Matching (version 4.7-13)

GerberGreenImai: Gerber and Green Dataset used by Imai

Description

This is the dataset used by Imai (2005) to replicate and evaluate the field experiment done by Gerber and Green (2000). The accompanying demo replicates Imai's propensity score model which is then used to estimate the causal effect of get-out-the-vote telephone calls on turnout.

Usage

data(GerberGreenImai)

Details

The demo provided, entitled GerberGreenImai, uses Imai's propensity score model to estimate the causal effect of get-out-the-vote telephone calls on turnout. The propensity score model fails to balance age.

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.

Gerber, Alan S. and Donald P. Green. 2005. ``Correction to Gerber and Green (2000), replication of disputed findings, and reply to Imai (2005).'' American Political Science Review 99: 301-313.

Imai, Kosuke. 2005. ``Do Get-Out-The-Vote Calls Reduce Turnout? The Importance of Statistical Methods for Field Experiments.'' American Political Science Review 99: 283-300.

Hansen, Ben B. Hansen and Jake Bowers. forthcoming. ``Attributing Effects to a Cluster Randomized Get-Out-The-Vote Campaign.'' Journal of the American Statistical Association.

See Also

Also see Match and MatchBalance, GenMatch, balanceUV, ks.boot lalonde