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Topics in the Theory and Practice of Causal Inference (ECO-AD-THECAUINF)

ECO-AD-THECAUINF

Purpose

A 10-hour topics course in recent advances in causal inference from experimental and ob- servational data.

1. Principal stratification analysis (3 lectures)
   • Principal stratification analysis
   • Censoring due to death
   • Understanding mechanisms and mediation analysis
   • Principal fairness
   • Identification and different modes of inference
2. Causal Inference with interference (2 lectures)
   • Cluster/partial interference in randomized studies
   • Design, detect, assess interference
   • Cluster/partial interference in observational settings
   • General network interference in experimental and observational settings

 

Exercise classes

No exercise class
 

Teaching material

Selected journal articles and lecture notes provided by the instructor.
 

Evaluation

• Participation (30%)
• Final project (70%)

The final project is intended to be carried out individually, or in teams of two or three students. The final product of the project will consist of a short (at most 10 pages) paper and a presentation given to the class at the end of the course. Applying the course’s methods to your own research is most welcome, as is doing methodological work or simulation-based work. I can provide also data on specific case studies that the students can analyze in their final project. Back to Overview
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