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Decomposition analysis to identify intervention targets for reducing disparities
John W. Jackson, Tyler J. VanderWeele
There has been considerable interest in using decomposition methods in epidemiology (mediation analysis) and economics (Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition) to understand how health dispa…
Generalized Cornfield conditions for the risk difference
Peng Ding, Tyler J. VanderWeele
A central question in causal inference with observational studies is the sensitivity of conclusions to unmeasured confounding. The classical Cornfield condition allows us to assess…
Causal Diagrams for Interference
Elizabeth L. Ogburn, Tyler J. VanderWeele
The term "interference" has been used to describe any setting in which one subject's exposure may affect another subject's outcome. We use causal diagrams to distinguish among thre…
On the Validity of Covariate Adjustment for Estimating Causal Effects
Ilya Shpitser, Tyler VanderWeele, James M. Robins
Identifying effects of actions (treatments) on outcome variables from observational data and causal assumptions is a fundamental problem in causal inference. This identification is…