Abstract
Researchers are often challenged with assessing the impact of an intervention on an outcome of interest in situations where the intervention is non-randomised, the intervention is only applied to one or few units, the intervention is binary, and outcome measurements are available at multiple time points. In this paper, we review existing methods for causal inference in these situations.We detail the assumptions underlying each method, emphasize connections between the dierent approaches and provide guidelines regarding their practical implementation. Several open problems are identied thus highlighting the need for future research.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 486 - 503 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Statistical Science |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2019 |
Keywords
- Causal impact
- causal inference
- difference-indifferences
- intervention evaluation
- latent factor models
- panel data
- synthetic controls