Date & Time: 16th Thursday, February 2017 17:00 – 18:30
Venue: Basement Floor, “Mizuho Hall”, Faculty of Law and Faculty of Economics, East Bldg. Yoshida Campus, (No.5 building in the map)
http://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/access/yoshida/main.html

Language: English

Speaker： Dr. Katsuo Kogure, (Osaka University)

Title: “Some Remarks on the Causal Inference for Historical Persistence”

Abstract:
A growing body of literature examines the relationships between historical events and contemporary economic outcomes. Using detailed historical data and contemporary microdata from individuals and/or households, recent studies estimate causal effects. In this paper, we discuss conceptual and econometric issues inherent in the causal inference following the potential outcomes framework. We also discuss a simple alternative approach that is coherent with this framework.