Welfare analysis meets causal inference
We describe a frame work for empirical welfare analysis that uses the causal estimates of a policy’s impact on net government spending. This framework provides guidance for which causal effects are (and are not) needed for empirical welfare analysis of public policies. The key ingredient is the cons...
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| Language: | English |
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American Economic Association
2021
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/130347 |