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Using Export Market Performance to Evaluate Regional Preferential Policies in China
Schminke, Annette; Van Biesebroeck, Johannes - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We apply program evaluation methods to analyze the effectiveness of two types of preferential regional policy programs in China's manufacturing sector. Economic and Technological Development Zones (ETDZs) aim to facilitate firms' internationalization strategies. Science and Technology Industrial...
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Childhood Family Structure and Schooling Outcomes: Evidence for Germany
Francesconi, Marco; Jenkins, Stephen P; Siedler, Thomas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
We analyse the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common unobserved determinants of family structure and...
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Effects on School Enrollment and Performance of a Conditional Cash Transfers Program in Mexico
de Janvry, Alain; Dubois, Pierre; Sadoulet, Elisabeth - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
We study the effects of a conditional cash transfers program on school enrollment and performance in Mexico. We provide a theoretical framework for analyzing the dynamic educational process including the endogeneity and uncertainty of performance at school (passing grades) and the effect of a...
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Endogeneity of Currency Areas and Trade Blocs: Evidence from the Inter-war Period
Ritschl, Albrecht; Wolf, Nikolaus - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
Empirical research on the gravity model of international trade in the wake of Rose (2000) affirms that currency union formation doubles or triples trade. Currency unions could, however, also be established precisely because trade among their members was already high. In OLS estimation, this...
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Earnings Effects of Training Programs
Lechner, Michael; Melly, Blaise - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
In an evaluation of a job-training program, the influence of the program on the individual earnings capacity is important, because it reflects the program effect on human capital. Estimating these effects is complicated because earnings are observed for employed individuals only, and employment...
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The effect of firms' partial retirement policies on the labour market outcomes of their employees
Huber, Martin; Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
In this paper, we assess the impact of firms introducing part-time work schemes for gradual labour market exit of elderly workers on their employees’ labour market outcomes. The analysis is based on unique linked employer-employee data that combine high-quality survey and administrative data....
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A Microeconometric Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policy in Switzerland
Gerfin, Michael; Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
In the second half of the 1990s Switzerland introduced an ambitious active labour market policy (ALMP) encompassing a variety of programmes. We evaluate the effects of these programmes on individual employment probability using unusually informative data originating from administrative records....
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Endogenous Borders? Exploring a Natural Experiment on Border Effects
Heinemeyer, Hans Christian; Schulze, Max Stephan; Wolf, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
A large literature documents the impact of borders on trade. However, in all these studies border effects are identified from cross-sectional variation alone. We do not know the "treatment effect" of borders nor can we rule out reverse causation. Here, we exploit the border changes imposed...
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The Use of SDRs in the Financing of Official Safety-net Mechanisms
De Cecco, Marcello; Giavazzi, Francesco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
The question addressed in this paper is whether the IMF should be involved in Mexico-style crises and, if the answer is … positive, whether the existing IMF financing mechanisms are adequate – both in terms of the volume of funds that can be … countries, and the justification for IMF intervention lies in the ability of this institution, compared with international …
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The Bail-In Problem: Systematic Goals, Ad Hoc Means
Eichengreen, Barry; Ruehl, Christoph - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
In this paper we analyse the recent efforts of the international financial institutions to limit the moral hazard created by their assistance to crisis countries. We question the wisdom of the case-by-case approach taken in Pakistan, Ecuador, Romania and Ukraine. We show that because default and...
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