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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 4.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2014 Mar 19;46:142–154. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2014.03.002

Table 3.

Propensity score estimators with multiple matching procedures: the treatment effect of incarceration on mortality by gender.

Matching estimator Incarceration effect Normal theory 95% bounds
Empirical distribution 95% bounds
Lower Upper Lower Upper
Kernel (men) −0.006 −.037 .024 −.038 .023
Kernel (women) 0.133* .038 .228 .054 .252
Radius (men) 0.025 −.002 .051 −.003 .054
Radius (women) 0.136* .041 .229 .045 .231

All analyses restricted to regions of common support.

*

p < 0.05.