Retrospective Causal Inference with Machine Learning Ensembles: An Application to Anti-recidivism Policies in Colombia
We present new methods to estimate causal effects retrospectively from micro data with the assistance of a machine learning ensemble. This approach overcomes two important limitations in conventional methods like regression modeling or matching: (i) ambiguity about the pertinent retrospective counte...
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Volume: | 24 |
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Main Author: |
Samii, Cyrus
Paler, Laura Daly, Sarah Zukerman |
Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | English |
Place of publication: |
New York, US Cambridge University Press 20160000 Oxford University Press CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS |
published in: | Political analysis Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 434 - 456 |
Data of publication: | 20160000 |
ISSN: |
1047-1987 1476-4989 |
EISSN: |
1476-4989 |
Alternate Title: | Retrospective Causal Inference Cyrus Samii et al. |
Discipline: | Political Science |
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Online Access: | available in Bonn? |
Database: | Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2016 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Database information Databases - DBIS |