GerberGreenImai: Gerber and Green Dataset used by Imai
Description
This is the dataset used by Imai (forthcoming) to replicate and evaluate
the field experiment done by Gerber and Green (2000). The accompanying
example code provides a model with good balance which estimates the
causal effect of get-out-the-vote telephone calls on turnout.Usage
data(GerberGreenImai)
Details
The demo provided, entitled GerberGreenImai, estimates the
causal effect of get-out-the-vote telephone calls on turnout. The
balancing model achieves exact balance on all covariates except
for age. And for age, balance is very good. This model estimates the
causal effect of get-out-the-vote telephone calls on turnout to be not
significantly different from zero.References
Gerber, Alan S. and Donald P. Green. 2000. ``The Effects of
Canvassing, Telephone Calls, and Direct Mail on Voter Turnout: A Field
Experiment.'' American Political Science Review 94: 653-663.
Imai, Kosuke. forthcoming. ``Do Get-Out-The-Vote Calls Reduce Turnout?
The Importance of Statistical Methods for Field Experiments.''
American Political Science Review.