Abstract:The use of large-scale Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) is fast becoming "the gold standard" of testing the causal effects of policy, social, and educational interventions. RCTs are typically evaluated — and ultimately judged — by the economic, educational, and statistical significance of the Average Treatment Effect (ATE) in the study sample. However, many interventions have heterogeneous treatment effects across different individuals, not captured by the ATE. One way to identify heterogeneous treatment ef… Show more
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