Propensity Score Matching (PSM) vs The Entropy Balance Approach of Hainmueller (2012).

[Sattar Khan]

Dear Statalist, Hopefully, you will find this post in good health. I have used the PSM approach in my thesis in order to control the potential endogeneity problem, while the reviewer recommended me the Entropy Balance approach. Moreover, in the concerned literature, the PSM technique has also been used. How will you guide me in this regard?

Thanks in Advance

[Jared Greathouse]

Why not just use both? They recommended it, presumably they provided reasons. And, if they didn't, I would (and you would too) have to read Jens' paper to see what the benefits are.

[Sattar Khan]

Why not just use both? They recommended it, presumably they provided reasons. And, if they didn't, I would (and you would too) have to read Jens' paper to see what the benefits are.

Jared please provide the link. Thank You

[Felix Bittmann]

With Ben Jann's kmatch, you can easily do both in a few lines of code.

https://github.com/benjann/kmatch
https://www.stata.com/meeting/uk17/slides/uk17_Jann.pdf

[Sattar Khan]

With Ben Jann's kmatch, you can easily do both in a few lines of code.

https://github.com/benjann/kmatch
https://www.stata.com/meeting/uk17/slides/uk17_Jann.pdf

Thank You Felix

[Jared Greathouse]

Here's Jens' paper

[Sattar Khan]

Here's Jens' paper

Thank You Greathouse