Research Article
Impact of Improved Forage Technology Adoption on Dairy Productivity and Household Income: A Propensity Score Matching Estimation in Northern Ethiopia
Table 8
Performance criteria of matching algorithms.
| | Outcome variables | Matched algorithms (kind of matching) | Matched samples | ATT (impact) | Bootstrapped std. Err. | t-test | | Adopters | Nonadopters |
| | Milk yield | Kernel-based matching (KBM) | 128 | 191 | 5701.92 | 1287.26 | 4.41 | | Nearest neighbor matching (NNM) | 128 | 191 | 5701.92 | 1072.99 | 3.99 | | Radius matching (RM) | 128 | 191 | 5701.92 | 1429.81 | 4.10 |
| | Milk income | Kernel-based matching (KBM) | 128 | 191 | 26050.79 | 5803.38 | 4.88 | | Nearest neighbor matching (NNM) | 128 | 191 | 26050.79 | 6718.919 | 4.86 | | Radius matching (RM) | 128 | 191 | 26050.79 | 4808.817 | 4.26 |
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Source: authors’ analysis using primary data (2021) denotes statistically significant at . |
