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Matching and Difference in Difference (DID) are two widespread methods that use pre-treatment outcomes to correct for … values. I find that Matching generally underestimates the average causal effect of the program and gets closer to the true … still performs better than Matching, especially in the middle of the life-cycle. These results are consistent with estimates …
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due to mismeasured variables. We consider sample merger by matching on identifiers that may be imperfect in the case that …
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-in-differences estimation model combined with an iterative matching approach. The estimation results suggest that community schools are as …
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-- Experiments -- Matching -- Instrumental Variables -- Regression Discontinuity Design -- Panel Data and fixed effects -- Difference … packages for specific causal inference techniques like ggdag, Matching, rdrobust, dosearch etc. are used in the book. The book …, matching, panel data, difference-in-differences, regression discontinuity design, instrumental variables and meta …
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: instrumental variables, difference-in-differences estimators, regression discontinuity design, matching methods, panel data methods …
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The Heckman sample selection model relies on the assumption of normal and homoskedastic disturbances. However, before considering more general, alternative semiparametric models that do not need the normality assumption, it seems useful to test this assumption. Following Meijer and Wansbeek...
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In this paper, we evaluate the forecasting ability of 145 indicators and ten types of forecast combination schemes to predict housing prices and rents in 71 German cities. We are interested in whether local business confidence indicators facilitate substantial improvements of the forecasts,...
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This paper examines what regional characteristics drove urban economic growth in Europe during the past decade. Possible impacts on the new member states in Central Europe due to expansion of the European Union are accounted for by comparison between two periods, before and after 2004. With a...
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The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of empirical cross-country growth literature. The paper begins with describing the basic framework used in recent empirical crosscountry growth research. Even though this literature was mainly inspired by endogenous growth theories, the...
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The recent period of sustained high growth in the United States has drawn attention to its financial system and the efficiency with which it seems to be able to channel funds to new productive investment projects, particularly in hi-tech industries. This study examines the role played by the...
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