I am excited to share my first working paper! @PHuenermund and I address why the interpretation of control variables in regression analysis should be avoided.

“On the Nuisance of Control variables in Regression Analysis”
arxiv.org/abs/2005.10314
#econometrics #causalinference /1 2/The interpretation of control variables is widespread within our research field. We checked the last five years of SMJ issues and found that 47% of papers that use parametric regression models with control variables also interpret or mention the results of their controls.