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Validation of Machine Learning Estimated Conditional Average Treatment Effects

When:
WED, 12 FEB 2025
From:
12:30 PM
To:
1:30 PM
Where:
In person
Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)

11, Porte des Sciences | L-4366 Esch/Alzette 

LISER 1st floor, Salle Conference (Jane Jacobs)
With:
Michael Knaus
Michael Knaus
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Numerous causal machine learning estimators are available for estimating conditional average treatment effects (CATEs). This paper reviews methods for testing whether these estimators detect genuine systematic effect heterogeneity or merely produce sophisticated noise. We present a unifying theoretical framework that encompasses various approaches in the literature, such as Generic ML and rank-weighted treatment effects, as special cases. Using both simulated and real-world datasets, we evaluate the statistical power of these methods, offering practical guidance for researchers and practitioners seeking to validate their CATE models.

Speaker
Michael Knaus
Michael Knaus
University of Tübingen
Assistant Professor of “Data Science in Economics” at the School of Business and Economics of the University of Tübingen. My research interests are at the intersection of causal inference and machine learning to answer questions in empirical, mostly labor, economics. In particular, I am interested in the identification, interpretation and estimation of average and heterogeneous treatment effects as well as in policy learning.
Event organizer:
The DSS Team
ccDSS@liser.lu

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