ANYMATCH: Stata module to perform distance matching based on any metric

Roy Wada

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: anymatch provides a fast and easy way to perform distance matching based on any metric of choice. It matches identifiers or attributes from one to another based on the metric distance. It also counts the number of nearest observations that lay within a certain metric distance. anymatch is also capable of sibling matching, extracting id and attributes of siblings within a family.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 8.0
Keywords: distance; matching; sibling-matching (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-09-17
Note: This module may be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install anymatch". Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.

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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/a/anymatch.ado program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/a/anymatch.hlp help file (text/plain)

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