causal

The Synthetic Control Method in Stata: Did California's Tobacco Tax Cut Smoking?

Estimate the causal effect of California's Proposition 99 tobacco control program on cigarette sales using the synthetic control method in Stata, with in-space placebo, in-time placebo, and leave-one-out robustness tests

Introduction to Difference-in-Differences (DiD) in Stata

Learn Difference-in-Differences (DiD) in Stata using a case study of an after-school tutoring program. Covers the 2x2 design, TWFE regression, event studies, and parallel trends testing based on Corral and Yang (2024).

Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) in Stata: Evaluating a Tutoring Program

Evaluate the causal effect of a school tutoring program on student exit exam scores using sharp regression discontinuity design with parametric OLS and nonparametric rdrobust estimation in Stata

Mastering Causal Metrics

A hands-on AI-powered study guide to causal inference with Python notebooks

Spatial Dynamic Panels with Common Factors in Stata: Credit Risk in US Banking

Estimate spatial dynamic panel models with unobserved common factors using the spxtivdfreg package in Stata --- an IV approach that handles spatial lags, temporal persistence, endogenous regressors, and latent factors simultaneously

Visualizing Regression with the FWL Theorem in R

A hands-on guide to the fwlplot package in R --- from understanding the Frisch-Waugh-Lovell theorem through simulated confounding to visualizing fixed effects in real panel data --- showing what "controlling for" looks like as a scatter plot.

Visualizing Regression with the FWL Theorem in Stata

A hands-on guide to the scatterfit package in Stata --- from understanding the Frisch-Waugh-Lovell theorem through simulated confounding to visualizing fixed effects in real panel data --- showing what "controlling for" looks like as a scatter plot.

Difference-in-Differences for Policy Evaluation: A Tutorial using R

A guide to Difference-in-Differences with staggered treatment --- from TWFE pitfalls through Callaway-Sant'Anna group-time ATTs, doubly robust estimation, and HonestDiD sensitivity analysis --- applied to minimum wage effects on teen employment.

Sensitivity Analysis for Parallel Trends in Difference-in-Differences Using honestdid in Stata

Assess how robust difference-in-differences results are to violations of parallel trends using the honestdid package in Stata, progressing from a simple 2x2 DiD to multi-period event studies with relative magnitudes and smoothness restrictions

Evaluating a Cash Transfer Program (RCT) with Panel Data in Stata

Evaluate the causal effect of a cash transfer program on household consumption using regression adjustment, inverse probability weighting, doubly robust, and difference-in-differences methods in Stata