Search Results - subject:"quasi experiments"

The Own and Social Effects of an Unexpected Income Shock: Evidence from the Dutch Postcode Lottery

Kuhn, Peter; Kooreman, Peter; Stoetevent, Adriaan R.; … - RAND - 2008

In the Dutch Postcode Lottery a postal code (19 households on average) is randomly selected weekly, and prizes Ðconsisting of cash and a new BMW-- are awarded to lottery participants living in that postal code. On average, this generates a temporary, unexpected income shock equal to about eight...

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Common pool size and project size : an empirical test on expenditures using Danish municipal mergers

Hansen, Sune Welling - In: Public choice 159 (2014) 1/2, pp. 3-21

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Common pool size and project size: an empirical test on expenditures using Danish municipal mergers

Hansen, Sune Welling - In: Public Choice 159 (2014) 1, pp. 3-21

The paper examines the proposition from the law of 1 over n (Weingast et al. <CitationRef CitationID="CR27">1981</CitationRef>) that project size tends to increase with common pool size. Comparable studies have tended, firstly, to focus on assets and debt rather than on expenditures and, secondly, on district population rather than on the...</citationref>

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Aircraft noise, health, and residential sorting : evidence from two-quasi-experiments

Boes, Stefan; Nüesch, Stephan; Stillmann, Steven - In: Health economics 22 (2013) 9, pp. 1037-1051

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The use of quasi-experiments in the social sciences: a content analysis

Aussems, Marie-Claire; Boomsma, Anne; Snijders, Tom - In: Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology 45 (2011) 1, pp. 21-42

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Using Multiple Comparison Groups to Address Unobserved Biases in Comparative Effectiveness Research

Yoon, Frank B.; Huskamp, Haiden A.; Busch, Alisa B.; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2011

Studies of large policy interventions typically do not involve randomization. Adjustments, such as matching, can remove the bias due to observed covariates, but residual confounding remains a concern. In this paper we introduce two analytical strategies to bolster inferences of the effectiveness...

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Benefit Entitlement and Unemployment Duration: The Role of Policy Endogeneity

Lalive, Rafael; Zweimüller, Josef - 2002

The potential duration of benefits is generally viewed as an important determinant of unemployment duration. This paper evaluates a unique policy change that prolonged entitlement to regular unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to a maximum of 209 weeks for elderly individuals in certain regions...

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Benefit Entitlement and the Labor Market: Evidence from a Large-Scale Policy Change

Lalive, Rafael; Zweimüller, Josef - 2002

This paper analyzes the impact of the Austrian Regional Extended Benefit Program (REBP) on the labor market outcomes for elderly workers in Austria. The REBP extended entitlement to regular unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to a maximum of 209 weeks for elderly individuals in certain regions....

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Benefit Entitlement and the Labor Market: Evidence from a Large-Scale Policy Change

Lalive, Rafael; Zweimüller, Josef - 2002

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Benefit entitlement and the labor market : evidence from a large-scale policy change

Lalive, Rafael; Zweimüller, Josef - 2002

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