Design-Based RCT Estimators and Central Limit Theorems for Baseline Subgroup and Related Analyses
基线子组及相关分析的设计型随机试验估计量与中心极限定理
There is a growing literature on design-based methods to estimate average treatment effects (ATEs) for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) for full sample analyses. This article extends these methods to estimate ATEs for discrete subgroups defined by pre-treatment variables, with an application to an RCT testing subgroup effects for a school voucher experiment in New York City. We consider ratio estimators for subgroup effects using regression methods, allowing for model…