Isotonic propensity score matching
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| author | Xu, Mengshan Otsu, Taisuke |
| author_facet | Xu, Mengshan Otsu, Taisuke |
| contents | We propose a one-to-many matching estimator of the average treatment effect based on propensity scores estimated by isotonic regression. This approach is predicated on the assumption of monotonicity in the propensity score function, a condition that can be justified in many economic applications. We show that the nature of the isotonic estimator can help us to fix many problems of existing matching methods, including efficiency, choice of the number of matches, choice of tuning parameters, robustness to propensity score misspecification, and bootstrap validity. As a by-product, a uniformly consistent isotonic estimator is developed for our proposed matching method. |
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| spellingShingle | Isotonic propensity score matching Xu, Mengshan Otsu, Taisuke Econometrics Methodology We propose a one-to-many matching estimator of the average treatment effect based on propensity scores estimated by isotonic regression. This approach is predicated on the assumption of monotonicity in the propensity score function, a condition that can be justified in many economic applications. We show that the nature of the isotonic estimator can help us to fix many problems of existing matching methods, including efficiency, choice of the number of matches, choice of tuning parameters, robustness to propensity score misspecification, and bootstrap validity. As a by-product, a uniformly consistent isotonic estimator is developed for our proposed matching method. |
| title | Isotonic propensity score matching |
| topic | Econometrics Methodology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.08868 |