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Matching Methods for Causal Inference with Time‐Series Cross‐Sectional Data

Imai, Kosuke, Kim, In Song, Wang, Erik H.·2023·American Journal of Political Science
DOI 10.1111/ajps.12685
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Matching methods improve the validity of causal inference by reducing model dependence and offering intuitive diagnostics. Although they have become a part of the standard tool kit across disciplines, matching methods are rarely used when analysing time‐series cross‐sectional data. We fill this methodological gap. In the proposed approach, we first match each treated observation with control observations from other units in the same time period that have an identical treatment history up to the prespecified number of lags. We use standard matching and weighting methods to further refine this matched set so that the treated and matched control observations have similar covariate values. Assessing the quality of matches is done by examining covariate balance. Finally, we estimate both short‐term and long‐term average treatment effects using the difference‐in‐differences estimator, accounting for a time trend. We illustrate the proposed methodology through simulation and empirical studies. An open‐source software package is available for implementing the proposed methods.

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Authors
Imai, K., Kim, I. S., & Wang, E. H.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
  • Australian National University (AU)
Corresponding author
Imai, Kosuke
ORCID
Venue
American Journal of Political Science
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2021-12-11
Volume
67
Issue
3
Pages
587-605
ISSN
  • 0092-5853 (ISSN-L)
  • 1540-5907
DOI
10.1111/ajps.12685
OpenAlex
W4200386818
Cited by
349
References
44
Citations by year
2026: 63 · 2025: 79 · 2024: 80 · 2023: 68 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 13
FWCI
35.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
American Journal of Political Science (publishedVersion)
Funders
Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-17-EURE-0010)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Spatial and Panel Data Analysis
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research
Keywords
matching methods, causal inference, time-series cross-sectional data, treatment effect estimation, covariate balance, difference-in-differences, average treatment effect, model dependence, treatment history

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