Laboratorio / Workshop

Modern causal analysis

Causal inference based on non-experimental data
5 maggio 2022
6 maggio 2022
Orario di inizio 
10:00
Palazzo di Sociologia - Via Verdi 26, Trento
Meeting Room 1st Floor
Organizzato da: 
Hans Schadee Research Methods Center
Destinatari: 
Comunità universitaria
Partecipazione: 
Ingresso libero con prenotazione
Online su prenotazione
Prenotazione obbligatoria
Referente: 
POSTI IN PRESENZA ESAURITI

Instructor: 

  • Michael Gebel - University of Bamberg

The workshop will cover the following topics::

  • Causal hypotheses, counterfactual model of causality, causal graphs (DAGs)
  • A new look at regression analysis from the perspective of modern causal analysis: selection of control variables, model building, and regression adjustment 
  • Propensity score matching, alternative matching approaches and inverse probability weighting
  • Instrumental variable (IV) estimators: classical IV estimator, conditional IV estimator, modern LATE interpretation
  • Difference-of-differences (DID) estimator: before-after estimator, DID with individual and aggregate data; DID combined with matching
  • The methods are practiced using the statistical program Stata