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Girma and Paton (2006)

Teenage pregnancy rates

Free over-the-counteraccess to emergency birthcontrol for teenagers atpharmacies in England

Usedifference-in-differencesmatching estimator withpanel data Matchingbased on nearestneighbors. Imposecommon support andtest for balancing

No evidence that policyleads to lower teenagepregnancy rates

Jalan and Ravallion(2003)

Prevalence and durationof diarrhea in childrenaged under five in ruralIndia

Piped water supply

Propensity scorematching using logit,matching to five nearestneighbors

Finds that matching onhousehold- as well asvillage-level controlsmakes a difference.Average effects aremisleading as there is alot of heterogeneity inthe treatment effects,with little impact onpoorer and less-educatedmothers