Continuous treatments propensity scoring remains understudied as the majority of methods
are focused on the binary treatment setting. Current propensity score methods for …

This study aimed to assess the impact of adoption of improved maize varieties on household
food security among smallholder farmers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. A sample of 415 …

A justification for lengthier stays in prison stems from from belief that spending more time in
prison reduces recidivism. Extant studies, however, have provided limited evidence for that …

Propensity score methods are increasingly being used to estimate the effects of treatments
and exposures when using observational data. The propensity score was initially developed …

In this article, I present ctreatreg, a command for estimating a dose–response function when
i) treatment is continuous, ii) individuals may react het-erogeneously to observable …

Local value-addition in developing countries is often aimed at for upgrading of agricultural
value chains, since it is assumed that doing so will make farmers better off. However …

This study employs farm household data to examine the impact of adoption of sustainable
land management practices on consumption and poverty outcomes using multivalued …

Relying on a cross-country comparable sample of European manufacturing firms, this paper
investigates the relationship between the level of debt specialization (ie composition of the …

Causal inference with a continuous treatment is a relatively under-explored problem. In this
dissertation, we adopt the potential outcomes framework. Potential outcomes are responses …

The impacts of environmental chemicals on the decline of kidney function have been
suggested by a limited number of statistical and animal studies. Thus, those exposures may …