SI 2025 Methods Lecture: Uncovering Causal Mechanisms: Mediation Analysis and Surrogate Indices
Organized by James M. Poterba
July 24, 2025
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA, Zoom
Room: Ballroom B

Thursday, July 24

3:00 pm

Slides

Motivating Applications
Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER

3:15 pm

Mediation Analysis: Identifying Mechanisms Underlying Treatment
Effects on Primary Outcomes
Kosuke Imai, Harvard University

4:40 pm

Break

4:50 pm

Surrogate Indices: Identifying Treatment Effects on Primary
Outcomes Using Mediators
Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER

6:00 pm

Adjourn