Causal inferences: Identical twins help and clarity about necessary assumptions is critical

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue , 2015, Pages 201-202

  Amin, Vikesh ^a   Behrman, Jere R ^b   Kohler, Hans Peter ^b   Xiong, Yanyan ^c   Zhang, Junsen ^d  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Southeast University   (China)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Health; Schooling; Twins fixed effects

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL INFERENCE; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIGENETICS; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NOTE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH DISPARITY; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; STANDARDS; TWINS;

CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84922285130     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.12.012     Document Type: Note

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