2 papers
econ.EM2020
Machine Learning for Experimental Design: Methods for Improved Blocking
Brian Quistorff, Gentry Johnson
Restricting randomization in the design of experiments (e.g., using blocking/stratification, pair-wise matching, or rerandomization) can improve the treatment-control balance on im…
econ.EM2019
Matching on What Matters: A Pseudo-Metric Learning Approach to Matching Estimation in High Dimensions
Gentry Johnson, Brian Quistorff, Matt Goldman
When pre-processing observational data via matching, we seek to approximate each unit with maximally similar peers that had an alternative treatment status--essentially replicating…