Large sample properties of matching estimators for average treatment effects

Econometrica

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 235-267

  Abadie, Alberto ^a,b   Imbens, Guido W ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Average treatment effects; Matching estimators; Potential outcomes; Selection on observables; Unconfoundedness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645024678     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0262.2006.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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