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Causal inference in the empirical sciences is based on counterfactuals. This paper presents the counterfactual account of causation in terms of Lewis's possible-world semantics, and reformulates the statistical potential outcome framework and its underlying assumptions using counterfactual...
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Die Gesellschaft Deutschlands befindet sich nicht zuletzt aufgrund des technologischen Wandels, einer stetig zunehmenden Internationalisierung und demographischer Veränderungen bereits seit den siebziger Jahren auf dem Weg in eine wissensbasierte Dienstleistungsgesellschaft. Zu diesem Wandel,...
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This paper investigates whether and to what extent demographic change has an impact on human capital accumulation. The effect of the relative cohort size on educational attainment of young adults in Germany is analyzed utilizing data from the German Socio-Economic Panel for West-German...
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