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Matching Methods (CEM / Optimal / Genetic)

Matching Methods are a family of causal-inference techniques beyond propensity-score matching that pair treated and control units with similar covariates so that a treatment effect can be read off the balanced sample. The family includes Coarsened Exact Matching (Iacus, King & Porro, 2012), optimal matching, and genetic matching.

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Sources

  1. Iacus, S. M., King, G., & Porro, G. (2012). Causal Inference without Balance Checking: Coarsened Exact Matching. Political Analysis, 20(1), 1-24. DOI: 10.1093/pan/mpr013
  2. Hansen, B. B. (2004). Full Matching in an Observational Study of Coaching for the SAT. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 99(467), 609-618. DOI: 10.1198/016214504000000647

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ScholarGateMatching Methods (General Matching Methods (CEM / Optimal / Genetic)). Retrieved 2026-06-04 from https://scholargate.app/en/causal-inference/matching-methods