References
The papers behind the package, grouped by role, each with a one-line note on why it matters here. The links go to the transcribed markdown in the repository.
Core framework
Farrell, Liang, Misra (2021), “Deep Neural Networks for Estimation and Inference”, Econometrica. transcript. The foundational result: neural-network plug-ins are biased, the influence-function correction restores valid inference.
Farrell, Liang, Misra (2025), “Deep Learning for Individual Heterogeneity”, working paper. transcript. The extended theory this package follows for the structural-parameter setup.
Applications
Dubé, Misra (2023), “Personalized Pricing and Consumer Welfare”, Journal of Political Economy. transcript. Heterogeneous price elasticity and the welfare targets (elasticity, profit, consumer surplus).
Hetzenecker, Osterhaus (2024), “Deep Learning for Heterogeneous Parameters in Discrete Choice Models”, arXiv 2408.09560. transcript. The multinomial-logit (conditional logit) setup.
Colangelo, Lee (2026), “Double Debiased Machine Learning Nonparametric Inference with Continuous Treatments”, JBES. transcript. Continuous-treatment dose-response.
Chen, Liu, Ma, Zhang (2024), “Causal Inference of General Treatment Effects using Neural Networks”, Journal of Econometrics. transcript.
Ye et al. (2025), “Deep-Learning-Based Causal Inference for Large-Scale Combinatorial Experiments”, Management Science. transcript. The combinatorial multi-treatment model.
Automatic debiasing and Riesz representation
Chernozhukov, Newey, Quintas-Martinez, Syrgkanis (2022), “RieszNet and ForestRiesz: Automatic Debiased Machine Learning with Neural Nets and Random Forests”, ICML. transcript. The basis for the RieszNet procedure.
Chernozhukov, Newey, Singh, Syrgkanis (2022), “Automatic Debiased Machine Learning of Causal and Structural Effects”, Econometrica. transcript.
Chernozhukov, Newey, Quintas-Martinez, Syrgkanis (2021), “Automatic Debiased ML via Neural Nets for Generalized Linear Regression”, working paper. transcript.
Hines, Hines (2025), “Automatic Debiasing of Neural Networks via Moment-Constrained Learning”, CLeaR. transcript.
DNN architecture and influence functions
Shi, Blei, Veitch (2019), “Adapting Neural Networks for the Estimation of Treatment Effects (DragonNet)”, NeurIPS. transcript.
Li, McCoy et al. (2025), “Targeted Deep Architectures for Estimation and Inference”, arXiv 2507.12435. transcript.
Shirakawa et al. (2024), “Deep Longitudinal Targeted Minimum Loss-based Estimation”, ICML. transcript.
Liu et al. (2024), “DNA-SE: Towards Deep Neural-Nets Assisted Semiparametric Estimation”, ICML. transcript.
Cai, Fonseca, Hou, Namkoong (2025), “C-Learner: Constrained Learning for Causal Inference and Semiparametric Statistics”, arXiv 2405.09493. transcript.
Theory
Yan, Chen, Yao (2025), “Overparameterized Neural Networks in Semiparametric Inference”, arXiv 2504.19089. transcript.
Metzger (2022), “Adversarial Estimators”, arXiv 2204.10495. transcript.
Foster, Syrgkanis (2023), “Orthogonal Statistical Learning”, Annals of Statistics. transcript.
Frontier
Melnychuk, Feuerriegel (2026), “GDR-Learners: Generalized Doubly Robust Learners for Causal Inference”, ICLR. transcript.
Nguyen (2025), “Neural Network Estimation and Simulation for Dynamic Discrete Choice Models”, Georgetown JMP. transcript.