Estimating Causal Effects with Matching Methods in the Presence and Absence of Bias Cancellation

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 501-528

  Diprete, Thomas A ^a   Engelhardt, Henriette ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bias cancellation; Causal effects; Matching methods; Treatment effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442623333     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124103260187     Document Type: Article

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