Counterfactuals and Causal Inference: Methods and Principles for Social Research (Analytical Methods for Social Research)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0521671930
ISBN 13
9780521671934
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Publication Year
2007
Publisher
Pages
328
Subject
Social sciences--Research. Social sciences--Methodology. Causation.
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Abstract
"In this book, the counterfactual model of causality for observational data analysis is presented, and methods for causal effect estimation are demonstrated using examples from sociology, political science, and economics."--Jacket.
Description
Part I. Counterfactual Causality and Empirical Research in the Social Sciences -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The counterfactual model; Part II. Estimating Causal Effects by Conditioning -- 3. Causal graphs, identification, and models of causal exposure -- 4. Matching estimators of causal effects -- 5. Regression estimators of causal effects -- Part III. Estimating Causal Effects When Simple Conditioning is Ineffective -- 6. Identification in the absence of a complete model of causal exposure -- 7. Natural experiments and instrumental variables -- 8. Mechanisms and causal explanation -- 9. Repeated observations and the estimation of causal effects -- Part IV. Conclusions -- 10. Counterfactual causality and future empirical research in the social sciences.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-316) and index.
Number of Copies
2
