Matching-type estimators using the propensity score are the major workhorse in active labour market policy evaluation … of average treatment effects on the treated using a radius matching framework. Considering two popular methods, the …Propensity Score Matching-Schätzer sind ein zentrales Tool, um Wirkungen aktiver Arbeitsmarktpolitik mit …

outcomes, much fewer studies are concerned with effects of these policies on the regional matching-process between job seekers … can improve the matching efficiency. We analyse quarterly panel data of German job centres in the period 2006 to 2011 and … matching-function framework by applying the system generalized methods of moments estimator. Our results point to positive …