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in this case our variables are binary, not numerical. This means right away that we cannot use a linear model, and therefore we cannot apply the instrumental variables formula that we derived earlier. However, in such cases we can often replace the linearity assumption with a weaker condition called monotonicity, which I’ll explain below.
The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect (Penguin Science)
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