方法对比

	异质性处理效应（CATE / 元学习器）	回归断点设计 (Regression Discontinuity Design, RDD)
领域	因果推断	因果推断
方法族	Regression model	Regression model
起源年份	2018	2008
提出者	Wager & Athey (causal forest); Künzel et al. (meta-learners)	Imbens & Lemieux (guide to practice); Cattaneo, Idrobo & Titiunik (practical introduction)
类型	Causal machine-learning framework	Quasi-experimental causal design
开创性文献	Wager, S. & Athey, S. (2018). Estimation and Inference of Heterogeneous Treatment Effects using Random Forests. Journal of the American Statistical Association.	Imbens, G. W., & Lemieux, T. (2008). Regression Discontinuity Designs: A Guide to Practice. Journal of Econometrics, 142(2), 615-635.
别名	conditional average treatment effect, CATE, meta-learners, causal forest	RDD, regression discontinuity design, sharp RDD, fuzzy RDD
相关	5	5
摘要	Heterogeneous Treatment Effects is a machine-learning framework that estimates how a treatment effect varies across individuals — the conditional average treatment effect (CATE). It bundles meta-learner strategies such as the T-Learner, S-Learner, X-Learner and R-Learner alongside the causal forest of Wager and Athey (2018) and Künzel et al. (2019).	Regression Discontinuity Design is a quasi-experimental method that identifies a causal effect by locally comparing units just above and just below a cutoff on a continuous assignment (running) variable. Formalised for applied work by Imbens and Lemieux (2008) and developed as a practical framework by Cattaneo, Idrobo, and Titiunik (2020), it estimates a local average treatment effect (LATE) at the threshold.