Propensity score model specification for estimation of average treatment effects

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 140, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1948-1956

  Waernbaum, Ingeborg ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Causal effect; Matching; Observational studies; Propensity score

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949268346     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2010.01.033     Document Type: Article

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