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Mathematics

Fixed Effects (in Panel Data)

Quick fact

Fixed effects can only estimate effects of variables that change over time; any time-invariant factors (like gender or birthplace) are automatically controlled for and cannot be separately estimated.

Why this is interesting

Have you ever wondered how researchers can claim a policy caused a change when they can't run an experiment? Fixed effects gives them a powerful trick: compare each person to themselves over time.