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Table 6 Matching ATE of conflict on food security: robustness checks

From: The impact of conflict on food security: evidence from household data in Ethiopia and Malawi

Matching algorithm

Combined

Ethiopia

Malawi

Nearest neighbor (k = 1)

− 3.46**

(1.61)

− 8.36**

(2.42)

1.49

(1.26)

Nearest neighbor (k = 2)

− 3.64**

(1.57)

− 7.91**

(1.91)

1.05

(1.43)

Caliper (0.25 × SD of PS)

− 2.06**

(0.40)

− 7.15**

(1.95)

0.12

(1.17)

Kernel (Epanechnikov)

− 0.90

(1.12)

− 3.46**

(1.21)

0.20

(1.08)

  1. For the combined results, households are first matched by country, and then the matched data from individual countries are merged. *Significant at 10%, **significant at 5%, and ***significant at 1%