On the Use of Two-Way Fixed Effects Regression Models for Causal Inference with Panel Data

The two-way linear fixed effects regression (2FE) has become a default method for estimating causal effects from panel data. Many applied researchers use the 2FE estimator to adjust for unobserved unit-specific and time-specific confounders at the same time. Unfortunately, we demonstrate that the ab...

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Published in:	Political analysis Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 405 - 415
Main Authors:	Imai, Kosuke, Kim, In Song
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.07.2021
Subjects:	Applied research Causal models Causality Inference Justification Letter Letters Longitudinal studies Panel data Time periods difference-in-differences unobserved confounding weighted least squares longitudinal data matching
ISSN:	1047-1987, 1476-4989
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