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Direct and indirect effects based on changes-in-changes

BP2-STS

    01.09.2019

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Direct effects
indirect effects
mediation analysis
changes-in-changes
causal mechanisms
treatment effects
English We propose a novel approach for causal mediation analysis based on changes-in- changes assumptions restricting unobserved heterogeneity over time. This allows disentangling the causal effect of a binary treatment on a continuous outcome into an indirect effect operating through a binary intermediate variable (called mediator) and a direct effect running via other causal mechanisms. We identify average and quantile direct and indirect effects for various subgroups under the condition that the outcome is monotonic in the unobserved heterogeneity and that the distribution of the latter does not change over time conditional on the treatment and the mediator. We also provide a simulation study and an empirical application to the Jobs II programme.
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Faculté des sciences économiques et sociales et du management
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  • English
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Economics
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Faculté SES

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  • Working Papers SES ; 508
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  • RERO DOC 327186
  • RERO R008969194
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https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/307960
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