Table 4. Sensitivity of ATT to matching parameters and thresholds.
Control with matching on physical characteristics in treated ejidos (A) | Control with matching on physical characteristics in non-treated ejidos (B) | Control with matching on physical and socioeconomic characteristics in non-treated ejidos (C) | |||||||||||||
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Minimum forested area (ha) | 0.1 | 1 | Minimum forested area (ha) | 0.1 | 1 | Minimum forested area (ha) | 0.1 | 1 | |||||||
Minimum PES overlap (ha) | 0.5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | Minimum PES overlap (ha) | 0.5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | Minimum PES overlap (ha) | 0.5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
n treated | 1,646 | 1413 | 1413 | 707 | n treated | 1,646 | 1413 | 1413 | 707 | n treated | 1,646 | 1413 | 1413 | 707 | |
Match 1:1 (1) | n control | 939 | 826 | 805 | 473 | n control | 1309 | 1120 | 1111 | 601 | n control | 888 | 793 | 761 | 435 |
ATT | 1.00 | 1.11 | 1.11 | 1.00 | ATT | 0.96 | 1.09 | 1.10 | 1.20 | ATT | 0.78 | 0.91 | 0.90 | 0.89 | |
Variables with bias <20% | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | Variables with bias <20% | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | Variables with bias <20% | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | |
Best matches(2) | n control | 894 | 796 | 776 | 473 | n control | 1259 | 1086 | 1070 | 594 | n control | 859 | 773 | 742 | 431 |
ATT | 1.06 | 1.14 | 1.10 | 0.97 | ATT | 0.94 | 1.02 | 1.03 | 1.15 | ATT | 0.84 | 0.94 | 0.91 | 0.79 | |
Variables with bias <20% | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | Variables with bias <20% | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | Variables with bias <20% | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
Match 2:1(3) | n control | 1486 | 1315 | 1273 | 783 | n control | 2291 | 1997 | 1953 | 1088 | n control | 1374 | 1237 | 1208 | 738 |
ATT | 1.09 | 1.17 | 1.21 | 1.04 | ATT | 0.98 | 1.11 | 1.13 | 1.19 | ATT | 0.76 | 0.89 | 0.87 | 0.82 | |
Variables with bias <20% | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | Variables with bias <20% | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | Variables with bias <20% | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
We provide an estimation of the Average Treatment effect on the Treated (ATT). We provide statistics on the performance of matching using the two specifications. We provide variations of results according to different matching parameters. (1) is a 1:1 matching based on Mahalanobis distance with replacement. (2) only considers the best 95% matches of the 1:1 matching. (3) corresponds to a 2:1 matching with replacement. We provide different results by varying the minimum forest area and the minimum overlap with PES polygons.