The propensity score: a means to an end

Propensity score matching is a prominent strategy to reduce imbalance in observational studies. However, if imbalance is considerable and the control reservoir is small, either one has to match one control to several treated units or, alternatively, discard many treated persons. The first strategy t...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Augurzky, Boris (Author) , Schmidt, Christoph M. (Author)
Format:	Book/Monograph Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	Bonn Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) 2001
Series:	IZA Discussion paper series 271
In:	Discussion paper series (271)
Subjects:	Graue Literatur Arbeitspapier
Online Access:	Resolving-System, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/21122
Author Notes:	Boris Augurzky; Christoph M. Schmidt