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Policy Evaluation Inverse Probability Weighting

Policy evaluation inverse probability weighting (IPW) uses estimated propensity scores to reweight observed units so that the weighted sample mimics a randomised experiment. Each unit is weighted by the inverse of its probability of receiving the policy, creating a pseudo-population in which treatment assignment is independent of observed covariates and the average treatment effect (ATE) can be read off directly.

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Inverse Probability Weighting for Policy Evaluation
Taxonomic method record · regression-model / causal-inference
  • Imbens, G. W., & Wooldridge, J. M. (2009). Recent Developments in the Econometrics of Program Evaluation. Journal of Economic Literature, 47(1), 5-86. · DOI 10.1257/jel.47.1.5
  • Robins, J. M., Hernan, M. A., & Brumback, B. (2000). Marginal Structural Models and Causal Inference in Epidemiology. Epidemiology, 11(5), 550-560. · DOI 10.1097/00001648-200009000-00011
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Same method familyDoubly Robust Estimationmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyInverse Probability Weightingmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketMarginal Structural Modelmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketPolicy Evaluation Propensity Score Matchingmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.See alsoPropensity Score Matchingmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketPropensity Score Weightingmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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