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Results of search for average treatment effect follow:
average treatment effect:
In a treatment model where some observations receive the treatment (for
example, a training program) and some do not, the average treatment effect is
the difference between the conditional expectation of the dependent variable
with the treatment effect and the conditional expectation of the dependent
variable without the treatment effect. This is the average benefit from the
treatment.
Often this term is abbreviated ATE.
Source: source: John Pencavel, lecture notes for Econ 247, Stanford
University, circa 2000-2005.
Contexts: estimation; labor
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