3 papers
econ.EM2025
How Much Weak Overlap Can Doubly Robust T-Statistics Handle?
Jacob Dorn
In the presence of sufficiently weak overlap, it is known that no regular root-n-consistent estimators exist and standard estimators may fail to be asymptotically normal. This pape…
econ.EM2023
Sensitivity Analysis for Linear Estimators
Jacob Dorn, Luther Yap
We propose a novel sensitivity analysis framework for linear estimators with identification failures that can be viewed as seeing the wrong outcome distribution. Our approach measu…
cs.LG2023
B-Learner: Quasi-Oracle Bounds on Heterogeneous Causal Effects Under Hidden Confounding
Miruna Oprescu, Jacob Dorn, Marah Ghoummaid +3
Estimating heterogeneous treatment effects from observational data is a crucial task across many fields, helping policy and decision-makers take better actions. There has been rece…