diffindiff 2.2.4__tar.gz → 2.2.6__tar.gz

{diffindiff-2.2.4/diffindiff.egg-info → diffindiff-2.2.6}/PKG-INFO

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.1
 Name: diffindiff
-Version: 2.2.4
-Summary: diffindiff: Python library for convenient Difference-in-Differences Analyses
+Version: 2.2.6
+Summary: diffindiff: Python library for convenient Difference-in-Differences analyses
 Author: Thomas Wieland
 Author-email: geowieland@googlemail.com
 Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
 
-# diffindiff: Difference-in-Differences (DiD) Analysis Python Library
+# diffindiff: Python library for convenient Difference-in-Differences analyses
 
 This Python library is designed for performing Difference-in-Differences (DiD) analyses in a convenient way. It allows users to construct datasets, define treatment and control groups, and set treatment periods. DiD model analyses may be conducted with both datasets created by built-in functions and ready-to-use external datasets. Both simultaneous and staggered adoption are supported. The library allows for various extensions, such as two-way fixed effects models, group- or individual-specific effects, post-treatment periods, and triple-difference estimations. Additionally, it includes functions for visualizing results, such as plotting DiD coefficients with confidence intervals and illustrating the temporal evolution of staggered treatments. Furthermore, several functions for rigorous treatment setting and data diagnostics are incorporated.
 
@@ -16,11 +16,33 @@ This Python library is designed for performing Difference-in-Differences (DiD) a
 Thomas Wieland [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5168-9846) [EMail](mailto:geowieland@googlemail.com) 
 
 
-## Updates v2.2.4
-- Bugfixes:
-  - Spillover treatment really really works now (only relevant in rare cases)
-  - Fixed merging in diddata.DiffData.add_covariates() (only relevant in rare cases)
-  - Dropping missing values consequently (only relevant in rare cases)
+## Availability
+
+- 📦 PyPI: [diffindiff](https://pypi.org/project/diffindiff/)
+- 💻 GitHub Repository: [diffindiff_official](https://github.com/geowieland/diffindiff_official)
+- 📄 DOI (Zenodo): [10.5281/zenodo.18656820](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18656820)
+
+
+## Citation
+
+If you use this software, please cite:
+
+Wieland, T. (2026). diffindiff: A Python library for convenient difference-in-differences analyses (Version 2.2.6) [Computer software]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18656820
+
+
+## Installation
+
+To install the package, use `pip`:
+
+```bash
+pip install diffindiff
+```
+
+To install the package from GitHub with `pip`: 
+
+```bash
+pip install git+https://github.com/geowieland/diffindiff_official.git
+```
 
 
 ## Features
@@ -56,25 +78,6 @@ Thomas Wieland [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5168-9846) [EMail](mailto:geo
   - Test for parallel trend assumption
 
 
-## Literature
-
-  - Baker AC, Larcker DF, Wang CCY (2022) How much should we trust staggered difference-in-differences estimates? *Journal of Financial Economics* 144(2): 370-395. [10.1016/j.jfineco.2022.01.004](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2022.01.004)
-  - Card D, Krueger AD (1994) Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. *The American Economic Review* 84(4): 772-793. [JSTOR](https://www.jstor.org/stable/2677856)
-  - de Haas S, Götz G, Heim S (2022) Measuring the effect of COVID‑19‑related night curfews in a bundled intervention within Germany. *Scientific Reports* 12: 19732. [10.1038/s41598-022-24086-9](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24086-9)
-  - Goodman-Bacon A (2021) Difference-in-differences with variation in treatment timing. *Journal of Econometrics* 225(2): 254-277. [10.1016/j.jeconom.2021.03.014](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2021.03.014)
-  - Greene WH (2012) *Econometric Analysis*.
-  - Goldfarb A, Tucker C, Wang Y (2022) Conducting Research in Marketing with Quasi-Experiments. *Journal of Marketing* 86(3): 1-19. [10.1177/00222429221082977](https://doi.org/10.1177/00222429221082977)
-  - Isporhing IE, Lipfert M, Pestel N (2021) Does re-opening schools contribute to the spread of SARS-CoV-2? Evidence from staggered summer breaks in Germany. *Journal of Public Economics* 198: 104426. [10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104426](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104426)
-  - Li KT, Luo L, Pattabhiramaiah A (2024) Causal Inference with Quasi-Experimental Data. *IMPACT at JMR* November 13, 2024. [AMA](https://www.ama.org/marketing-news/causal-inference-with-quasi-experimental-data/)
-  - Olden A (2018) What do you buy when no one's watching? The effect of self-service checkouts on the composition of sales in retail. Discussion paper FOR 3/18, Norwegian School of Economics, Norway. [http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2490886](http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2490886)
-  - Olden A, Moen J (2022) The triple difference estimator. *The Econometrics Journal* 25(3): 531-553. [10.1093/ectj/utac010](https://doi.org/10.1093/ectj/utac010)
-  - Strassmann A, Çolak Y, Serra-Burriel M, Nordestgaard BG, Turk A, Afzal S, Puhan MA (2023) Nationwide indoor smoking ban and impact on smoking behaviour and lung function: a two-population natural experiment. *Thorax* 78(2): 144-150. [10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-218436](https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-218436)
-  - Villa JM (2016) diff: Simplifying the estimation of difference-in-differences treatment effects. *The Stata Journal* 16(1): 52-71. [10.1177/1536867X1601600108](https://doi.org/10.1177/1536867X1601600108)
-  - von Bismarck-Osten C, Borusyak K, Schönberg U (2022) The role of schools in transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus: quasi-experimental evidence from Germany. *Economic Policy* 37(109): 87–130. [10.1093/epolic/eiac001](https://doi.org/10.1093/epolic/eiac001)
-  - Wieland T (2025) Assessing the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: results of a natural experiment regarding Baden-Württemberg (Germany) and Switzerland in the second infection wave. *Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice* 33(11): 2497-2511. [10.1007/s10389-024-02218-x](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-024-02218-x)
-  - Wooldridge JM (2012) *Introductory Econometrics. A Modern Approach*.
-
-
 ## Examples
 
 ```python
@@ -145,9 +148,30 @@ curfew_model_withgroups.plot_group_treatment_effects(
 See the /tests directory for usage examples of most of the included functions.
 
 
-## Installation
+## Literature
 
-To install the package, use `pip`:
+  - Baker AC, Larcker DF, Wang CCY (2022) How much should we trust staggered difference-in-differences estimates? *Journal of Financial Economics* 144(2): 370-395. [10.1016/j.jfineco.2022.01.004](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2022.01.004)
+  - Card D, Krueger AD (1994) Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. *The American Economic Review* 84(4): 772-793. [JSTOR](https://www.jstor.org/stable/2677856)
+  - de Haas S, Götz G, Heim S (2022) Measuring the effect of COVID‑19‑related night curfews in a bundled intervention within Germany. *Scientific Reports* 12: 19732. [10.1038/s41598-022-24086-9](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24086-9)
+  - Goodman-Bacon A (2021) Difference-in-differences with variation in treatment timing. *Journal of Econometrics* 225(2): 254-277. [10.1016/j.jeconom.2021.03.014](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2021.03.014)
+  - Greene WH (2012) *Econometric Analysis*.
+  - Goldfarb A, Tucker C, Wang Y (2022) Conducting Research in Marketing with Quasi-Experiments. *Journal of Marketing* 86(3): 1-19. [10.1177/00222429221082977](https://doi.org/10.1177/00222429221082977)
+  - Isporhing IE, Lipfert M, Pestel N (2021) Does re-opening schools contribute to the spread of SARS-CoV-2? Evidence from staggered summer breaks in Germany. *Journal of Public Economics* 198: 104426. [10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104426](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104426)
+  - Li KT, Luo L, Pattabhiramaiah A (2024) Causal Inference with Quasi-Experimental Data. *IMPACT at JMR* November 13, 2024. [AMA](https://www.ama.org/marketing-news/causal-inference-with-quasi-experimental-data/)
+  - Olden A (2018) What do you buy when no one's watching? The effect of self-service checkouts on the composition of sales in retail. Discussion paper FOR 3/18, Norwegian School of Economics, Norway. [http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2490886](http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2490886)
+  - Olden A, Moen J (2022) The triple difference estimator. *The Econometrics Journal* 25(3): 531-553. [10.1093/ectj/utac010](https://doi.org/10.1093/ectj/utac010)
+  - Strassmann A, Çolak Y, Serra-Burriel M, Nordestgaard BG, Turk A, Afzal S, Puhan MA (2023) Nationwide indoor smoking ban and impact on smoking behaviour and lung function: a two-population natural experiment. *Thorax* 78(2): 144-150. [10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-218436](https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-218436)
+  - Villa JM (2016) diff: Simplifying the estimation of difference-in-differences treatment effects. *The Stata Journal* 16(1): 52-71. [10.1177/1536867X1601600108](https://doi.org/10.1177/1536867X1601600108)
+  - von Bismarck-Osten C, Borusyak K, Schönberg U (2022) The role of schools in transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus: quasi-experimental evidence from Germany. *Economic Policy* 37(109): 87–130. [10.1093/epolic/eiac001](https://doi.org/10.1093/epolic/eiac001)
+  - Wieland T (2025) Assessing the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: results of a natural experiment regarding Baden-Württemberg (Germany) and Switzerland in the second infection wave. *Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice* 33(11): 2497-2511. [10.1007/s10389-024-02218-x](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-024-02218-x)
+  - Wooldridge JM (2012) *Introductory Econometrics. A Modern Approach*.
+
+
+## What's new (v2.2.6)
+- Bugfixes:
+  - Check for correct dates in diddata.create_treatment()
+  - Check for valid columns in diddata.merge_data()
+  - Removed unnecessary old dependencies and imports
+- Other:
+  - Changed diddata.DiffGroups.add_segmentation() to return a message rather than raising an exception when the DiffGroups object already includes a benefit group
 
-```bash
-pip install diffindiff

diffindiff-2.2.4/PKG-INFO → diffindiff-2.2.6/README.md

@@ -1,12 +1,4 @@
-Metadata-Version: 2.1
-Name: diffindiff
-Version: 2.2.4
-Summary: diffindiff: Python library for convenient Difference-in-Differences Analyses
-Author: Thomas Wieland
-Author-email: geowieland@googlemail.com
-Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
-
-# diffindiff: Difference-in-Differences (DiD) Analysis Python Library
+# diffindiff: Python library for convenient Difference-in-Differences analyses
 
 This Python library is designed for performing Difference-in-Differences (DiD) analyses in a convenient way. It allows users to construct datasets, define treatment and control groups, and set treatment periods. DiD model analyses may be conducted with both datasets created by built-in functions and ready-to-use external datasets. Both simultaneous and staggered adoption are supported. The library allows for various extensions, such as two-way fixed effects models, group- or individual-specific effects, post-treatment periods, and triple-difference estimations. Additionally, it includes functions for visualizing results, such as plotting DiD coefficients with confidence intervals and illustrating the temporal evolution of staggered treatments. Furthermore, several functions for rigorous treatment setting and data diagnostics are incorporated.
 
@@ -16,11 +8,33 @@ This Python library is designed for performing Difference-in-Differences (DiD) a
 Thomas Wieland [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5168-9846) [EMail](mailto:geowieland@googlemail.com) 
 
 
-## Updates v2.2.4
-- Bugfixes:
-  - Spillover treatment really really works now (only relevant in rare cases)
-  - Fixed merging in diddata.DiffData.add_covariates() (only relevant in rare cases)
-  - Dropping missing values consequently (only relevant in rare cases)
+## Availability
+
+- 📦 PyPI: [diffindiff](https://pypi.org/project/diffindiff/)
+- 💻 GitHub Repository: [diffindiff_official](https://github.com/geowieland/diffindiff_official)
+- 📄 DOI (Zenodo): [10.5281/zenodo.18656820](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18656820)
+
+
+## Citation
+
+If you use this software, please cite:
+
+Wieland, T. (2026). diffindiff: A Python library for convenient difference-in-differences analyses (Version 2.2.6) [Computer software]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18656820
+
+
+## Installation
+
+To install the package, use `pip`:
+
+```bash
+pip install diffindiff
+```
+
+To install the package from GitHub with `pip`: 
+
+```bash
+pip install git+https://github.com/geowieland/diffindiff_official.git
+```
 
 
 ## Features
@@ -56,25 +70,6 @@ Thomas Wieland [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5168-9846) [EMail](mailto:geo
   - Test for parallel trend assumption
 
 
-## Literature
-
-  - Baker AC, Larcker DF, Wang CCY (2022) How much should we trust staggered difference-in-differences estimates? *Journal of Financial Economics* 144(2): 370-395. [10.1016/j.jfineco.2022.01.004](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2022.01.004)
-  - Card D, Krueger AD (1994) Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. *The American Economic Review* 84(4): 772-793. [JSTOR](https://www.jstor.org/stable/2677856)
-  - de Haas S, Götz G, Heim S (2022) Measuring the effect of COVID‑19‑related night curfews in a bundled intervention within Germany. *Scientific Reports* 12: 19732. [10.1038/s41598-022-24086-9](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24086-9)
-  - Goodman-Bacon A (2021) Difference-in-differences with variation in treatment timing. *Journal of Econometrics* 225(2): 254-277. [10.1016/j.jeconom.2021.03.014](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2021.03.014)
-  - Greene WH (2012) *Econometric Analysis*.
-  - Goldfarb A, Tucker C, Wang Y (2022) Conducting Research in Marketing with Quasi-Experiments. *Journal of Marketing* 86(3): 1-19. [10.1177/00222429221082977](https://doi.org/10.1177/00222429221082977)
-  - Isporhing IE, Lipfert M, Pestel N (2021) Does re-opening schools contribute to the spread of SARS-CoV-2? Evidence from staggered summer breaks in Germany. *Journal of Public Economics* 198: 104426. [10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104426](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104426)
-  - Li KT, Luo L, Pattabhiramaiah A (2024) Causal Inference with Quasi-Experimental Data. *IMPACT at JMR* November 13, 2024. [AMA](https://www.ama.org/marketing-news/causal-inference-with-quasi-experimental-data/)
-  - Olden A (2018) What do you buy when no one's watching? The effect of self-service checkouts on the composition of sales in retail. Discussion paper FOR 3/18, Norwegian School of Economics, Norway. [http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2490886](http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2490886)
-  - Olden A, Moen J (2022) The triple difference estimator. *The Econometrics Journal* 25(3): 531-553. [10.1093/ectj/utac010](https://doi.org/10.1093/ectj/utac010)
-  - Strassmann A, Çolak Y, Serra-Burriel M, Nordestgaard BG, Turk A, Afzal S, Puhan MA (2023) Nationwide indoor smoking ban and impact on smoking behaviour and lung function: a two-population natural experiment. *Thorax* 78(2): 144-150. [10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-218436](https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-218436)
-  - Villa JM (2016) diff: Simplifying the estimation of difference-in-differences treatment effects. *The Stata Journal* 16(1): 52-71. [10.1177/1536867X1601600108](https://doi.org/10.1177/1536867X1601600108)
-  - von Bismarck-Osten C, Borusyak K, Schönberg U (2022) The role of schools in transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus: quasi-experimental evidence from Germany. *Economic Policy* 37(109): 87–130. [10.1093/epolic/eiac001](https://doi.org/10.1093/epolic/eiac001)
-  - Wieland T (2025) Assessing the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: results of a natural experiment regarding Baden-Württemberg (Germany) and Switzerland in the second infection wave. *Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice* 33(11): 2497-2511. [10.1007/s10389-024-02218-x](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-024-02218-x)
-  - Wooldridge JM (2012) *Introductory Econometrics. A Modern Approach*.
-
-
 ## Examples
 
 ```python
@@ -145,9 +140,30 @@ curfew_model_withgroups.plot_group_treatment_effects(
 See the /tests directory for usage examples of most of the included functions.
 
 
-## Installation
+## Literature
 
-To install the package, use `pip`:
+  - Baker AC, Larcker DF, Wang CCY (2022) How much should we trust staggered difference-in-differences estimates? *Journal of Financial Economics* 144(2): 370-395. [10.1016/j.jfineco.2022.01.004](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2022.01.004)
+  - Card D, Krueger AD (1994) Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. *The American Economic Review* 84(4): 772-793. [JSTOR](https://www.jstor.org/stable/2677856)
+  - de Haas S, Götz G, Heim S (2022) Measuring the effect of COVID‑19‑related night curfews in a bundled intervention within Germany. *Scientific Reports* 12: 19732. [10.1038/s41598-022-24086-9](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24086-9)
+  - Goodman-Bacon A (2021) Difference-in-differences with variation in treatment timing. *Journal of Econometrics* 225(2): 254-277. [10.1016/j.jeconom.2021.03.014](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2021.03.014)
+  - Greene WH (2012) *Econometric Analysis*.
+  - Goldfarb A, Tucker C, Wang Y (2022) Conducting Research in Marketing with Quasi-Experiments. *Journal of Marketing* 86(3): 1-19. [10.1177/00222429221082977](https://doi.org/10.1177/00222429221082977)
+  - Isporhing IE, Lipfert M, Pestel N (2021) Does re-opening schools contribute to the spread of SARS-CoV-2? Evidence from staggered summer breaks in Germany. *Journal of Public Economics* 198: 104426. [10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104426](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104426)
+  - Li KT, Luo L, Pattabhiramaiah A (2024) Causal Inference with Quasi-Experimental Data. *IMPACT at JMR* November 13, 2024. [AMA](https://www.ama.org/marketing-news/causal-inference-with-quasi-experimental-data/)
+  - Olden A (2018) What do you buy when no one's watching? The effect of self-service checkouts on the composition of sales in retail. Discussion paper FOR 3/18, Norwegian School of Economics, Norway. [http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2490886](http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2490886)
+  - Olden A, Moen J (2022) The triple difference estimator. *The Econometrics Journal* 25(3): 531-553. [10.1093/ectj/utac010](https://doi.org/10.1093/ectj/utac010)
+  - Strassmann A, Çolak Y, Serra-Burriel M, Nordestgaard BG, Turk A, Afzal S, Puhan MA (2023) Nationwide indoor smoking ban and impact on smoking behaviour and lung function: a two-population natural experiment. *Thorax* 78(2): 144-150. [10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-218436](https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-218436)
+  - Villa JM (2016) diff: Simplifying the estimation of difference-in-differences treatment effects. *The Stata Journal* 16(1): 52-71. [10.1177/1536867X1601600108](https://doi.org/10.1177/1536867X1601600108)
+  - von Bismarck-Osten C, Borusyak K, Schönberg U (2022) The role of schools in transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus: quasi-experimental evidence from Germany. *Economic Policy* 37(109): 87–130. [10.1093/epolic/eiac001](https://doi.org/10.1093/epolic/eiac001)
+  - Wieland T (2025) Assessing the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: results of a natural experiment regarding Baden-Württemberg (Germany) and Switzerland in the second infection wave. *Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice* 33(11): 2497-2511. [10.1007/s10389-024-02218-x](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-024-02218-x)
+  - Wooldridge JM (2012) *Introductory Econometrics. A Modern Approach*.
+
+
+## What's new (v2.2.6)
+- Bugfixes:
+  - Check for correct dates in diddata.create_treatment()
+  - Check for valid columns in diddata.merge_data()
+  - Removed unnecessary old dependencies and imports
+- Other:
+  - Changed diddata.DiffGroups.add_segmentation() to return a message rather than raising an exception when the DiffGroups object already includes a benefit group
 
-```bash
-pip install diffindiff

{diffindiff-2.2.4 → diffindiff-2.2.6}/diffindiff/config.py

@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@
 # Author:      Thomas Wieland 
 #              ORCID: 0000-0001-5168-9846
 #              mail: geowieland@googlemail.com              
-# Version:     1.0.4
-# Last update: 2025-12-06 11:52
-# Copyright (c) 2025 Thomas Wieland
+# Version:     1.0.5
+# Last update: 2026-02-20 17:30
+# Copyright (c) 2025-2026 Thomas Wieland
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Basic config:
 
-PACKAGE_VERSION = "2.2.2"
+PACKAGE_NAME = "diffindiff"
+PACKAGE_VERSION = "2.2.6"
 
 VERBOSE = False
 

{diffindiff-2.2.4 → diffindiff-2.2.6}/diffindiff/didanalysis.py

@@ -4,15 +4,14 @@
 # Author:      Thomas Wieland 
 #              ORCID: 0000-0001-5168-9846
 #              mail: geowieland@googlemail.com              
-# Version:     2.2.2
-# Last update: 2025-12-07 10:27
-# Copyright (c) 2025 Thomas Wieland
+# Version:     2.2.3
+# Last update: 2026-02-20 17:42
+# Copyright (c) 2024-2026 Thomas Wieland
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 import pandas as pd
 import numpy as np
-from math import isnan
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 from matplotlib.dates import DateFormatter
 import diffindiff.didtools as tools
@@ -930,7 +929,7 @@ class DiffModel:
         if "TG" in plot_intervals_groups and "CG" in plot_intervals_groups:
             lines_labels_required = lines_labels_required+2            
         assert len(lines_col) == lines_col_required, f"Parameter 'lines_col' must be a list with {lines_col_required} entries"
-        assert len(lines_style) == lines_style_required, f"Parameter 'lines_style' must be a list with {lines_col_required} entries"
+        assert len(lines_style) == lines_style_required, f"Parameter 'lines_style' must be a list with {lines_style_required} entries"
         assert len(lines_labels) == lines_labels_required, f"Parameter 'lines_labels' must be a list with {lines_labels_required} entries"
             
         model_data = self.data[2]

{diffindiff-2.2.4 → diffindiff-2.2.6}/diffindiff/didanalysis_helper.py

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 # Author:      Thomas Wieland 
 #              ORCID: 0000-0001-5168-9846
 #              mail: geowieland@googlemail.com              
-# Version:     1.0.5
-# Last update: 2025-12-07 10:27
-# Copyright (c) 2025 Thomas Wieland
+# Version:     1.0.6
+# Last update: 2025-02-20 17:38
+# Copyright (c) 2025-2026 Thomas Wieland
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 import pandas as pd
@@ -918,10 +918,9 @@ def create_timestamp(function):
     now = datetime.now()
 
     timestamp_dict = {
-        "package_version": f"diffindiff {config.PACKAGE_VERSION}",
+        "package_version": f"{config.PACKAGE_NAME} {config.PACKAGE_VERSION}",
         "function": function,
         "datetime": now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H-%M-%S")
     }
 
-    return timestamp_dict
-
+    return timestamp_dict

{diffindiff-2.2.4 → diffindiff-2.2.6}/diffindiff/diddata.py

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 # Author:      Thomas Wieland 
 #              ORCID: 0000-0001-5168-9846
 #              mail: geowieland@googlemail.com              
-# Version:     2.1.5
-# Last update: 2025-12-07 10:27
-# Copyright (c) 2025 Thomas Wieland
+# Version:     2.1.6
+# Last update: 2026-02-20 18:28
+# Copyright (c) 2024-2026 Thomas Wieland
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -76,29 +76,34 @@ class DiffGroups:
         verbose: bool = config.VERBOSE       
         ):
 
-        groups_config = self.data[1]
+        groups_config = self.data[1]        
         
         if groups_config["DDD"]:
-            raise ValueError("DiffGroups object already includes a benefit group")
-
-        if verbose:
-            print(f"Adding benefit group with {len(group_benefit)} units to groups data", end = " ... ")
-
-        groups_data = self.data[0]        
+            
+            print("DiffGroups object already includes a benefit group. No segmentation added.")
+            
+            groups = self
+            
+        else:
 
-        groups_data[config.BG_COL] = 0
-        groups_data.loc[groups_data[config.UNIT_COL].astype(str).isin(group_benefit), config.BG_COL] = 1
-        
-        groups_config["DDD"] = True
+            if verbose:
+                print(f"Adding benefit group with {len(group_benefit)} units to groups data", end = " ... ")                
+            
+            groups_data = self.data[0]
+            
+            groups_data[config.BG_COL] = 0
+            groups_data.loc[groups_data[config.UNIT_COL].astype(str).isin(group_benefit), config.BG_COL] = 1
+            
+            groups_config["DDD"] = True
 
-        groups = DiffGroups(
-            groups_data, 
-            groups_config,
-            timestamp = helper.create_timestamp(function="add_segmentation")
-            )
+            groups = DiffGroups(
+                groups_data, 
+                groups_config,
+                timestamp = helper.create_timestamp(function="add_segmentation")
+                )
 
-        if verbose:
-            print("OK")
+            if verbose:
+                print("OK")
 
         return groups
 
@@ -255,9 +260,16 @@ def create_treatment(
     after_treatment_period: bool = False,
     verbose = config.VERBOSE
     ): 
+       
+    check_dates = tools.check_date_format(
+        dates = study_period+treatment_period,
+        date_format = date_format
+    )
+    if check_dates[0]:
+        raise ValueError(f"Study and/or treatment period include invalid dates: {', '.join(check_dates[1])}.")
 
     TT_col = config.TT_COL
-
+    
     if treatment_name is not None:
         
         if not isinstance(treatment_name, str):
@@ -1016,6 +1028,15 @@ def merge_data(
     keep_columns: bool = False,
     verbose: bool = config.VERBOSE
     ):
+    
+    tools.check_columns(
+        df = outcome_data,
+        columns = [
+            unit_id_col, 
+            time_col, 
+            outcome_col
+            ]
+        )
 
     if verbose:
         print("Merging groups and treatment data", end = " ... ")

{diffindiff-2.2.4 → diffindiff-2.2.6}/diffindiff/didtools.py

@@ -4,15 +4,16 @@
 # Author:      Thomas Wieland 
 #              ORCID: 0000-0001-5168-9846
 #              mail: geowieland@googlemail.com              
-# Version:     2.1.4
-# Last update: 2025-12-07 10:27
-# Copyright (c) 2025 Thomas Wieland
+# Version:     2.1.5
+# Last update: 2026-02-20 17:43
+# Copyright (c) 2025-2026 Thomas Wieland
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 import pandas as pd
 import numpy as np
 import re
+from datetime import datetime
 from collections.abc import Iterable
 from statsmodels.formula.api import ols
 from sklearn.ensemble import BaggingRegressor, RandomForestRegressor, GradientBoostingRegressor
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@ from xgboost import XGBRegressor
 from lightgbm import LGBMRegressor
 from sklearn.linear_model import LinearRegression
 from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split
-from huff.goodness_of_fit import modelfit, modelfit_cat, modelfit_plot
 import diffindiff.config as config
 
 
@@ -947,4 +947,29 @@ def bool_to_YN(val):
     if isinstance(val, bool):
         return "YES" if val else "NO"    
     else:        
-        return val
+        return val
+    
+def check_date_format(
+    dates: list = None, 
+    date_format: str = "%Y-%m-%d"
+    ):
+    
+    if dates is None:
+        dates = []
+    
+    invalid_dates_included = False
+    invalid_dates = []
+    
+    for date in dates:
+        try:
+            datetime.strptime(date, date_format)
+        except (ValueError, TypeError):
+            invalid_dates.append(date)
+    
+    if len(invalid_dates) > 0:
+        invalid_dates_included = True
+    
+    return [
+        invalid_dates_included,
+        invalid_dates
+    ]

{diffindiff-2.2.4 → diffindiff-2.2.6}/diffindiff/tests/tests_diffindiff.py

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 # Author:      Thomas Wieland 
 #              ORCID: 0000-0001-5168-9846
 #              mail: geowieland@googlemail.com              
-# Version:     2.0.10
-# Last update: 2025-12-05 17:23
-# Copyright (c) 2025 Thomas Wieland
+# Version:     2.0.11
+# Last update: 2026-02-20 17:44
+# Copyright (c) 2025-2026 Thomas Wieland
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 

diffindiff-2.2.4/README.md → diffindiff-2.2.6/diffindiff.egg-info/PKG-INFO

@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
-# diffindiff: Difference-in-Differences (DiD) Analysis Python Library
+Metadata-Version: 2.1
+Name: diffindiff
+Version: 2.2.6
+Summary: diffindiff: Python library for convenient Difference-in-Differences analyses
+Author: Thomas Wieland
+Author-email: geowieland@googlemail.com
+Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
+
+# diffindiff: Python library for convenient Difference-in-Differences analyses
 
 This Python library is designed for performing Difference-in-Differences (DiD) analyses in a convenient way. It allows users to construct datasets, define treatment and control groups, and set treatment periods. DiD model analyses may be conducted with both datasets created by built-in functions and ready-to-use external datasets. Both simultaneous and staggered adoption are supported. The library allows for various extensions, such as two-way fixed effects models, group- or individual-specific effects, post-treatment periods, and triple-difference estimations. Additionally, it includes functions for visualizing results, such as plotting DiD coefficients with confidence intervals and illustrating the temporal evolution of staggered treatments. Furthermore, several functions for rigorous treatment setting and data diagnostics are incorporated.
 
@@ -8,11 +16,33 @@ This Python library is designed for performing Difference-in-Differences (DiD) a
 Thomas Wieland [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5168-9846) [EMail](mailto:geowieland@googlemail.com) 
 
 
-## Updates v2.2.4
-- Bugfixes:
-  - Spillover treatment really really works now (only relevant in rare cases)
-  - Fixed merging in diddata.DiffData.add_covariates() (only relevant in rare cases)
-  - Dropping missing values consequently (only relevant in rare cases)
+## Availability
+
+- 📦 PyPI: [diffindiff](https://pypi.org/project/diffindiff/)
+- 💻 GitHub Repository: [diffindiff_official](https://github.com/geowieland/diffindiff_official)
+- 📄 DOI (Zenodo): [10.5281/zenodo.18656820](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18656820)
+
+
+## Citation
+
+If you use this software, please cite:
+
+Wieland, T. (2026). diffindiff: A Python library for convenient difference-in-differences analyses (Version 2.2.6) [Computer software]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18656820
+
+
+## Installation
+
+To install the package, use `pip`:
+
+```bash
+pip install diffindiff
+```
+
+To install the package from GitHub with `pip`: 
+
+```bash
+pip install git+https://github.com/geowieland/diffindiff_official.git
+```
 
 
 ## Features
@@ -48,25 +78,6 @@ Thomas Wieland [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5168-9846) [EMail](mailto:geo
   - Test for parallel trend assumption
 
 
-## Literature
-
-  - Baker AC, Larcker DF, Wang CCY (2022) How much should we trust staggered difference-in-differences estimates? *Journal of Financial Economics* 144(2): 370-395. [10.1016/j.jfineco.2022.01.004](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2022.01.004)
-  - Card D, Krueger AD (1994) Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. *The American Economic Review* 84(4): 772-793. [JSTOR](https://www.jstor.org/stable/2677856)
-  - de Haas S, Götz G, Heim S (2022) Measuring the effect of COVID‑19‑related night curfews in a bundled intervention within Germany. *Scientific Reports* 12: 19732. [10.1038/s41598-022-24086-9](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24086-9)
-  - Goodman-Bacon A (2021) Difference-in-differences with variation in treatment timing. *Journal of Econometrics* 225(2): 254-277. [10.1016/j.jeconom.2021.03.014](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2021.03.014)
-  - Greene WH (2012) *Econometric Analysis*.
-  - Goldfarb A, Tucker C, Wang Y (2022) Conducting Research in Marketing with Quasi-Experiments. *Journal of Marketing* 86(3): 1-19. [10.1177/00222429221082977](https://doi.org/10.1177/00222429221082977)
-  - Isporhing IE, Lipfert M, Pestel N (2021) Does re-opening schools contribute to the spread of SARS-CoV-2? Evidence from staggered summer breaks in Germany. *Journal of Public Economics* 198: 104426. [10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104426](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104426)
-  - Li KT, Luo L, Pattabhiramaiah A (2024) Causal Inference with Quasi-Experimental Data. *IMPACT at JMR* November 13, 2024. [AMA](https://www.ama.org/marketing-news/causal-inference-with-quasi-experimental-data/)
-  - Olden A (2018) What do you buy when no one's watching? The effect of self-service checkouts on the composition of sales in retail. Discussion paper FOR 3/18, Norwegian School of Economics, Norway. [http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2490886](http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2490886)
-  - Olden A, Moen J (2022) The triple difference estimator. *The Econometrics Journal* 25(3): 531-553. [10.1093/ectj/utac010](https://doi.org/10.1093/ectj/utac010)
-  - Strassmann A, Çolak Y, Serra-Burriel M, Nordestgaard BG, Turk A, Afzal S, Puhan MA (2023) Nationwide indoor smoking ban and impact on smoking behaviour and lung function: a two-population natural experiment. *Thorax* 78(2): 144-150. [10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-218436](https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-218436)
-  - Villa JM (2016) diff: Simplifying the estimation of difference-in-differences treatment effects. *The Stata Journal* 16(1): 52-71. [10.1177/1536867X1601600108](https://doi.org/10.1177/1536867X1601600108)
-  - von Bismarck-Osten C, Borusyak K, Schönberg U (2022) The role of schools in transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus: quasi-experimental evidence from Germany. *Economic Policy* 37(109): 87–130. [10.1093/epolic/eiac001](https://doi.org/10.1093/epolic/eiac001)
-  - Wieland T (2025) Assessing the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: results of a natural experiment regarding Baden-Württemberg (Germany) and Switzerland in the second infection wave. *Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice* 33(11): 2497-2511. [10.1007/s10389-024-02218-x](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-024-02218-x)
-  - Wooldridge JM (2012) *Introductory Econometrics. A Modern Approach*.
-
-
 ## Examples
 
 ```python
@@ -137,9 +148,30 @@ curfew_model_withgroups.plot_group_treatment_effects(
 See the /tests directory for usage examples of most of the included functions.
 
 
-## Installation
+## Literature
 
-To install the package, use `pip`:
+  - Baker AC, Larcker DF, Wang CCY (2022) How much should we trust staggered difference-in-differences estimates? *Journal of Financial Economics* 144(2): 370-395. [10.1016/j.jfineco.2022.01.004](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2022.01.004)
+  - Card D, Krueger AD (1994) Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. *The American Economic Review* 84(4): 772-793. [JSTOR](https://www.jstor.org/stable/2677856)
+  - de Haas S, Götz G, Heim S (2022) Measuring the effect of COVID‑19‑related night curfews in a bundled intervention within Germany. *Scientific Reports* 12: 19732. [10.1038/s41598-022-24086-9](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24086-9)
+  - Goodman-Bacon A (2021) Difference-in-differences with variation in treatment timing. *Journal of Econometrics* 225(2): 254-277. [10.1016/j.jeconom.2021.03.014](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2021.03.014)
+  - Greene WH (2012) *Econometric Analysis*.
+  - Goldfarb A, Tucker C, Wang Y (2022) Conducting Research in Marketing with Quasi-Experiments. *Journal of Marketing* 86(3): 1-19. [10.1177/00222429221082977](https://doi.org/10.1177/00222429221082977)
+  - Isporhing IE, Lipfert M, Pestel N (2021) Does re-opening schools contribute to the spread of SARS-CoV-2? Evidence from staggered summer breaks in Germany. *Journal of Public Economics* 198: 104426. [10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104426](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104426)
+  - Li KT, Luo L, Pattabhiramaiah A (2024) Causal Inference with Quasi-Experimental Data. *IMPACT at JMR* November 13, 2024. [AMA](https://www.ama.org/marketing-news/causal-inference-with-quasi-experimental-data/)
+  - Olden A (2018) What do you buy when no one's watching? The effect of self-service checkouts on the composition of sales in retail. Discussion paper FOR 3/18, Norwegian School of Economics, Norway. [http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2490886](http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2490886)
+  - Olden A, Moen J (2022) The triple difference estimator. *The Econometrics Journal* 25(3): 531-553. [10.1093/ectj/utac010](https://doi.org/10.1093/ectj/utac010)
+  - Strassmann A, Çolak Y, Serra-Burriel M, Nordestgaard BG, Turk A, Afzal S, Puhan MA (2023) Nationwide indoor smoking ban and impact on smoking behaviour and lung function: a two-population natural experiment. *Thorax* 78(2): 144-150. [10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-218436](https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-218436)
+  - Villa JM (2016) diff: Simplifying the estimation of difference-in-differences treatment effects. *The Stata Journal* 16(1): 52-71. [10.1177/1536867X1601600108](https://doi.org/10.1177/1536867X1601600108)
+  - von Bismarck-Osten C, Borusyak K, Schönberg U (2022) The role of schools in transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus: quasi-experimental evidence from Germany. *Economic Policy* 37(109): 87–130. [10.1093/epolic/eiac001](https://doi.org/10.1093/epolic/eiac001)
+  - Wieland T (2025) Assessing the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: results of a natural experiment regarding Baden-Württemberg (Germany) and Switzerland in the second infection wave. *Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice* 33(11): 2497-2511. [10.1007/s10389-024-02218-x](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-024-02218-x)
+  - Wooldridge JM (2012) *Introductory Econometrics. A Modern Approach*.
+
+
+## What's new (v2.2.6)
+- Bugfixes:
+  - Check for correct dates in diddata.create_treatment()
+  - Check for valid columns in diddata.merge_data()
+  - Removed unnecessary old dependencies and imports
+- Other:
+  - Changed diddata.DiffGroups.add_segmentation() to return a message rather than raising an exception when the DiffGroups object already includes a benefit group
 
-```bash
-pip install diffindiff

{diffindiff-2.2.4 → diffindiff-2.2.6}/diffindiff.egg-info/requires.txt

@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@ xgboost
 lightgbm
 patsy
 openpyxl
-huff>=1.6.6

{diffindiff-2.2.4 → diffindiff-2.2.6}/setup.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 import os
-import diffindiff.config as config
 
 def read_README():
     with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
@@ -8,8 +7,8 @@ def read_README():
     
 setup(
     name='diffindiff',
-    version='2.2.4',
-    description='diffindiff: Python library for convenient Difference-in-Differences Analyses',
+    version='2.2.6',
+    description='diffindiff: Python library for convenient Difference-in-Differences analyses',
     packages=find_packages(include=["diffindiff", "diffindiff.tests"]),
     include_package_data=True,
     long_description=read_README(),
@@ -31,8 +30,7 @@ setup(
         'xgboost',
         'lightgbm',
         'patsy',
-        'openpyxl',
-        'huff>=1.6.6'
+        'openpyxl'
     ],
     test_suite='tests',
 )