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Sensitivity of matching-based program evaluations to the availability of control variables
Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - 2011
the question whether the omission of important control variables in matching estimation leads to biased impact estimates … as detailed regional characteristics are also relevant. -- training ; job search assistance ; matching estimation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011187
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Exponent of cross-sectional dependence : estimation and inference
Bailey, Natalia; Kapetanios, George; Pesaran, M. Hashem - 2012
An important issue in the analysis of cross-sectional dependence which has received renewed interest in the past few years is the need for a better understanding of the extent and nature of such cross dependencies. In this paper we focus on measures of cross-sectional dependence and how such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009488893
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Long-run impacts of in-utero Ramadan exposure: evidence from administrative tax records
Cejka, Timotej; Waseem, Mazhar - 2022
Using Ramadan fasting as a natural experiment, we estimate the long-run impacts of in-utero health and nutrition shocks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013174485
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Estimating trade policy effects with structural gravity
Piermartini, Roberta; Yotov, Yoto V. - 2016
The objective of this manuscript is to serve as a practical guide for estimations with the structural gravity model. After a brief review of the theoretical foundations, we summarize the main challenges with gravity estimations and we review the solutions to address those challenges. Then, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509468
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Estimating general equilibrium trade policy effects : GE PPML
Anderson, James E.; Larch, Mario; Yotov, Yoto V. - 2015
We develop a simple estimation procedure for general equilibrium (GE) comparative static analysis of gravity models …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011384362
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From late to MTE : alternative methods for the evaluation of policy interventions
Cornelißen, Thomas; Dustmann, Christian; Raute, Anna; … - 2016
This paper provides an introduction into the estimation of Marginal Treatment Effects (MTE). Compared to the existing … econometric techniques who would like to use MTE estimation. Our framework of analysis is a generalized Roy model based on the … IV estimation with a discrete instrument resulting in a local average treatment effect (LATE). Turning to IV estimation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011499992
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Estimating general equilibrium spillovers of large-scale shocks
Huber, Kilian - 2021
functional forms can overcome different sources of bias. The analysis is particularly relevant to the estimation of spillovers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012489641
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The contribution of pharmaceutical innovation to longevity growth in Germany and France
Lichtenberg, Frank R. - 2010
I investigate the contribution of pharmaceutical innovation to recent longevity growth in Germany and France. First, I …-adjusted mortality rates of residents of Germany, using longitudinal, annual, state-level data during the period 2000-2007. The estimates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003977959
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"Take it or go to court" : the impact of sec. 1a of the German protection against dismissal act on severance payments
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2010
on panel data for West Germany indicate that the legal change did have a negative effect on severance pay. -- panel data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003984405
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The transmission of German monetary policy in the pre-Euro period
Lütkepohl, Helmut; Wolters, Jürgen - 2001
A small macroeconomic model is constructed to study the transmission of the monetary policy conducted by the Deutsche Bundesbank (DBB) since the middle of the 1970s. For this purpose quarterly, seasonally unadjusted data for the period from 1975 to 1998 are used, that is, the period until the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400913