On The Limits Of 'Mediation Analysis' And 'Statistical Causality'

by Lars P. SyllCausality in social sciences - and economics - can never solely be a question of statistical inference. Causality entails more than predictability, and requires theory to really explain social phenomena in depth. Analysis of variation - the foundation of all econometrics - can never in itself reveal how these variations are brought about.

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