st: teffects – associated balancing tests and comparison with psmatch2

[Mai Anh Ngo <maianh.ngo@gmail.com>]

Dear Statalist users,

I am using the command teffects in Stata 13 to estimate the ATTs after
matching. As said in
http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/sscc/pubs/stata_psmatch.htm, the point
estimate using the probit option when using teffects should be the
same as the point estimate when using psmatch2. However, I did not
find it true for my data. Does anyone have the same experience and
know the reason for the difference between the two commands?

I also wonder whether teffects can do matching with kernel algorithm,
and also  if there is equivalent commands/user-written programs to do
similar tests of balancing properties of the propensity scores and the
matching covariates as the pscore and that comes with psmatch2.

The only related post I found in Statalist is below, but it does not
explain how to test for balancing propensities when using “teffects
psmatch”

http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2013-08/msg00547.html

Thank you for your time.

Mai Anh Ngo

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