Browsing FAS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "matching"
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CEM: Software for Coarsened Exact Matching
(American Statistical Association, 2009)This program is designed to improve causal inference via a method of matching that is widely applicable in observational data and easy to understand and use (if you understand how to draw a histogram, you will understand ... -
Credible causal inference for empirical legal studies
(Annual Reviews, 2011)We review advances toward credible causal inference that have wide application for empirical legal studies. Our chief point is simple: Research design trumps methods of analysis. We explain matching and regression discontinuity ... -
Matching, Sorting, and the Distributional Effects of International Trade
(University of Chicago Press, 2017)We study the distributional consequences of trade in a world with two industries and two heterogeneous factors of production. Productivity in each production unit reflects the ability of the manager and the abilities of ... -
Misunderstandings between Experimentalists and Observationalists about Causal Inference
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2008)We attempt to clarify, and suggest how to avoid, several serious misunderstandings about and fallacies of causal inference. These issues concern some of the most fundamental advantages and disadvantages of each basic ... -
On the Failure of the Bootstrap for Matching Estimators
(Econometric Society, 2008)Matching estimators are widely used in empirical economics for the evaluation of programs or treatments. Researchers using matching methods often apply the bootstrap to calculate the standard errors. However, no formal ... -
Organizations and Trade
(Annual Reviews, 2009)We survey an emerging literature at the intersection of organizational economics and international trade. We argue that a proper modeling of the organizational aspects of production provides valuable insights on the aggregate ...