Estimation of average treatment effects based on propensity scores

Sascha O. Becker; Andrea Ichino

Estimation of average treatment effects based on propensity scores

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	358-377
Number of pages	20
Journal	The Stata Journal
Volume	2
Issue number	4
Publication status	Published - 2002
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

propensity score
matching
average treatment effect
evaluation

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