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Statistica Sinica 36 (2026), 1499-1519

ON DOUBLY ROBUST ESTIMATION
WITH NONIGNORABLE MISSING DATA
USING INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES

Baoluo Sun*, Wang Miao and Deshanee S. Wickramarachchi

National University of Singapore, Peking University and University of Colombo

Abstract: Suppose we are interested in the mean of an outcome that is subject to nonignorable nonresponse. This paper develops new semiparametric estimation methods with instrumental variables which affect nonresponse, but not the outcome. The proposed estimators remain consistent and asymptotically normal even under partial model misspecifications for two variation independent nuisance components. We evaluate the performance of the proposed estimators via a simulation study, and apply them in adjusting for missing data induced by HIV testing refusal in the evaluation of HIV seroprevalence in Mochudi, Botswana, using interviewer experience as an instrumental variable.

Key words and phrases: Doubly robust estimation, endogeneous selection, exclusion restriction, instrumental variable, nonignorable nonresponse.


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