4.8 Potential outcomes (multiple)

  • Literature primarily considers two actions/treatment values
  • Often ‘active’ action (Aspirin) vs. ‘passive’ action (No Aspirin)
  • Often labelled treatment vs. control (just labels)
  • Extension to multi-valued treatments is conceptually straightforward
  • Treatment with several levels → several potential outcomes
  • Q: What are social science examples for treatments with several levels?
  • In this course we’ll focus on binary treatments…