Causal Inference: The Mixtape
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- Author：Scott Cunningham
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Summary
An accessible， contemporary introduction to the methods for determining cause and effect in the social sciences
Causal inference encompasses the tools that allow social scientists to determine what causes what。 In a messy world， causal inference is what helps establish the causes and effects of the actions being studied—for example， the impact （or lack thereof） of increases in the minimum wage on employment， the effects of early childhood education on incarceration later in life， or the influence on economic growth of introducing malaria nets in developing regions。 Scott Cunningham introduces students and practitioners to the methods necessary to arrive at meaningful answers to the questions of causation， using a range of modeling techniques and coding instructions for both the R and the Stata programming languages。
Causal inference encompasses the tools that allow social scientists to determine what causes what。 In a messy world， causal inference is what helps establish the causes and effects of the actions being studied—for example， the impact （or lack thereof） of increases in the minimum wage on employment， the effects of early childhood education on incarceration later in life， or the influence on economic growth of introducing malaria nets in developing regions。 Scott Cunningham introduces students and practitioners to the methods necessary to arrive at meaningful answers to the questions of causation， using a range of modeling techniques and coding instructions for both the R and the Stata programming languages。
Reviews
szymborskalyte
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One of the more accessible introductions to casual inference for sure。
Olivier Cruchant
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Best literature I read on causal inference since https://blog。echen。me/2014/08/15/prop。。。 :） Reasonably easy to read， not too much equations。 Best literature I read on causal inference since https://blog。echen。me/2014/08/15/prop。。。 :） Reasonably easy to read， not too much equations。 。。。more
Alexander Billy
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This book has the potential to become essential reading for anyone in applied economics。 Scott has gone out of his way to write a tour de force on the econometrician's toolkit。 He covers basic principles of regression， DAGs， RD， synthetic controls， and a host of other identification strategies and estimators。 The reading is pleasurable， too。 Unlike a lot of economics papers or books， you can sit down and enjoy the writing。 In some sense， it's very similar to Angrist and Pischke's Mostly Harmless This book has the potential to become essential reading for anyone in applied economics。 Scott has gone out of his way to write a tour de force on the econometrician's toolkit。 He covers basic principles of regression， DAGs， RD， synthetic controls， and a host of other identification strategies and estimators。 The reading is pleasurable， too。 Unlike a lot of economics papers or books， you can sit down and enjoy the writing。 In some sense， it's very similar to Angrist and Pischke's Mostly Harmless Econometrics。 But Scott's florid style （that I'm sure stems from his days as a poet） is striking。 Words are artfully chosen but not to the extent that there are Hemingway-esque non sequiturs。 Don't sleep on this book and think it's identical to MHE。 If you're a PhD student， recent PhD grad， or thinking about applying to a PhD program， read this！ Scott covers topics not included in MHE， and also provides code for you to execute。 The examples to motivate the concepts and highlight the code are masterfully captured。 And while the book isn't perfect， remember it's only a rough draft。 You'll find typos and notational conflicts。 （Hell， I'm sure this review has typos in it！） But they're not so jarring that you miss his logic。 To my knowledge， Yale Press will seriously scrutinize the editorial process。 So， when the book is completed， it'll be even better。 Scott has even written on Twitter stating he's going to include some additional material on the new difference-in-differences techniques。 So， be on the lookout for the updated version。 I know I'll buy a copy to reference。Kudos， Scott， and thanks for being a really splendid guy！ 。。。more
Martin Lábaj
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