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Which is easier to interpret: canonical TWFE or 2x2 diff in diff?

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scott cunningham
Jul 31, 2025
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I have found that is increasingly very common to hear someone, sort of weary with “diff-in-diff fatigue” say:

“I think just use TWFE bc I at least can interpret that. But all this new stuff it’s just more complicated and unnecessary.”

But is it really? Is the interpretation of your vanilla TWFE coefficient with differential timing diff-in-diff really eas…

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