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An Evaluation of Public Employment Programmes in the East German State of Sachsen-Anhalt
Lechner, Michael; Eichler, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999
In East Germany, active labour market policies (ALMPs) are used on a large scale to contain fast rising unemployment after unification. This paper evaluates the effects for participants in public employment programmes (PEPs), that are an important part of ALMPs. It focuses on individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763788
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mhbounds - Sensitivity Analysis for Average Treatment Effects
Becker, Sascha O.; Caliendo, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Matching has become a popular approach to estimate average treatment effects. It is based on the conditional … matching estimators are not robust. We address this problem with the bounding approach proposed by Rosenbaum (2002), where … to undermine the implications of the matching analysis. …
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Identification and Estimation of Causal Effects of Multiple Treatments Under the Conditional Independence Assumption
Lechner, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999
the approach retains its basic simplicity. The paper also outlines a matching estimator potentially suitable in that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703058
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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 - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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 Martingale Representation for Matching Estimators
Abadie, Alberto; Imbens, Guido W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Matching estimators are widely used in statistical data analysis. However, the distribution of matching estimators has … matching estimators. This representation allows the use of martingale limit theorems to derive the asymptotic distribution of … matching estimators. As an illustration of the applicability of the theory, we derive the asymptotic distribution of a matching …
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Microeconometric Evaluation of the Active Labour Market Policy in Switzerland
Gerfin, Michael; Lechner, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
and social security records. We apply a matching estimator adapted for the case of multiple programmes. We find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762319
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Is Innovative Firm Behavior Correlated with Age and Gender Composition of the Workforce? Evidence from a New Type of Data for German Enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This empirical research note documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance with respect to innovative activities (outlays and employment in research and development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of...
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Leaving Poverty Behind? The Effects of Generous Income Support Paired with Activation
Markussen, Simen; Røed, Knut - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We evaluate a comprehensive activation program in Norway targeted at hard-to-employ social assistance claimants with reduced work capacity. The program offers a combination of tailored rehabilitation, training and job practice, and a generous, stable, and non-means-tested benefit. Its main aims...
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From Micro Data to Causality: Forty Years of Empirical Labor Economics
van der Klaauw, Bas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This overview describes the development of methods for empirical research in the field of labor economics during the past four decades. This period is characterized by the use of micro data to answer policy relevant research question. Prominent in the literature is the search for exogenous...
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To Meet or Not to Meet (Your Case Worker) – That is the Question
den Berg, Gerard J. van; Kjaersgaard, Lene; Rosholm, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We investigate the effects of meetings between the unemployed and their case workers on the transition rate from unemployment to employment using detailed Danish event history data obtained from administrative registers. We find large positive effects of meetings. The transition rate strongly...
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