most citedGood Controls Gone Bad: Difference-in-Differences with Covariates

3 citations · 3 across the 4 of their papers we have counts for

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econ.EM2026

Testing Common Causality of Covariates: Evidence from Private-Sector Ban-the-Box Policies

Sunny R. Karim

When including covariates in Difference-in-Differences, researchers must consider not only which covariates to include, but also how to model them. The Common Causality of Covariat…

econ.EM2026

Which Policy Works, and Where? Estimation and Inference for State-Level Treatment Effects in Difference-in-Differences

Nichole Austin, Sunny R. Karim, Erin Strumpf +1

Policies with a common objective and implementation date may differ in details or context. We distinguish the aggregate average treatment effect on the treated (ATT) from sub-aggre…

econ.EM2026

Improved Inference for CSDID Using the Cluster Jackknife

Sunny R. Karim, Morten Ørregaard Nielsen, James G. MacKinnon +1

Obtaining reliable inferences with traditional difference-in-differences (DiD) methods can be difficult. Problems can arise when both outcomes and errors are serially correlated, w…

econ.EM2024★ 3 cited

Good Controls Gone Bad: Difference-in-Differences with Covariates

Sunny Karim, Matthew D. Webb

This paper introduces the common causality of covariates (CCC) assumption in difference-in-differences with covariates. This assumption stipulates that covariates must have common…

econ.EM2024

Difference-in-Differences with Unpoolable Data

Sunny Karim, Matthew D. Webb, Nichole Austin +1

Difference-in-differences (DID) is commonly used to estimate treatment effects but is infeasible in settings where data are unpoolable due to privacy concerns or legal restrictions…