Estimation of average treatment effects based on propensity scores

被引:1625
作者
Becker, Sascha O. [1 ]
Ichino, Andrea [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Munich, Econ, Munich, Germany
[2] EUI, Econ, Florence, Italy
关键词
st0026; propensity score; matching; average treatment effect; evaluation;
D O I
10.1177/1536867X0200200403
中图分类号
O1 [数学]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
In this paper, we give a short overview of some propensity score matching estimators suggested in the evaluation literature, and we provide a set of Stata programs, which we illustrate using the National Supported Work (NSW) demonstration widely known in labor economics.
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页码:358 / 377
页数:20
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