Philipp Bach
@philippbach.bsky.social
Assistant Professor (Juniorprofessor) of Econometrics; FU Berlin; Interests: Causal machine learning, causality, data science, statistics, econometrics ; https://philippbach.github.io/
👋 Hello, causal inference people in Berlin. Nice to meet you 🎉
Berliners, help welcome @philippbach.bsky.social to the local causal inference scene! :) 👋
🎉 Yesterday, we had the pleasure of welcoming our new tenure-track Assistant Professor @philippbach.bsky.social at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
In his talk, Philipp gave an inspiring overview of his work in the field of #CausalMachineLearning: method development, software tools, and applications.
In his talk, Philipp gave an inspiring overview of his work in the field of #CausalMachineLearning: method development, software tools, and applications.
October 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
👋 Hello, causal inference people in Berlin. Nice to meet you 🎉
Thank you @janmarcus.de and thanks to everybody who joined the event yesterday. For me it was a great kickoff for all the upcoming projects and teaching activities at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social !
🎉 Yesterday, we had the pleasure of welcoming our new tenure-track Assistant Professor @philippbach.bsky.social at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
In his talk, Philipp gave an inspiring overview of his work in the field of #CausalMachineLearning: method development, software tools, and applications.
In his talk, Philipp gave an inspiring overview of his work in the field of #CausalMachineLearning: method development, software tools, and applications.
October 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Thank you @janmarcus.de and thanks to everybody who joined the event yesterday. For me it was a great kickoff for all the upcoming projects and teaching activities at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social !
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You want to see @philippbach.bsky.social and @shushmargaryan.bsky.social in one session?
Come to the welcome event for our new colleague Philipp Bach at @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social on Thursday!
Come to the welcome event for our new colleague Philipp Bach at @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social on Thursday!
🗓️ Thursday, October 23:
We are very happy to have Philipp Bach and Shushanik Margaryan at the Reasearch Seminar in Economics. They will present their work on „Causal Machine Learning - New Estimation Approaches for Empirical Economics“ and „An Applied Micro Perspective on Causal Machine Learning“
We are very happy to have Philipp Bach and Shushanik Margaryan at the Reasearch Seminar in Economics. They will present their work on „Causal Machine Learning - New Estimation Approaches for Empirical Economics“ and „An Applied Micro Perspective on Causal Machine Learning“
October 22, 2025 at 10:47 AM
You want to see @philippbach.bsky.social and @shushmargaryan.bsky.social in one session?
Come to the welcome event for our new colleague Philipp Bach at @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social on Thursday!
Come to the welcome event for our new colleague Philipp Bach at @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social on Thursday!
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Great to see such a strong presence of @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social at the @vfsecon.bsky.social's Annual Conference in Cologne – always an inspiring venue for research and exchange!
@danzernatalia.bsky.social @piotrlarysz.bsky.social @philippbach.bsky.social @phaan.bsky.social @simonvoss.bsky.social
@danzernatalia.bsky.social @piotrlarysz.bsky.social @philippbach.bsky.social @phaan.bsky.social @simonvoss.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Great to see such a strong presence of @fu-berlin-vwl.bsky.social at the @vfsecon.bsky.social's Annual Conference in Cologne – always an inspiring venue for research and exchange!
@danzernatalia.bsky.social @piotrlarysz.bsky.social @philippbach.bsky.social @phaan.bsky.social @simonvoss.bsky.social
@danzernatalia.bsky.social @piotrlarysz.bsky.social @philippbach.bsky.social @phaan.bsky.social @simonvoss.bsky.social
Last day to register for our BENA Skills Camp in September in Berlin! #EconSky #EconConf #dataSkyence #CausalSky
💡 Curious about Causal Machine Learning?
Join the BENA Skills Camp with Philipp Bach
📅 September 10–11, 2025
📍 FU Berlin
📝 Register by August 5
Details: labor-research.net/2025/06/19/b...
#ML #CausalInference #DataScience #BENA
Join the BENA Skills Camp with Philipp Bach
📅 September 10–11, 2025
📍 FU Berlin
📝 Register by August 5
Details: labor-research.net/2025/06/19/b...
#ML #CausalInference #DataScience #BENA
BeNA Skills Camp on Causal Machine Learning with Philipp Bach - Berliner Netzwerk Arbeitsmarktforschung
The Berlin Network of Labor Market Research (BeNA) is pleased to announce an upcoming Skills Camp on Causal Machine Learning taking place on September 10–11, 2025, at FU Berlin. The ...
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August 4, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Last day to register for our BENA Skills Camp in September in Berlin! #EconSky #EconConf #dataSkyence #CausalSky
Join us for a 2 days hands-on workshop on Causal Machine Learning taking place in September at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
#EconSky #Causality
#EconSky #Causality
💡 Curious about Causal Machine Learning?
Join the BENA Skills Camp with Philipp Bach
📅 September 10–11, 2025
📍 FU Berlin
📝 Register by August 5
Details: labor-research.net/2025/06/19/b...
#ML #CausalInference #DataScience #BENA
Join the BENA Skills Camp with Philipp Bach
📅 September 10–11, 2025
📍 FU Berlin
📝 Register by August 5
Details: labor-research.net/2025/06/19/b...
#ML #CausalInference #DataScience #BENA
BeNA Skills Camp on Causal Machine Learning with Philipp Bach - Berliner Netzwerk Arbeitsmarktforschung
The Berlin Network of Labor Market Research (BeNA) is pleased to announce an upcoming Skills Camp on Causal Machine Learning taking place on September 10–11, 2025, at FU Berlin. The ...
labor-research.net
July 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Join us for a 2 days hands-on workshop on Causal Machine Learning taking place in September at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
#EconSky #Causality
#EconSky #Causality
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We are looking for PhD students! More information at www.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/fachbereich/...
Call for Applications: EQUALFIN Doctoral Fellowships 2026
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July 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
We are looking for PhD students! More information at www.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/fachbereich/...
I really enjoyed participating in the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists' (#AERE2025) Summer Conference for the first time last week, presenting my paper on double machine learning (#DML) & electricity market decarbonization (joint work w/ Nicolas Koch & @philippbach.bsky.social)
June 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Thanks! I totally agree with @mcknaus.bsky.social. Also whenever I start some new Causal "ML" projects, the first benchmark is always OLS & logistic regression learners; it helps you to see the connection to standard approaches; not only for linear regression, but also for doubly robust etc.
One of my favorite parts is running OLS within the DoubleML package of @philippbach.bsky.social and colleagues.
Of course this is unnecessarily complicated, but instructive.
Of course this is unnecessarily complicated, but instructive.
April 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Thanks! I totally agree with @mcknaus.bsky.social. Also whenever I start some new Causal "ML" projects, the first benchmark is always OLS & logistic regression learners; it helps you to see the connection to standard approaches; not only for linear regression, but also for doubly robust etc.
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Ich meine das mit dem Aufruf zum Wählen übrigens ernst. Laut Forsa könnten wir 28% (!) Nicht-Wähler_innen haben. Liebe Wissenschaftler_innen, liebe Wissenschaftsinstitutionen: Euch hören viele zu. Erinnert sie, wie wichtig Wählen ist. Für unsere Demokratie. & ermuntert sie, Botschaft weiterzutragen!
27 Tage bis zur vorgezogenen Bundestagswahl. Wissenschaft hat Grund zur Sorge angesichts wissenschafts-, demokratie- & menschenfeindlicher Politik. Was tun? 1️⃣ Relevanz von Demokratie & Menschenrechten betonen. 2️⃣ ALLE, die uns zuhören, auffordern, von Wahlrecht Gebrauch zu machen!⬇️ #LauteWissenschaft
#LauteWissenschaft im Wahljahr 2025: Eure Stimme zählt!
Was können wir tun gegen demokratie- und menschenfeindliche Politik, die auch auf unsere Community abzielt? Wir können — und sollten! — unsere Rolle als Multiplikator_innen nutzen und zum Wählen aufru...
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January 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Ich meine das mit dem Aufruf zum Wählen übrigens ernst. Laut Forsa könnten wir 28% (!) Nicht-Wähler_innen haben. Liebe Wissenschaftler_innen, liebe Wissenschaftsinstitutionen: Euch hören viele zu. Erinnert sie, wie wichtig Wählen ist. Für unsere Demokratie. & ermuntert sie, Botschaft weiterzutragen!
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We're looking to connect Berlin & Brandenburg researchers working with causal graphs from all disciplines!
➡️ "Direct" link: applied-causal-graphs.de ⬅️
⏱️ Abstracts due Feb 7th!
#CausalInference #DAGs #Berlin #CausalGraphs
⭐ Keynotes by @philippbach.bsky.social @pwgtennant.bsky.social & Simone Maxand
➡️ "Direct" link: applied-causal-graphs.de ⬅️
⏱️ Abstracts due Feb 7th!
#CausalInference #DAGs #Berlin #CausalGraphs
⭐ Keynotes by @philippbach.bsky.social @pwgtennant.bsky.social & Simone Maxand
January 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM
We're looking to connect Berlin & Brandenburg researchers working with causal graphs from all disciplines!
➡️ "Direct" link: applied-causal-graphs.de ⬅️
⏱️ Abstracts due Feb 7th!
#CausalInference #DAGs #Berlin #CausalGraphs
⭐ Keynotes by @philippbach.bsky.social @pwgtennant.bsky.social & Simone Maxand
➡️ "Direct" link: applied-causal-graphs.de ⬅️
⏱️ Abstracts due Feb 7th!
#CausalInference #DAGs #Berlin #CausalGraphs
⭐ Keynotes by @philippbach.bsky.social @pwgtennant.bsky.social & Simone Maxand
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Two days left to submit your abstract to EuroCIM 2025!
If you want the chance to present your work at the European Causal Inference Meeting 2025 in Ghent, send in your abstract no later than Jan 15, 2025.
Submission form and more information here: eurocim.org/abstracts.html
If you want the chance to present your work at the European Causal Inference Meeting 2025 in Ghent, send in your abstract no later than Jan 15, 2025.
Submission form and more information here: eurocim.org/abstracts.html
January 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Two days left to submit your abstract to EuroCIM 2025!
If you want the chance to present your work at the European Causal Inference Meeting 2025 in Ghent, send in your abstract no later than Jan 15, 2025.
Submission form and more information here: eurocim.org/abstracts.html
If you want the chance to present your work at the European Causal Inference Meeting 2025 in Ghent, send in your abstract no later than Jan 15, 2025.
Submission form and more information here: eurocim.org/abstracts.html
🆕 New year, new working paper: Adventures in Demand Analysis using AI 🆕
Our question: How can we advance demand analysis using recent tools from AI (Deep Learning, LLMs etc)?
Our idea: Use information from text & images in digital marketplaces like Amazon
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2501.00382 #EconSky
Our question: How can we advance demand analysis using recent tools from AI (Deep Learning, LLMs etc)?
Our idea: Use information from text & images in digital marketplaces like Amazon
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2501.00382 #EconSky
January 6, 2025 at 8:42 AM
🆕 New year, new working paper: Adventures in Demand Analysis using AI 🆕
Our question: How can we advance demand analysis using recent tools from AI (Deep Learning, LLMs etc)?
Our idea: Use information from text & images in digital marketplaces like Amazon
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2501.00382 #EconSky
Our question: How can we advance demand analysis using recent tools from AI (Deep Learning, LLMs etc)?
Our idea: Use information from text & images in digital marketplaces like Amazon
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2501.00382 #EconSky
This looks like a pretty useful paper and - probably more importantly - a pretty useful practical procedure to find our what happens when running Causal Machine Learning. Balancing checks etc are common in traditional approaches (like PSM), but are usually mor tricky to assess in ML-based estimation
New WP 🚨
1. Recipe to write estimators as weighted outcomes
2. Double ML and causal forests as weighting estimators
3. Plug&play classic covariate balancing checks
4. Explains why Causal ML fails to find an effect of 1 with noiseless outcome Y = 1 + D
5. More fun facts
arxiv.org/abs/2411.11559
1. Recipe to write estimators as weighted outcomes
2. Double ML and causal forests as weighting estimators
3. Plug&play classic covariate balancing checks
4. Explains why Causal ML fails to find an effect of 1 with noiseless outcome Y = 1 + D
5. More fun facts
arxiv.org/abs/2411.11559
November 19, 2024 at 12:49 PM
This looks like a pretty useful paper and - probably more importantly - a pretty useful practical procedure to find our what happens when running Causal Machine Learning. Balancing checks etc are common in traditional approaches (like PSM), but are usually mor tricky to assess in ML-based estimation
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I'm trying to compete with @stephenjwild.bsky.social's DAG People starter pack, because economists believe in competition Open to suggestions! go.bsky.app/Fa2XSDH
November 15, 2024 at 5:11 PM
I'm trying to compete with @stephenjwild.bsky.social's DAG People starter pack, because economists believe in competition Open to suggestions! go.bsky.app/Fa2XSDH
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Join our team at the Econ Department of Uni Fribourg! We're hiring for a Post-doc position and a Ph.D. position in an
SNF-funded project on #NetworkScience & #Economics, led by Berno Büchel (visit berno.info). Duration: 40 months. #PostDoc #JobOpening #EconSky
SNF-funded project on #NetworkScience & #Economics, led by Berno Büchel (visit berno.info). Duration: 40 months. #PostDoc #JobOpening #EconSky
April 26, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Join our team at the Econ Department of Uni Fribourg! We're hiring for a Post-doc position and a Ph.D. position in an
SNF-funded project on #NetworkScience & #Economics, led by Berno Büchel (visit berno.info). Duration: 40 months. #PostDoc #JobOpening #EconSky
SNF-funded project on #NetworkScience & #Economics, led by Berno Büchel (visit berno.info). Duration: 40 months. #PostDoc #JobOpening #EconSky
🚀 New release of DoubleML with new features and much more documentation for practical applications🚀
Thanks a lot to @svenklaassen.bsky.social made most of the changes 🙏
New changes (more info below):
1. Updated Userguide
2. Several new Examples on how to use DoubleML
3. Updates to the Python API
Thanks a lot to @svenklaassen.bsky.social made most of the changes 🙏
New changes (more info below):
1. Updated Userguide
2. Several new Examples on how to use DoubleML
3. Updates to the Python API
February 5, 2024 at 1:01 PM
🚀 New release of DoubleML with new features and much more documentation for practical applications🚀
Thanks a lot to @svenklaassen.bsky.social made most of the changes 🙏
New changes (more info below):
1. Updated Userguide
2. Several new Examples on how to use DoubleML
3. Updates to the Python API
Thanks a lot to @svenklaassen.bsky.social made most of the changes 🙏
New changes (more info below):
1. Updated Userguide
2. Several new Examples on how to use DoubleML
3. Updates to the Python API
That's great, thank you! I was waiting for this already for some time ;) it's a great book
🔥 Exciting news about my book #CausalAnalysis! A free online version is now available, many thanks to MIT press for making this possible! Here's the link to the open access version: mitpress.ublish.com/ebook/causal...
eReader
eReader
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January 11, 2024 at 10:51 AM
That's great, thank you! I was waiting for this already for some time ;) it's a great book
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Exciting update on my book #CausalAnalysis: Now, many empirical examples initially available for the software #R are also provided as #Python code! Download them for free from the following website: www.unifr.ch/appecon/en/r... #EconSky
Text book "Causal Analysis" | Chair of Applied Econometrics and Policy Evaluation | University of F...
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December 19, 2023 at 2:59 PM
Exciting update on my book #CausalAnalysis: Now, many empirical examples initially available for the software #R are also provided as #Python code! Download them for free from the following website: www.unifr.ch/appecon/en/r... #EconSky
2024 we offer three editions of our 2-day course "Causal Machine Learning with DoubleML" for Data Scientists, Analysts and Researchers. More information can be found here: trainings.doubleml.org
#causality #EconSky
#causality #EconSky
December 18, 2023 at 2:05 PM
2024 we offer three editions of our 2-day course "Causal Machine Learning with DoubleML" for Data Scientists, Analysts and Researchers. More information can be found here: trainings.doubleml.org
#causality #EconSky
#causality #EconSky
New release for DoubleML
Some days ago, we released version DoubleML 0.7.0 for Python including helpful new features like benchmarking for sensitivity analysis and policy trees!
github.com/DoubleML/dou...
#EconSky #CausalSky #Causality #Python #PythonSky
Some days ago, we released version DoubleML 0.7.0 for Python including helpful new features like benchmarking for sensitivity analysis and policy trees!
github.com/DoubleML/dou...
#EconSky #CausalSky #Causality #Python #PythonSky
GitHub - DoubleML/doubleml-for-py: DoubleML - Double Machine Learning in Python
DoubleML - Double Machine Learning in Python. Contribute to DoubleML/doubleml-for-py development by creating an account on GitHub.
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October 6, 2023 at 8:00 AM
New release for DoubleML
Some days ago, we released version DoubleML 0.7.0 for Python including helpful new features like benchmarking for sensitivity analysis and policy trees!
github.com/DoubleML/dou...
#EconSky #CausalSky #Causality #Python #PythonSky
Some days ago, we released version DoubleML 0.7.0 for Python including helpful new features like benchmarking for sensitivity analysis and policy trees!
github.com/DoubleML/dou...
#EconSky #CausalSky #Causality #Python #PythonSky