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Inferring Heterogeneous Causal Effects in Presence of Spatial Confounding
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- We address the problem of inferring the causal effect of an exposure on an outcome across space, using observational data. The data is possibly subject to unmeasured confounding variables which, in a standard approach, must be adjusted for by estimating a nuisance function. Here we develop a method that eliminates the nuisance function, while mitigating the resulting errors-in-variables. The result is a robust and accurate inference method for spatially varying heterogeneous causal effects. The properties of the method are demonstrated on synthetic as well as real data from Germany and the US.<br />Comment: 10 pages, 10 figures
Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.1901.09919
- Document Type :
- Working Paper