T-learners, S-learners and X-learners are all meta-algorithms that one can use for estimating the conditional average treatment effect (CATE) in the causal inference setting. The information here is largely taken from Künzel et. al. (2019) (Reference 1). All 3 methods are implemented in Microsoft’s EconML python package. Set-up We index individuals by . Each individual […]
T-learners, S-learners and X-learners
Author: Isadore Nabi
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T-learners, S-learners and X-learners
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US RETAIL SALES: WHEN THE INFLATING OF SALES PASSES OVER INTO FRAUD BUT IT NO LONGER MATTERS.
Esto, adicionalmente, puede verificarse, por ejemplo, en el estudio realizado por Gustavo Cardona sobre diversos fraudes contables realizados por diferentes y distintas empresas a lo largo de la historia más reciente del capitalismo. Destacan entre ellos los casos de Enron y Parmalat, estudiados de forma específica en otras investigaciones.
inflated-or-fraudulent-salesDownload us-quarterly-retail-sales-up-to-q1-2022Download Marx observed that all crises are preceded by fraud. It seems that the venerable US Department of Commerce is not immune from this. In the end of course fraudulent official data is without consequence when reality imposes itself as it did this week when major retailers reported weaker than expected sales and income […]
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History Slam 214: Indigenous Voices, Resources, & Learning in Canadian Classrooms
By Sean Graham In its final report, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission included several Calls to Action regarding education. One of these was to develop and implement learning resources for all students in Canada so that more Indigenous voices, perspectives, and approaches were included in provincial and territorial curricula. As we’ve seen, however, some efforts […]
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We Are More Satisfied With Life as We Age, Thanks to Oxytocin
Source:Frontiers A new study has linked life satisfaction to the chemistry in our brains. People that release more of the neurochemical oxytocin are kinder to others and tend to be more satisfied with their lives. In addition, oxytocin release increases with age, showing why, on average, people are more caring as they get older. These […]
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Harvard and Slavery: The Moral Responsibility of History
By Andrew Nurse On April 26, 2022, Harvard University announced “that it will spend $100 million” as part of a plan to address what it’s president called “profoundly immoral” practices in the university’s past.[1] At issue is Harvard’s relationship to slavery, racism and colonialism. Harvard is not the first university to grapple with a deeply […]
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Antidepressants Are Not Associated With Improved Quality of Life in the Long Run
Source:PLOS Over time, using antidepressants is not associated with significantly better health-related quality of life, compared to people with depression who do not take the drugs. These are the findings of a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Omar Almohammed of King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, and colleagues. It […]
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It’s not looking good for 2022
Economic growth The US economy unexpectedly contracted by 0.4% in the first quarter of 2022, compared to the previous quarter, due in large part to a decline in inventories and exports. Consumer and business spending continued to grow however, suggesting that activity still has some momentum. US real GDP quarterly change % Growth in the […]
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Has globalisation ended?
Apart from inflation and war, what grips current economic thought is the apparent failure of what mainstream economics likes to call ‘globalisation’. What mainstream economics means by globalisation is the expansion of trade and capital flows freely across borders. In 2000, the IMF identified four basic aspects of globalisation: trade and transactions, capital and investment movements, migration and […]
Has globalisation ended?