| name | applied-microeconometrics |
| description | Guides applied microeconometrics workflows for estimands, identification, specification, inference, and robustness. Use when working on DiD, IV, RD, panel regressions, treatment effects, or empirical design questions. |
Applied Microeconometrics
Trigger
Use when the task involves:
- identifying an estimand or empirical strategy
- deciding between specifications or inference choices
- assessing threats to identification or robustness
- interpreting regression, event-study, IV, RD, or panel results
Workflow
- State the estimand, unit of observation, sample, and treatment timing.
- Spell out the identification strategy and the assumptions required for interpretation.
- Map variables, sample restrictions, specification choices, and inference choices.
- Report the main result, robustness evidence, and limitations separately.
Guardrails
- Do not confuse predictive fit with identification.
- Make sample restrictions, missing-data handling, and treatment coding explicit.
- Use inference choices that match the design, and say why they do.
- Separate the preferred specification from robustness or placebo specifications.
Output
Return:
- the estimand and empirical design
- the key identifying assumptions
- the main specification and inference choices
- the most important robustness gaps or threats
- the interpretation, with clear limits
Additional Resources
- For identification and reporting checklists, see reference.md.
