Estimating and evaluating treatment effect heterogeneity: A causal forests approach

In this paper, we introduce the causal forests method (Athey et al., 2019) and illustrate how to apply it in social sciences to addressing treatment effect heterogeneity. Compared with existing parametric methods such as the multiplicative interaction model and traditional semi-/non-parametric estim...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Li Zheng, Weiwen Yin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:Research & Politics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/20531680231153080