.... Design/methodology/approach This study employs the propensity score matching (PSM) method to examine inequality in pay between female and male earners sharing identical characteristics. The analysis is conducted for both the full sample and various characteristic-based subsamples. This procedure...

.... Findings Step 1 of propensity score matching (PSM) with probit regression shows that land value, income, education, gender of household head and geographical distance to the nearest credit institution affect the degree of credit rationing facing rice farmers. Step 2 of PSM estimator identifies...

... the effect of rural roads on local market development in Vietnam. They test a hypothesis called “transport-induced local-market development” using data from surveys of “Vietnam Rural Transport Project I” and double differences with propensity score-matching methods. They conclude that rural roads raise local...