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restat-robustness
Use when the headline estimate of a The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) manuscript needs to survive specification, sample, measurement, and inference choices before submission. Builds the robustness suite that REStat referees expect; it does not establish the primary identification.
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# Robustness Suite (restat-robustness)
## When to trigger
- The main estimate exists but its stability under reasonable alternatives is untested
- A referee could ask "does this survive [specification / sample / inference] choice?"
- Inference rests on conventional SEs without checking clustering / few-cluster / multiple-testing
- The result might be an artifact of how a variable was measured
## The REStat robustness bar
REStat referees ask whether the headline number is **a fact about the world or an artifact of choices**. The persuasive paper shows the estimate is **stable across the specifications a skeptic would try**, and is honest where it is fragile. Because REStat weights **measurement**, robustness here includes a dimension siblings sometimes skip: **robustness to measurement choices** (alternative measures, error corrections, construct definitions). Robustness is not a kitchen sink — it is a **targeted defense** of the specific threats this design invites (route the threat menu via `restat-referee-strategy`).
## The five robustness dimensions