Weekly links March 12: Even more DiD, deforestation lowers productivity, how to procrastinate productively, and more…
· A couple of follow-ups to Scott Cunningham’s Mixtape book. First, Thomas Caputo has created python code for the book (to complement the Stata and R code already available). Second, Scott has started a substack he is calling the Remix, which will have deep dives into more methods papers – starting with a discussion of the Callaway and Sant’anna difference-in-differences with multiple time periods paper.
· If you want a nice illustration of when staggered DiD causes issues and discussion of different solutions, video of this talk by Andrew Baker and the associated commentary by Pedro Sant’anna is well worth a watch (as is the point made by the other discussant Edmund Schuster of the importance of theory in helping understand when differential dynamic effects may arise). See also Andrew’s paper and code.