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Causal DAG — minimum wage policy

Policy effect on employment with confounders and an unobserved path.

Template previewCausal DAG
Minimum wage → employmentWMinimum wage ↑LEmploymentELocal economyADJUST FORDDemographicsADJUST FORPPolitical climateExposureOutcomeConfounderMediatorUnobservedIdentifiable — adjust for `Local economy` + `Demographics`.Adjust for `Local economy` + `Demographics` — a minimal sufficient set. Conditioning on those blocks every backdoor path from `Minimum wage ↑` to `Employment`, an…

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title "Minimum wage → employment"
exposure   W "Minimum wage ↑"
outcome    L "Employment"
confounder E "Local economy"
confounder D "Demographics"
unobserved P "Political climate"

W -> L
E -> W
E -> L
D -> W
D -> L
P --- W
P --- L