A specification test for the propensity score using its distribution conditional on participation

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-46

  Shaikh, Azeem M ^a   Simonsen, Marianne ^b   Vytlacil, Edward J ^c   Yildiz, Nese ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonparametric alternative; Propensity score matching; Specification test

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONAL DENSITY; NONPARAMETRIC ALTERNATIVE; ORTHOGONALITY; PARAMETRIC MODELS; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING; SIMULATION STUDIES; SPECIFICATION TEST; TREATMENT EFFECTS;

SPECIFICATIONS;

TESTING;

EID: 67349200601     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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