Causal Inference with a Continuous Treatment: Addressing Positivity Constraints, Nonlinearity, and Effect Heterogeneity
Published online on June 26, 2026
Abstract
Sociological Methodology, Volume 56, Issue 2, Page 206-236, August 2026.
Causal inference approaches often emphasize binary treatments. But in many applications, the underlying constructs are continuous. In the potential outcomes framework, a continuous treatment can take on numerous values, each corresponding to a potential ...
Causal inference approaches often emphasize binary treatments. But in many applications, the underlying constructs are continuous. In the potential outcomes framework, a continuous treatment can take on numerous values, each corresponding to a potential ...