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  • Why propensity matching score cannot work with variables at higher-aggregate level than unit?

    I was using teffects psmatch for matching unit-by-unit, for example firm-with-firm. From the code, I saw that we should put all covariates to control and the accurate the match.
    The match is nice during matching progress when I gradually put the firm-level variable into the code; however, when I put the country-level control variables (e.g., ln(gdp)), the code turns error:

    Code:
    logit failed to estimate propensity scores; computations cannot proceed
    I am wondering why it happened and should we include country-level to propensity matching score for firm-level units?

    Many thanks and best regards.
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