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| DC Field | | Value | | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | | Kluve, Jochen | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2009-01-28T16:20:25Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2009-01-28T16:20:25Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2001 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/21213 | | - |
| dc.description.abstract | | 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. | | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | IZA Discussion paper series 354 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | B30 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | C19 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | Z00 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 330 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Causation | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | counterfactuals | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | possible worlds | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | treatment effect | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Empirische Methode | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Kausalanalyse | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Theorie | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Kontrafaktische Situation | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | treatment effect | | en_US |
| dc.title | | On the Role of Counterfactuals in Inferring Causal Effects of Treatments | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Working Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 339079312 | | en_US |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | - |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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