Goller, Daniel; Lechner, Michael; Moczall, Andreas; … - 2020
Matching-type estimators using the propensity score are the major workhorse in active labour market policy evaluation …. This work investigates if machine learning algorithms for estimating the propensity score lead to more credible estimation … results are ambiguous: We find that using LASSO based logit models to estimate the propensity score delivers more credible …