Matching using semiparametric propensity scores

Empirical Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-45

  Lehrer, Steven F ^a,b   Kordas, Gregory ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Binary quantile regression; Heterogeneity; Propensity score matching; Semiparametric binary choice estimators; Treatment effects

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84872657119     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-012-0591-3     Document Type: Article

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