Martin Huber
Professor of Applied Econometrics and Policy Evaluation at the University of Fribourg/Freiburg (Switzerland) - causal analysis, statistics, econometrics, machine learning...and telemarking
- 📢 Registration is open for the 2026 Symposium of Causal Inference in the Health Sciences, hosted at Fribourg University on March 18. This year’s focus is on AI/machine learning in causal inference for health sciences/economics - register here: projects.unifr.ch/pophealthlab... #CausalAI
- 📢 Last call! Register for the #Fribourg #WinterSchool in #DataAnalytics & #MachineLearning (📅 Feb 2–13, 2026) until Jan 25. Join us on site in Fribourg or online for data analytics, predictive/causal machine learning, and deep learning, using Python, R, Julia, & KNIME: www.unifr.ch/appecon/en/w...
- 📢 Update of our #DiD paper on continuous treatments with machine learning-based covariate adjustment, joint with M Haddad, J Medina-Reyes, and L Zhang. Now includes an evaluation of the impact of second-dose COVID-19 vaccination rates on mortality in Brazil: arxiv.org/abs/2410.21105
- The new year starts with a great conference: the Labor Seminar in #Laax 🏔️ Inspiring talks with applications of causal inference methods in empirical labor economics and related fields. Thanks to Pia Schilling and Christina Felfe for putting together a fantastic program!
- 📄 New paper (joint with J Kueck & M Mattes): arxiv.org/abs/2601.05728 When outcomes depend on others’ actions in a social network, causal evaluation becomes difficult. We use causal AI to learn network interference from data and to test whether common ways of modelling interference are valid.
- 📢The #Fribourg #WinterSchool in #DataAnalytics & #MachineLearning is coming up Feb 2-13. Join us on site at @ses_unifr or online for a two-week program on data analytics, predictive/causal machine learning & deep learning using Python, R, Julia & KNIME: www.unifr.ch/appecon/en/w...
- Happy holidays from the #Venet in #Tirol, #Austria ❄️⛷️ - the perfect crowd-free ski retreat, recharging energy for fresh #CausalAnalysis and #ImpactEvaluation in the new year 😉 www.venet.at
- ⏳ Our #Fribourg #WinterSchool in Data Analytics & Machine Learning is only a few weeks away (Feb 2–13, 2026). Strengthen your skills in predictive and causal machine learning, deep learning using Python, R, Julia & Knime. Register here to join us in person or online: www.unifr.ch/appecon/en/w...
- Very honored to be recognized as a Distinguished Author of the Journal of Applied Econometrics in 2025 (for the equivalent of three single-authored publications). I’m very grateful to my coauthors - most of my work in this journal has been collaborative! 😊 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
- 🚀 A new version of our causalweight package for the statistical software R is online, containing some of the latest causal machine learning methods for the estimation of treatment effects: www.rdocumentation.org/packages/cau... #CausalInference #CausalAnalysis #MachineLearning
- Had the great pleasure of teaching a short course on #CausalAnalysis (based on my book of the same name) and methods in policy evaluation this week at the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. A big thank you to David Marques-Ibanez and all participants for hosting me and for the engaging discussions!
- Reposted by Martin Huber With @jeromevalette.bsky.social & Jesús Fernández-Huertas Moraga, we are happy to announce the CfPapers for the 4th edition of the Junior Workshop on the Economics of Migration on May 26-27, 2026 @uc3meconomics.bsky.social, Spain. Submit until February 1, 2026 on economig2026.sciencesconf.org
- The #CDSM2025 is coming up tomorrow: www.causalscience.org. Mara Mattes will present our joint work with Jannis Kueck on learning and testing the structure of interference effects in social networks - how the treatment of others affects one’s own outcomes - using graph convolutional autoencoders.
- 📢The #Fribourg #WinterSchool in #DataAnalytics & #MachineLearning is coming up (Feb 2–13, 2026)! On site at @unifr.bsky.social or online - covering data analytics, predictive & causal machine learning, and deep learning using Python, R, Julia & Knime. Register now: www.unifr.ch/appecon/en/w...
- Very happy to attend the Young Researcher Workshop of the Universities of Tübingen and #Hohenheim (as an invitee, even if I’m not that young anymore 😉) - lots of great presentations and lively discussions, including on causal machine learning! Many thanks to B. Jung, M. Biewen & the organising team!
- 📚 In summer 2023, my book Causal Analysis was published with @mitpress.bsky.social. Just two years later😉 I’m very happy to share that the lecture slides are now freely available in both PDF and LaTeX (as zip files), along with the datasets and R/Python code: 👉 www.unifr.ch/appecon/en/r...
- Huge thanks to Emma Bacci, Sarina J. Oberhänsli, Jeremy Proz, Andreas Stoller, and Melissa Uhrig for their great work and support in preparing the teaching slides!
- Reposted by Martin Huber📣 Last Call! Don't miss the chance to 🤿 dive into IV and RDD in R with @causalhuber.bsky.social! Register Now! ➡️ t1p.de/caus-inf-2025
- Struggling to identify causal effects when experiments aren’t feasible? Learn how Instrumental Variables and Regression Discontinuity Designs can help! Join @causalhuber.bsky.social to dive deep into IV and RDD in R —from core concepts to advanced topics like machine learning: t1p.de/caus-inf-2025
- 🚀 Registration is open for the #Fribourg #WinterSchool in #DataAnalytics & #MachineLearning, Feb 2–13 2026. 📍Hybrid: at Fribourg University or online 🔍Topics: data analytics, predictive/causal machine learning, deep learning 💻 Software: Python, R, Julia, Knime 👉 Sign up: www.unifr.ch/appecon/en/w...
- Thanks @p-hunermund.com!
- I just ordered a copy of @causalhuber.bsky.social's brand new book, and I'm excited to have a look at it! mitpress.mit.edu/978026255292...
- 😀 Attending the World Congress of the Econometric Society in the stunning city of Seoul, and thrilled to present joint work with N Apfel, J Hatamyar, & J Kueck on machine learning–based testing of conditions sufficient for identifying treatment effects: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/73643/...
- Excited to share our working paper “Machine Learning for Detecting Collusion and Capacity Withholding in Wholesale Electricity Markets”, joint with Jeremy Proz. We propose a machine learning–based approach for detecting cartels among suppliers in electricity markets: 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2508.09885
- Very happy to be teaching a @gesistraining.bsky.social workshop on causal inference with instrumental variables and regression discontinuity designs on October 9–10, 2025. Registration is still open: training.gesis.org?site=pDetail...
- 🎉 Seems like the release of "Impact Evaluation in Firms and Organizations" is off to a great start! Huge thanks to everyone who's been reading, sharing, and supporting my book! mitpress.mit.edu/978026255292...
- 📘 My book Impact Evaluation in Firms and Organizations is officially out today with @mitpress.bsky.social! An accessible, non-technical introduction to impact evaluation (& causal machine learning) designed for practitioners & students, with use cases in R & Python: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255292...
- This moment also brings back memories from 2 years ago, when my 1st book, Causal Analysis, was released. It’s a comprehensive MA/Ph.D.-level textbook on impact evaluation and causal machine learning, with use cases in R (and Python versions available online): mitpress.mit.edu/978026254591...
- Delighted that our working paper “Catching Bid-rigging Cartels with Graph Attention Neural Networks”, joint work with D. Imhof and E. Viklund, is out! We propose a novel #DeepLearning algorithm based on GATs to detect collusive behavior in markets/tenders: arxiv.org/abs/2507.12369 #MachineLearning
- And here it is! 😀 Just received my author copies of "Impact Evaluation in Firms and Organizations", out with @mitpress.bsky.social on Aug 5. It offers a compact overview of methods for evaluating interventions, like marketing campaigns, with R and Python examples: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255292...
- Delighted to attend the second edition of the Causal Machine Learning Workshop in the UK, this time hosted at Queen Mary University of London. Many thanks to my co-author Michel Haddad and the co-organizers for putting together such a fantastic event! #DataScience #MachineLearning #CausalAnalysis
- Visiting the ZEW (Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research) in #Mannheim this week and delighted to teach a PhD course on machine learning methods as part of their summer school! #DataScience #MachineLearning
- Reposted by Martin HuberStruggling to identify causal effects when experiments aren’t feasible? Learn how Instrumental Variables and Regression Discontinuity Designs can help! Join @causalhuber.bsky.social to dive deep into IV and RDD in R —from core concepts to advanced topics like machine learning: t1p.de/caus-inf-2025
- Reposted by Martin Huber*Causal Inference with Instrumental Variables and Regression Discontinuity Designs* by @causalhuber.bsky.social. 🗓️ 09 – 10 October 2025 🏢 Online 🌐 t1p.de/caus-inf-2025
- Attending the International Association for Applied Econometrics (IAAE) conference this week in beautiful Torino. Excited to present joint work with N. Apfel, J. Hatamyar, and Jannis Kueck on testing identifying assumptions in causal inference: arxiv.org/abs/2407.04448
- 1.5 months to go until my book Impact Evaluation in Firms and Organizations is out with @mitpress.bsky.social! An accessible introduction to impact evaluation & causal machine learning, with examples in #R & #Python: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255292... Examples: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
- Great to be visiting the Chair for Entrepreneurship at the University of Zurich for a seminar on data analytics and machine learning. Many thanks to @ulrichkaiser.bsky.social and his team for the warm welcome and generous hospitality! #DataScience
- Visiting the Centre d'études et de recherches sur le développement international cerdi.bsky.social in beautiful Clermont-Ferrand this week, a leading center for development economics. Many thanks for the warm welcome and the stimulating discussions on impact evaluation and causal machine learning!
- 🚀 Less than 3 months to go! My book "Impact Evaluation in Firms and Organizations" (mitpress.bsky.social) is now available for pre-order: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255292... It features intuitive graphs to explain key concepts and common challenges in evaluating interventions like marketing campaigns:
- Very happy to see our article "How causal AI can improve your decision making" - with Quentin Gallea & Konstantinos Apostolatos - published in I by IMD, discussing how companies can use causal AI to make smarter, evidence-based decisions: www.imd.org/ibyimd/artif...
- Happy Easter break from the Alps! 🐣🏔️ #Kaunertal
- 🔥Our paper "From homemakers to breadwinners?", with @selinagangl.bsky.social, is out in the Journal of Population Economics! Our RDD suggests mandatory kindergarten increases employment among previously non-employed mothers in Switzerland, but not for other groups: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- Reposted by Martin HuberHow can researchers use causal #machinelearning to assess the causal effect of an intervention? This was a special course of the Central-German Doctoral Program in #Economics (CGDE), taught by Martin Huber (@causalhuber.bsky.social) at IWH. Thank you so much! ▶️ About CGDE: cgde.wifa.uni-leipzig.de
- Delighted to attend the Workshop on Empirical Microeconomics in Halle, with a focus on advances in causal inference methods. Many thanks to the organizers for putting together such an excellent event! wem-halle.github.io
- 📖🎉My new book, Impact Evaluation in Firms and Organizations With Applications in R and Python, will be published on August 5th by @mitpress.bsky.social and is now available for pre-order: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255292... #EconSky
- 🚀 A new version of the causalweight package for R is now available! It includes double machine learning estimators for difference-in-differences designs, supporting both discrete and continuous treatments. We’ve also added several empirical datasets. Check it out: cran.r-project.org/web/packages...
- Attending the 'Causal Inference in the Health Sciences' Symposium in Zürich today, where Andreas Stoller presented joint research on the causal effects of cigarette prices and taxes on smoking. Huge thanks to the organizers, M. Serra-Burriel and N. Ortega, for putting together this great event.
- Excited to reveal the cover of my new book, Impact Evaluation in Firms and Organizations, coming this summer from @mitpress.bsky.social! 📖✨ Empirical examples in R and Python are already available here: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm... #EconSky
- Reposted by Martin Huber*Causal Inference with Instrumental Variables and Regression Discontinuity Designs* by @causalhuber.bsky.social. 🗓️ 09 – 10 October 2025 🏢 Online 🌐 t1p.de/caus-inf-2025
- 🌟 Thrilled to present our joint research on #CausalAnalysis with N. Apfel, J. Hatamyar, and J. Kueck at the Fondazione Bruno Kessler in the stunning city of Trento today! 🌄 Check out the event details here: irvapp.fbk.eu/events/detai...
- Congratulations to my coauthor Eva-Maria Oeß for winning the Best Paper Award for our joint paper arxiv.org/abs/2404.16961 at the Doctoral Conference of the Ruhr Graduate School of Economics: www.rgs-econ.org/research/rgs...
- 🔥 Our paper, Interacting Treatments With Endogenous Takeup (joint with M Kormos and R Lieli), has been published in JAE. It examines IV-based effect estimation for 2 treatments under spillover effects of treatments (on outcomes) & instruments (on treatments): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- 🔥 Join our Master Evening on Mar 11 at 5:15 PM (in person or online) to explore the MA programs in Economics (& Data Analytics), Management, Business Informatics, or Communication at the Faculty of Management, Economics & Social Sciences at the University of Fribourg events.unifr.ch/masterdays/d...
- Just submitted the final proofs of my new book, Impact Evaluation in Firms and Organizations, set to be published by @mitpress.bsky.social this summer! Compared to my first book, #CausalAnalysis, it’s shorter, less technical, and focused on business applications. Here’s the table of contents!
- Yesterday, the Fribourg Winter School in #DataAnalytics and #MachineLearning wrapped up its block on the statistical software #R with an introduction to #MachineLearning for #CausalAnalysis. Many thanks to all participants for the great interactions—enjoy the remaining courses on #Julia and #Python!
- The Winter School in #DataAnalytics and #MachineLearning at the University of Fribourg kicked off today with an introductory course using the flowchart-based software #KNIME. A big thank you to all participants for the engaging discussions! #AI #DataScience
