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Causal Analysis

Impact Evaluation and Causal Machine Learning with Applications in R

Author Martin Huber
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On sale Aug 01, 2023 | 336 Pages | 9780262545914
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A comprehensive and cutting-edge introduction to quantitative methods of causal analysis, including new trends in machine learning.

Reasoning about cause and effect—the consequence of doing one thing versus another—is an integral part of our lives as human beings. In an increasingly digital and data-driven economy, the importance of sophisticated causal analysis only deepens.  Presenting the most important quantitative methods for evaluating causal effects, this textbook provides graduate students and researchers with a clear and comprehensive introduction to the causal analysis of empirical data. Martin Huber’s accessible approach highlights the intuition and motivation behind various methods while also providing formal discussions of key concepts using statistical notation. Causal Analysis covers several methodological developments not covered in other texts, including new trends in machine learning, the evaluation of interaction or interference effects, and recent research designs such as bunching or kink designs.

  • Most complete and cutting-edge introduction to causal analysis, including causal machine learning 
  • Clean presentation of rigorous material avoids extraneous detail and emphasizes conceptual analogies over statistical notation
  • Supplies a range of applications and practical examples using R
1 Introduction 1
2 Causality and No Causality 11
3 Social Experiments and Linear Regression 19
4 Selection on Observables 65
5 Casual Machine Learning 137
6 Instrumental Variables 169
7 Difference-in-Differences 195
8 Synthetic Controls 219
9 Regression Discontinuity, Kink, and Bunching Designs 231
10 Partial Identification and Sensitivity Analysis 255
11 Treatment Evaluation under Interference Effects 271
12 Conclusion 285
References 287
Index 311
  • FINALIST
    PROSE Award - Computing & Information Sciences
Martin Huber is Professor of Applied Econometrics at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, where his research comprises both methodological and applied contributions in the fields of causal analysis and policy evaluation, machine learning, statistics, econometrics, and empirical economics.
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A comprehensive and cutting-edge introduction to quantitative methods of causal analysis, including new trends in machine learning.

Reasoning about cause and effect—the consequence of doing one thing versus another—is an integral part of our lives as human beings. In an increasingly digital and data-driven economy, the importance of sophisticated causal analysis only deepens.  Presenting the most important quantitative methods for evaluating causal effects, this textbook provides graduate students and researchers with a clear and comprehensive introduction to the causal analysis of empirical data. Martin Huber’s accessible approach highlights the intuition and motivation behind various methods while also providing formal discussions of key concepts using statistical notation. Causal Analysis covers several methodological developments not covered in other texts, including new trends in machine learning, the evaluation of interaction or interference effects, and recent research designs such as bunching or kink designs.

  • Most complete and cutting-edge introduction to causal analysis, including causal machine learning 
  • Clean presentation of rigorous material avoids extraneous detail and emphasizes conceptual analogies over statistical notation
  • Supplies a range of applications and practical examples using R

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 1
2 Causality and No Causality 11
3 Social Experiments and Linear Regression 19
4 Selection on Observables 65
5 Casual Machine Learning 137
6 Instrumental Variables 169
7 Difference-in-Differences 195
8 Synthetic Controls 219
9 Regression Discontinuity, Kink, and Bunching Designs 231
10 Partial Identification and Sensitivity Analysis 255
11 Treatment Evaluation under Interference Effects 271
12 Conclusion 285
References 287
Index 311

Awards

  • FINALIST
    PROSE Award - Computing & Information Sciences

Author

Martin Huber is Professor of Applied Econometrics at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, where his research comprises both methodological and applied contributions in the fields of causal analysis and policy evaluation, machine learning, statistics, econometrics, and empirical economics.
Martin Huber View titles by Martin Huber

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  • Causal Analysis
    Causal Analysis
    Impact Evaluation and Causal Machine Learning with Applications in R
    Martin Huber
    9780262374927
    Ebook
    The MIT Press
    Aug 01, 2023
  • Causal Analysis
    Causal Analysis
    Impact Evaluation and Causal Machine Learning with Applications in R
    Martin Huber
    9780262374927
    Ebook
    The MIT Press
    Aug 01, 2023

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