Mini-Course on Panel Data Causal Inference with a Continuous Treatment

Session 0: Introduction

Brantly Callaway

University of Georgia

September 18, 2026

Overview of the Course

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  1. Introduction to difference-in-differences

  2. Difference-in-differences with a continuous treatment

  3. Assessing strong parallel trends via close comparison groups

  4. Shift-share designs

Materials for the Course

Available on my website: https://bcallaway11.github.io/ull

  • All slides
  • Links to main reference papers for each topic

(Brief) Introduction to Difference-in-Differences with a Continuous Treatment

Appendix

References