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Bootstrap inference for K-nearest neighbour matching estimators

DeLuna, Xavier; Johansson, Per-Olov; Sjöstedt-de Luna, Sara - 2010

Abadie and Imbens (2008, Econometrica) showed that classical bootstrap schemes fail to provide correct inference for K-nearest neighbour (KNN) matching estimators of average causal effects. This is an interesting result showing that bootstrap should not be applied without theoretical...

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Is the persistent gender gap in income and wages due to unequal family responsibilities?

Angelov, Nikolay; Johansson, Per-Olov; Lindahl, Erica - 2013

We compare the income and wage trajectories of women in relation to their male partners before and after parenthood. Focusing on the within-couple gap allows us to control for both observed and unobserved attributes of the spouse and to estimate both short- and long-term effects of entering...

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A simple approach to treatment effects on durations when the treatment timing is chosen

Lee, Myoung-jae; Johansson, Per-Olov - 2013

When a treatment unambiguously defines the treatment and control groups at a given time point, its effects are usually found by comparing the two groups' mean responses. But there are many cases where the treatment timing is chosen, for which the conventional approach fails. This paper sets up...

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Economic status, air quality, and child health : evidence from inversion episodes

Jans, Jenny; Johansson, Per-Olov; Nilsson, J. Peter - 2014

the effects of air quality on children's health. The IV estimates show that the respiratory illness health care visit rate …. Importantly, by linking the health care data to detailed records of parental background characteristics, we show that children …

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Early retirement and post retirement health

Hallberg, Daniel; Johansson, Per-Olov; Josephson, Malin - 2014

This paper studies empirically the consequences of retirement on health. We make use of a targeted retirement offer to … was 60 years of age. Estimating the effect of the offer on individuals' health within the age range 56-70, we find support … government health care expenditures. …

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Cross-border health and productivity effects of alcohol policies

Johansson, Per-Olov; Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Verho, Jouko - 2012

This paper studies the cross-border health and productivity effects of alcohol taxes. We estimate the effect of a large … as a result of the tax cut. -- cross-border shopping ; alcohol taxes ; health effects of alcohol …

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Gender differences in preferences for health-related absences from work

Avdic, Daniel; Johansson, Per-Olov - 2013

Women are on average more absent from work for health reasons than men. At the same time, they live longer. This … conflicting pattern suggests that part of the gender difference in health-related absenteeism arises from differences between the … genders unrelated to actual health. An overlooked explanation could be that men and women's preferences for absenteeism differ …

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Income inequality and health : lessons from a refugee residential assignment program

Grönqvist, Hans; Johansson, Per-Olov; Niknami, Susan - 2012

This paper examines the effect of income inequality on health for a group of particularly disadvantaged individuals … different types of diagnoses. Our estimates are precise enough to rule out large effects of income inequality on health …

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