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Estimation of average treatment effects based on propensity scores

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Sascha O. Becker (University of Munich)
Andrea Ichino (European University Institute)

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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. Copyright 2002 by Stata Corporation.

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Volume (Year): 2 (2002)
Issue (Month): 4 (November)
Pages: 358-377
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Keywords: propensity score matching average treatment effect evaluation

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  1. Jeffrey Smith & Petra Todd, 2003. "Does Matching Overcome Lalonde's Critique of Nonexperimental Estimators?," University of Western Ontario, CIBC Human Capital and Productivity Project Working Papers 20035, University of Western Ontario, CIBC Human Capital and Productivity Project. [Downloadable!]
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