送交者: Latino2 于 2008-03-25, 12:22:42:

回答: causality not clear 由 水手 于 2008-03-25, 11:37:05:

• I know, they used income, that's exactly my point (NT) (无内容) - 水手 (0 bytes) 2008-03-25, 12:43:48 (213734)
  • income/wealth should be a control variable - Enlighten (609 bytes) 2008-03-25, 13:01:46 (213739)
    • Causality is a common problem in econometrics - 水手 (578 bytes) 2008-03-25, 13:15:52 (213743)
      • But if can control ALL other factors, you CAN establish causality - Enlighten (301 bytes) 2008-03-25, 13:34:36 (213750)
        • "the event that happens earlier in time is usually the cause" - mangolasi (54 bytes) 2008-03-25, 13:37:03 (213753)
      • here endogeneity rather than reversed causality is the main issue - mangolasi (377 bytes) 2008-03-25, 13:30:48 (213748)
        • endogeneity is not equivalent to reverse causality - 水手 (925 bytes) 2008-03-25, 13:57:32 (213761)
        • by 'treatment' i mean something like instrumental variables, can't - mangolasi (47 bytes) 2008-03-25, 13:32:44 (213749)

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