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Causal DAG — education and income

Effect of education on income with confounders and mediator.

Template previewCausal DAG
Education → IncomeEYears of educationOAdult incomeFFamily backgroundADJUST FORJJob sectorAAbilityExposureOutcomeConfounderMediatorUnobservedIdentifiable — adjust for `Family background`.Adjust for `Family background` — a minimal sufficient set. Conditioning on it blocks every backdoor path from `Years of education` to `Adult income`, and no prope…

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title "Education → Income"
exposure   E "Years of education"
outcome    O "Adult income"
confounder F "Family background"
mediator   J "Job sector"
unobserved A "Ability"

F -> E
F -> O
E -> J
J -> O
E -> O
A --- E
A --- O