Local Balance Calibration for Nonparametric Propensity Score Estimation
非参数倾向得分估计的局部平衡校准
The propensity score is widely used for causal inference in observational studies, but common parametric estimators can produce biased and inefficient effect estimates when model assumptions are violated. Nonparametric approaches reduce sensitivity to misspecification but often yield unstable weights and inadequate covariate balance. We propose Local Balance with Calibration, implemented by Neural Networks, a weighting method that combines flexible function approximation…