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. 2015 Mar 25;10(3):e0119881. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119881

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)
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.