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A state implemented mandatory seatbelt enforcement on January 1, 2024. Highway fatality data from a sample of counties:
| | Before 2024 | After 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Enforcement counties | 120 deaths | 105 deaths |
| Non-enforcement counties | 95 deaths | 88 deaths |
A simple comparison in enforcement counties is deaths. However, a difference-in-differences (DiD) analysis calculates:
What is the DiD estimate of the policy effect?
A state implemented mandatory seatbelt enforcement on January 1, 2024. Highway fatality data from a sample of counties:
| | Before 2024 | After 2024 | |---|---|---| | Enforcement counties | 120 deaths | 105 deaths | | Non-enforcement counties | 95 deaths | 88 deaths |
A simple comparison in enforcement counties is deaths. However, a difference-in-differences (DiD) analysis calculates:
What is the DiD estimate of the policy effect?