Arbeitspapier
On the Role of Counterfactuals in Inferring Causal Effects of Treatments
Causal inference in the empirical sciences is based on counterfactuals. This paper presents the counterfactual account of causation in terms of Lewis's possible-world semantics, and reformulates the statistical potential outcome framework and its underlying assumptions using counterfactual conditionals. I discuss varieties of causally meaningful counterfactuals for the case of a finite number of treatments, and illustrate these using a simple settheoretical framework. The paper proceeds to examine proximity relations between possible worlds, and discusses implications for empirical practice.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 354
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
History of Economic Thought: Individuals: General
Econometric and Statistical Methods: Other
Other Special Topics: General
- Thema
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Causation
counterfactuals
possible worlds
treatment effect
Empirische Methode
Kausalanalyse
Theorie
Kontrafaktische Situation
treatment effect
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Kluve, Jochen
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2001
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Kluve, Jochen
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2001
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