causal inference

An introduction to heterogeneous treatment effects using the two-stage DID estimator of Gardner (2021)

This paper investigates the regional Okun’s law across 514 districts of Indonesia over the 2011–2020 period. To handle the endogeneity issue, we apply a two-stage least squares (2SLS) model and use regional temperature as instrument for economic …

An introduction to difference in differences with multiple time periods and staggered treatment adoption.

An introduction to difference in differences with multiple time periods and staggered treatment adoption.

Theresa Graefe (Ulm University) has created a very nice RTutor that allows you to replicate the main results of a recent AEJ paper on the causal effects of a CO2 tax in Sweden using the syntetic control method.

An introduction to the basic differences in differences method using the classical incenerator example of Kiel and McClain (1995)

This method constructs a synthetic control unit as a weighted average of available control units that best approximate the relevant characteristics of the treated unit prior to treatment.