Questions tagged [causality]

The relationship between cause and effect.

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When can economists claim to "understand" an event or phenomenon?

It's a common refrain that economists still don't have a solid grasp of the causes of business cycles (in particular, the Great Depression), despite decades of serious study. What would it take to say that this (or another event/phenomenon --…
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Estimating causal effect for educated people on wages

I have a problem regarding causation and effect. I have a linear model $ wage=\beta_0+\beta_1educ+\beta_2female+\beta_3hourseworked+errorterm$ When I need to estimate the causal effect for educated people on wages, I have chosen a subpopulation…
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