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On the Role of Counterfactuals in Inferring Causal Effects of Treatments
Kluve, Jochen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
Causal inference in the empirical sciences is based on counterfactuals. This paper presents the counterfactual account of causation in terms of Lewis's possible-world semantics, and reformulates the statistical potential outcome framework and its underlying assumptions using counterfactual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761646
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Ten Do It Better, Do They? An Empirical Analysis of an Old Football Myth
Caliendo, Marco; Radic, Dubravko - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
In this paper we investigate how the expulsion of a player influences the outcome of a football match. Common sense implies a negative impact for the affected team. However, an old football myth suggests that such an expulsion might also be beneficial since it increases the team spirit as well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762276
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Estimating the Impacts of Bolivia's Protected Areas on Poverty
Bacarreza, Canavire; Javier, Gustavo; Hanauer, Merlin M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
proliferation of protected areas in Bolivia over the past several decades has prompted interest in understanding their impacts on … poverty. Using rich biophysical and socioeconomic data from Bolivia we find that municipalities with at least 10% of their … that Bolivia's protected areas were associated with poverty reduction are similar to previous studies, our underlying …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646285
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Culture and Human Capital Investments: Evidence of an Unconditional Cash Transfer Program in Bolivia
Yanez-Pagans, Monica - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
in Bolivia to study the intra-household income allocation process towards children's educational expenditure by ethnicity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703731
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Information Technologies and Provision of National Identification Cards by the Bolivian Police: Evidence from Two Randomized Natural Field Experiments
Chong, Alberto; Machicado, Carlos Gustavo; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper investigates the potential of information technologies to improve public service delivery and empower citizens in the context of two unusual randomized natural experiments occurring within one particular bureaucratic process: the renewal of a national identification card by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744659
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Bureaucratic Delay, Local-Level Monitoring, and Delivery of Small Infrastructure Projects: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Bolivia
Yanez-Pagans, Monica; Machicado, Carlos Gustavo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
-municipal governments in Bolivia, and it presents a randomized field experiment designed to improve public service delivery by promoting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010575485
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Domestic Violence and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Mixed-Race Developing Country
Bacarreza, Canavire; Javier, Gustavo; Rios Avila, Fernando - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
country such as Bolivia. Among developing countries, Bolivia “excels” in having one of the highest levels of domestic violence … across different ethnic groups. Using information from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) for Bolivia, we examine the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008684821