Table 9

Lottery Data: Sensitivity of Estimates of Average Treatment Effects to Propensity Score Specification (standard errors in parentheses)

CovariatePreferred Specification CL = 1, CQ = 2.71Linear Specification CL = 0, CQ = ∞Lasso
BlockedMatchBlockedMatchBlockedMatch
Number−5.66
(1.99)
−4.53
(1.36)
−4.61
(2.08)
−3.62
(1.56)
−3.34
1.95
−3.50
1.24
Few−5.07
(1.46)
−4.19
(1.36)
−4.52
(1.46)
−2.39
(1.56)
−3.91
1.35
−2.97
1.24
All−5.74
(1.40)
−5.00
(1.36)
−5.21
1.60
−3.71
1.56
−3.64
1.31
−3.78
1.24