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| From | Steve Samuels <sjsamuels@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: Outcome effect calculation with Propensity Score matching |
| Date | Tue, 25 May 2010 12:10:31 -0400 |
Bruce, slightly off topic, but see Section 8.2 of the FAQ (http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq) Steve Steven Samuels sjsamuels@gmail.com 18 Cantine's Island Saugerties NY 12477 USA Voice: 845-246-0774 Fax: 206-202-4783 On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 7:38 AM, Bruce Newbold <newbold@mcmaster.ca> wrote: > I am using the psmatch2 command to evaluate the income effects of migration > between regions, as in the following command: > > . psmatch2 mig_into_to male married a2024 hs2 degree2 ch_deg kworker2 > newkwork latinc42_2 panel2 panel3 atl que pra bc, out(atincdiff) logit com > > where mig_into_to is the dependent variable (1/0) that represents > migrants/stayers in this case. The balance of variables are hypothesized to > related to the migration decision, such as educational degree, marital > status, origin region, and so on. The out(atincdiff) variable represents the > income effect (difference in after tax income between start and end period > of the data). I have also used the pstest command to look at the pairing > effects. > > I would like to have STATA calculate the average effect for migrants and > stayers based on the psmatch2 results (or I guess its mean wage of matched > treated / matched controls), but am unsure how to do this. > > -- * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/