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  • Epidemiology
  • Social Science
  • Econometrics
  • Causal Inference

Background:

  • Age-period-cohort (APC) models are widely used but face an inherent identifiability problem due to linear dependencies between age, period, and cohort.
  • Existing solutions, like the mechanism-based approach using mediators, have been limited to specific scenarios and parametric forms.
  • A general nonparametric identification result is needed to address these limitations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To derive a general nonparametric identification result for causal age, period, and cohort effects.
  • To extend the mechanism-based approach for APC models beyond special cases and parametric constraints.
  • To provide a foundation for estimating causal APC effects using mediator sets.

Main Methods:

  • Derivation of a general nonparametric identification result for causal effects in APC models.
  • Utilizing a mechanism-based approach with sets of mediators to resolve identifiability issues.
  • Establishing explicit assumptions on the data-generating mechanism and mediator sets.

Main Results:

  • A general nonparametric identification result for causal age, period, and cohort effects is established.
  • The derived result is valid under explicit assumptions regarding the data-generating process and mediators.
  • The identification result naturally facilitates parametric estimation, analogous to the parametric G-formula.

Conclusions:

  • The study provides a significant advancement in addressing the identifiability problem of age-period-cohort models.
  • The mechanism-based approach, with the derived nonparametric identification, offers a more general framework.
  • This framework enables robust estimation of causal age, period, and cohort effects in various scientific fields.