Causal Methods
REFERENCE

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CAUSAL INFERENCECAUSAL MLCausal Inferenceor Causal ML?Do you havequasi-randomvariation?What kind ofvariation?Timing structure?Compliance atcutoff?First-stagestrength?Are allconfoundersobserved?Data structure?Group sizebalance?Can you find avalid design?Estimand?Priority?Difference-in-differencesDiDStaggered DiDDiDEvent studyESSharp RDDRDDFuzzy RDDRDDInstrumentalvariablesIVIV — weakinstrumentIVSyntheticcontrolSCInverseprobabilityweightingIPWPropensity scorematchingMatchSensitivityanalysisSensDouble MLDMLCausal forestCFAIPW / DRlearnerDRMeta-learnerHTE

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FAMILIES
DiD / ES
RDD
IV
Matching / IPW
Synth. control
Causal ML