A specification test for the propensity score using its distribution conditional on participation

DOI10.1016/j.jeconom.2009.01.014zbMath1431.62668OpenAlexW1973832531MaRDI QIDQ2628830

Neşe Yıldız, Marianne Simonsen, Azeem M. Shaikh, Edward J. Vytlacil

Publication date: 18 July 2016

Published in: Journal of Econometrics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2009.01.014

zbMATH Keywords

nonparametric alternativespecification testpropensity score matching

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to economics (62P20) Parametric hypothesis testing (62F03) Nonparametric estimation (62G05)

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