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Propensity score matching

Known as: PSM, Propensity score, Propensity-score matching 
In the statistical analysis of observational data, propensity score matching (PSM) is a statistical matching technique that attempts to estimate the… Expand
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Multivariate and Propensity Score Matching Software with Automated Balance Optimization: The Matching Package for R
Matching is an R package which provides functions for multivariate and propensity score matching and for finding optimal… Expand
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Agricultural technology adoption and poverty reduction: A propensity-score matching analysis for rural Bangladesh
This study aims at shedding some light on the potential impact of agricultural technology adoption on poverty alleviation… Expand
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Practical propensity score matching: a reply to Smith and Todd
Abstract This paper discusses propensity score matching in the context of Smith and Todd's (Does matching overcome Lalonde's… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Using Propensity Scores to Help Design Observational Studies: Application to the Tobacco Litigation
  • D. Rubin
  • Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology
  • 2004
    • Corpus ID: 207606728
Propensity score methodology can be used to help design observational studies in a way analogous to the way randomized… Expand
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Finite-Sample Properties of Propensity-Score Matching and Weighting Estimators
  • Markus Frlich
  • Review of Economics and Statistics
  • 2004
    • Corpus ID: 57559990
The finite-sample properties of matching and weighting estimators, often used for estimating average treatment effects, are… Expand
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
PSMATCH2: Stata module to perform full Mahalanobis and propensity score matching, common support graphing, and covariate imbalance testing
psmatch2 implements full Mahalanobis and propensity score matching, common support graphing, and covariate imbalance testing… Expand
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Propensity Score-Matching Methods for Nonexperimental Causal Studies
This paper considers causal inference and sample selection bias in nonexperimental settings in which (i) few units in the… Expand
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
The use of propensity score matching in the evaluation of active labour market policies
The WestminsterResearch online digital archive at the University of Westminster aims to make the research output of the… Expand
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Reducing Bias in a Propensity Score Matched-Pair Sample Using Greedy Matching Techniques
Matching members of a treatment group (cases) to members of a no treatment group (controls) is often used in observational… Expand
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Does Matching Overcome Lalonde's Critique of Nonexperimental Estimators?
This paper applies cross-sectional and longitudinal propensity score matching estimators to data from the National Supported Work… Expand
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