Estimating the Benefit Incidence of an Antipoverty Program by Propensity-Score Matching
用倾向得分匹配估计反贫困项目的受益分布
problem of estimating the distribution of net income gains from an Argentinean workfare program. PSM has a number of attractive features in this context, including the need to allow for heterogeneous impacts, while optimally weighting observed characteristics when forming a comparison group. The average direct gain to the participant is found to be about half the gross wage. Over half of the beneficiaries are in the poorest decile nationally, and 80% are in the poorest…