Causal Inference Under Outcome-Based Sampling with Monotonicity Assumptions

Sung Jae Jun and Sokbae (Simon) Lee

Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2024, vol. 42, issue 3, 998-1009

Abstract: We study causal inference under case-control and case-population sampling. Specifically, we focus on the binary-outcome and binary-treatment case, where the parameters of interest are causal relative and attributable risks defined via the potential outcome framework. It is shown that strong ignorability is not always as powerful as it is under random sampling and that certain monotonicity assumptions yield comparable results in terms of sharp identified intervals. Specifically, the usual odds ratio is shown to be a sharp identified upper bound on causal relative risk under the monotone treatment response and monotone treatment selection assumptions. We offer algorithms for inference on the causal parameters that are aggregated over the true population distribution of the covariates. We show the usefulness of our approach by studying three empirical examples: the benefit of attending private school for entering a prestigious university in Pakistan; the relationship between staying in school and getting involved with drug-trafficking gangs in Brazil; and the link between physicians’ hours and size of the group practice in the United States.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/07350015.2023.2277164

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