/ctlatetest

Code for "Instrument Validity Tests with Causal Trees" MEA DP 1872 http://www.mea.mpisoc.mpg.de/uploads/user_mea_discussionpapers/1872_MEA_DP_05_2018.pdf

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ctlatetest

This repository contains the functions to replicate the application and simulation results in "Instrument Validity Tests with Causal Trees: With an Application to the Same-sex Instrument", Raphael Guber (2018), available as MEA Discussion Paper 1872 at http://www.mea.mpisoc.mpg.de/uploads/user_mea_discussionpapers/1872_MEA_DP_05_2018.pdf

The testing procedure is based on Athey and Imbens (2016, PNAS) Causal Tree algorithm, which can be obtained from Susan Athey's Github page https://github.com/susanathey/causalTree

The code may be erroneous and may be subject to changes in the future. Any suggestions and questions are welcome and should be adressed to guber@mea.mpisoc.mpg.de