipality) %>%
summarise(post_mspe_gap=mean(gap))
post_mspe
mr_gap_pacific_states %>%
filter(year>=2012) %>%
gather(key="municipality", value = "gap", 2:ncol(.)) %>%
mutate(gap=gap^2)
```
## creating a dataframe with loss W and loss V for all municipalities
```{r}
table.loss <- data.frame(mun= 0, `Loss W`=0, `Loss V`=0)
for (x in seq_along(treatment)) {
if (is.null(list.synth[[x]]$tab.loss)) {
dat<- data.frame(mun= treatment[x], `Loss W`=NA, `Loss V`=NA)
} else {
dat<- data.frame(mun= treatment[x], as.data.frame(list.synth[[x]]$tab.loss))
}
table.loss<- rbind(table.loss, dat)
}
table.loss<- table.loss%>%
filter(mun>0) %>%
mutate(mun=paste("m", as.character(mun), sep=""))
table.loss
```
## t-test and plot - "Postperiod RMSPE/Preperiod RMSPE"
the ratio "Postperiod RMSPE/Preperiod RMSPE" for the control and treatment municipalities is not statistically different, as can be seen in the results of the t-test
```{r}
#post_mspe
#table.loss
post.pre <- inner_join( post_mspe, table.loss, by=c("municipality"="mun")) %>%
select(-Loss.W) %>%
mutate(high_cct=ifelse(municipality %in% high_treatment, "high","low")) %>%
mutate(post_pre_ratio= sqrt(post_mspe_gap)/sqrt(Loss.V))
post.pre
plot_location1<- paste("output/box_plot",pop, as.character(low),as.character(high),".png", sep = "_")
set.seed(2019)
post.pre %>%
ggplot( aes(x=high_cct, y=(post_pre_ratio), color=high_cct)) +
coord_flip()+
geom_boxplot(color = "gray60", outlier.alpha = 0) +
geom_jitter(size = 3, alpha = 0.25, width = 0.2)+
labs(subtitle = "",
y = " Postperiod RMSPE / Preperiod RMSPE ",
x = "", legend.title="h" )+
theme(text=element_text( family="Palatino"), axis.text=element_text(size=17),axis.title=element_text(size=17), legend.text = element_text(size=17), legend.title = element_text(size=17), axis.title.x=element_blank(),
axis.text.x=element_blank(),
axis.ticks.x=element_blank())+
guides(colour=guide_legend(title=" CCT \n coverage"))+
theme_minimal()
ggsave(plot_location1)
post.pre.high<- post.pre %>%
filter(high_cct=="high") %>% select(post_pre_ratio)
post.pre.low <-post.pre %>%
filter(high_cct=="low") %>% select(post_pre_ratio)
t.test(x= post.pre.high, y = post.pre.low, alternative = c("two.sided", "less", "greater"), mu = 0, paired = FALSE, var.equal = FALSE, conf.level = 0.95)
```
## t-test of the "2018 gap" and "2018 gap/Preperiod RMSPE"
the mean of both the "2018 gap" and the "2018 gap/Preperiod RMSPE" are statistically different for the treatment units and the placebos (synthetic controls of the control regions). See the plots and the results of both t-tests
```{r}
gap.high.cct <-mr_gap_pacific_states_plot %>%
filter(year==2018 & cct=="high") %>%
select(gap)
#gap.high.cct
gap.low.cct <-mr_gap_pacific_states_plot %>%
filter(year==2018 & cct=="low") %>%
select(gap)
#gap.low.cct
t.test(x= gap.low.cct , y = gap.high.cct, alternative = c("two.sided", "less", "greater"), mu = 0, paired = FALSE, var.equal = FALSE, conf.level = 0.95)
gap.high.cct <-mr_gap_pacific_states_plot %>%
filter(year==2018 & cct=="high") %>%
left_join(., table.loss, by=c("municipality"= "mun")) %>%
mutate(gap_ratio= gap/(sqrt(Loss.V))) %>%
select( gap_ratio)
#gap.high.cct
gap.low.cct <-mr_gap_pacific_states_plot %>%
filter(year==2018 & cct=="low") %>%
left_join(., table.loss, by=c("municipality"= "mun")) %>%
mutate(gap_ratio= gap/(sqrt(Loss.V))) %>%
select( gap_ratio)
#gap.low.cct
t.test(x= gap.low.cct , y = gap.high.cct, alternative = c("two.sided", "less", "greater"), mu = 0, paired = FALSE, var.equal = FALSE, conf.level = 0.95)
plot_location1<- paste("output/box_plot_gap",pop, as.character(low),as.character(high),".png", sep = "_")
gap.high.cct<- data.frame(gap= gap.high.cct, cct= rep("high",length( gap.high.cct)))
gap.low.cct<- data.frame(gap= gap.low.cct, cct= rep("low",length(gap.low.cct)))
post.pre.gap<- rbind(gap.high.cct, gap.low.cct)
set.seed(2018)
post.pre.gap %>%
ggplot( aes(x=cct, y=gap_ratio, color=cct)) +
coord_flip()+
geom_boxplot(color = "gray60", outlier.alpha = 0) +
geom_jitter(size = 4, alpha = 0.15, width = 0.1)+
stat_summary(fun = mean, geom = "point", size = 5, alpha=1)+
#stat_summary(fun = median, geom = "line", size = 5)+
labs(subtitle = "",
y = " 2018 gap / Preperiod RMSPE ",
x = "" )+
theme(text=element_text( family="Palatino"), axis.text=element_text(size=17),axis.title=element_text(size=17), legend.text = element_text(size=17), legend.title = element_text(size=17), axis.title.x=element_blank(),
axis.text.x=element_blank(),
axis.ticks.x=element_blank())+
guides(colour=guide_legend(title="CCT \n coverage"))+
theme_minimal()
ggsave(plot_location1)
plot_location1
```
For more details about this methodology and the placebo-tests see the references in the readme file of the main repository