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Data and code for: Difference-in-Differences Estimators with Continuous Treatments and no Stayers

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Clément De Chaisemartin, Sciences Po; Xavier D'Haultfoeuille, CREST-ENSAE; Gonzalo Vazquez-Bare, UC Santa Barbara

Version:  View help for Version V1

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De Chaisemartin, Clément, D’Haultfoeuille, Xavier, and Vazquez-Bare, Gonzalo. Data and code for: Difference-in-Differences Estimators with Continuous Treatments and no Stayers. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2024. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-05-20. https://doi.org/10.3886/E197825V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Many treatments such as prices, taxes or temperatures are continuous in nature. Empirical researchers usually rely on two-way fixed effect regressions to estimate treatment effects in such cases. However, such estimators are not robust to heterogeneous treatment effects in general, and rely on linearity of treatment effects. We develop a difference-in-difference strategy for continuous treatments without imposing such restrictions, when there are no stayers: the treatment of all units changes between consecutive periods. We extend the nonparametric results of de Chaisemartin et al (2023) to this setup and present a parametric approach that overcomes some limitations of the nonparametric approach.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Difference-in-differences; heterogeneous treatment effects; continuous treatment effects
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      C21 Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions
      C23 Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1997 – 2002


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