How close is close enough? Evaluating propensity score matching using data from a class size reduction experiment

Beras untuk Keluarga Miskin (RASKIN) program has been applied since 1998 and has been renamed as Beras Sejahtera (RASTRA) in early 2017, but their effectiveness is still debatable. This study tries to evaluate the impact of RASKIN program on household income. Using data from 3,745 households in Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS) 5 that has been estimated using propensity score matching, this study has identified precisely that RASKIN program has a negative and significant effect on household income. This happens because the benefits that reveived by Rumah Tangga Sasaran (RTS) are very small. The small benefit is affected by the amount of rice received, frequency and price that have been paid to get RASKIN is not in accordance with the guidelines. The result of this study is along with previous studies, where the amount and price of rice that distributed through RASKIN program is not exactly correct. Therefore, there must be a change in program format, not just renaming from RASKIN to RASTRA only.

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Class-Size Reduction and Teacher Oualitv:J Evidence From C alifornia

School Finance and Teacher Quality ◽

10.4324/9781315855479-12 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 172-191

Keyword(s):

Class Size ◽

Class Size Reduction ◽

Size Reduction

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Long-term impacts of class size reduction

Class Size ◽

10.4324/9781315760872-14 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 79-99

Keyword(s):

Class Size ◽

Class Size Reduction ◽

Size Reduction

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It’s Still about Race: Peremptory Challenge Use on Black Prospective Jurors

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency ◽

10.1177/0022427819873943 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 57 (1) ◽

pp. 3-30 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Whitney DeCamp ◽

Elise DeCamp

Keyword(s):

Propensity Score ◽

Propensity Score Matching ◽

Racial Discrimination ◽

Racial Differences ◽

Jury Selection ◽

Racially Diverse ◽

Criminal Trials ◽

Peremptory Challenge ◽

Using Data

Objectives: The use of race as a motive for excluding individuals from serving on juries in American criminal trials is unconstitutional. Nevertheless, Black individuals remain substantially more likely than others to be removed during jury selection through peremptory challenges. This study tests whether and to what extent there is a racial effect on peremptory challenge use by the prosecution or the defense. Method: Using data from 2,542 venire members in Mississippi, propensity score matching is used to examine racial differences in jury selection by comparing Black venire members to similarly situated White venire member counterparts. Results: Findings suggest that Black venire members are 4.51 times as likely to be excluded from a jury due to peremptory challenges from the prosecution in comparison to White venire members. Conversely, White venire members are 4.21 times as likely to be excluded through peremptory challenges by the defense in comparison to Black venire members. Conclusions: After controlling for all observed variables, there remain significant differences between White and Black venire members, suggesting racial discrimination by both the prosecution and the defense in peremptory challenge usage. Black individuals are more likely to be excluded from juries through these effects, resulting in less racially diverse juries.

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