informative data originating from administrative records. Using a matching estimator for multiple programmes, we find positive …

A new methodology is described which tests between various equilibrium theories of unemployment using matching data … identify a matching process using data which is recorded monthly, and also shows how to identify different unemployment … employment agency data for the UK over the period 1985-99. Although the standard random matching approach provides a reasonably …

, matching with respect to the ratio of the scores allows to estimate nonparametrically the average conditional treatment effect … for any pair of treatments. Consequently it is possible to estimate this effect by implementing nonparametric matching …

differences with matching, that have not been used in macroeconomic settings. Our semi-parametric estimates suggest that previous …

conclusions. Using data for two Italian regions, we use a matching estimator to show that TWA assignments can be an effective …

causation. Here, we exploit the border changes imposed across Europe by the peace treaties in 1919-20 as a natural experiment …

is developed to study the Mexican social program Progresa (called now Oportunidades) in which a randomized experiment has …