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What do you need to do to make a matching estimator convincing? Rhetorical vs statistical checks Many economists are really skeptical about the credibility of matching estimators for identifying treatment impacts. For example, in a 2019 blogpost titled “why so much hate against propensity score matching?”, Paul Hünermund wrote “Apparently, in the year 2019 it’s not possible anymore to convince people in an econ seminar with a propensity score matching (or any other matching on observables, for that matter).”. Jennifer Doleac writes “This is your regular reminder that propensity s...

Investegate announcements from Iomart Group PLC, Director's Shareholding

IN BRIEF: Iomart CFO Scott Cunningham Buys 5,000 Shares | Financial News

Children on the move: the tale of a surprising spillover in humanitarian cash transfers to refugees Imagine the following scenario: you have a population consisting of two groups, who are, on average, equally poor at baseline. You randomly pick one group to receive sizeable cash transfers: what would happen to inequality within this population? It should increase, mainly because you increased between-group inequality, which was negligible at the start (assume away, if you wish, within-group inequality for now). At the same time, poverty should decline in the recipient group relative to the ot...

Book review of Cunningham’s Causal Inference: The Mixtape was accompanied by the unusual sight of multiple economists proudly posting photos (e.g. 1, 2, 3) on twitter of the arrival of the book at their houses like they had just scored tickets to a sold-out concert. This book has two fantastic features for readers interested in impact evaluation. First, Scott has provided a free online version of the book, as a compliment to the paper copy. Second, the book provides Stata and R code throughout, which both shortens the distance from theory to practice, and can serve as a great way of helping...