Testing for equivalence of pre-trends in Difference-in-Differences estimation
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| author | Dette, Holger Schumann, Martin |
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| contents | The plausibility of the ``parallel trends assumption'' in Difference-in-Differences estimation is usually assessed by a test of the null hypothesis that the difference between the average outcomes of both groups is constant over time before the treatment. However, failure to reject the null hypothesis does not imply the absence of differences in time trends between both groups. We provide equivalence tests that allow researchers to find evidence in favor of the parallel trends assumption and thus increase the credibility of their treatment effect estimates. While we motivate our tests in the standard two-way fixed effects model, we discuss simple extensions to settings in which treatment adoption is staggered over time. |
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| spellingShingle | Testing for equivalence of pre-trends in Difference-in-Differences estimation Dette, Holger Schumann, Martin Econometrics Statistics Theory The plausibility of the ``parallel trends assumption'' in Difference-in-Differences estimation is usually assessed by a test of the null hypothesis that the difference between the average outcomes of both groups is constant over time before the treatment. However, failure to reject the null hypothesis does not imply the absence of differences in time trends between both groups. We provide equivalence tests that allow researchers to find evidence in favor of the parallel trends assumption and thus increase the credibility of their treatment effect estimates. While we motivate our tests in the standard two-way fixed effects model, we discuss simple extensions to settings in which treatment adoption is staggered over time. |
| title | Testing for equivalence of pre-trends in Difference-in-Differences estimation |
| topic | Econometrics Statistics Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.15796 |