The specification of the propensity score in multilevel observational studies

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1770-1780

  Arpino, Bruno ^a   Mealli, Fabrizia ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Multilevel studies; Propensity score; Unconfoundedness

Indexed keywords

CAUSAL INFERENCE; COVARIATES; FIXED PARAMETERS; GENERAL MODEL; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; MULTILEVEL MODEL; MULTILEVEL STUDIES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROPENSITY SCORE; RANDOM EFFECTS; UNCONFOUNDEDNESS;

RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 78650846510     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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