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The effect of disability on labour market outcomes in Germany : evidence from matching

Lechner, Michael; Vazquez-Alvarez, Rosalia - 2003

status on labour market outcomes using matching methods associated with treatment effect techniques for program evaluation …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261660

The Effect of Disability on Labour Market Outcomes in Germany: Evidence from Matching

Lechner, Michael; Vazquez-Alvarez, Rosalia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

status on labour market outcomes using matching methods associated with treatment effect techniques for program evaluation …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761627

An Evaluation of Public Employment Programmes in the East German State of Sachsen-Anhalt

Lechner, Michael; Eichler, Martin - 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/10010262314

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

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763788

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

Sequential Matching Estimation of Dynamic Causal Models

Lechner, Michael - 2004

This paper proposes sequential matching and inverse selection probability weighting to estimate dynamic causal effects …. The sequential matching estimators extend simple, matching estimators based on propensity scores for static causal … analysis that have been frequently applied in the evaluation literature. A Monte Carlo study shows that the suggested …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261808

Endogeneity and Non-Response Bias in Treatment Evaluation: Nonparametric Identification of Causal Effects by Instruments

Fricke, Hans; Frölich, Markus; Huber, Martin; Lechner, … - 2015

This paper proposes a nonparametric method for evaluating treatment effects in the presence of both treatment endogeneity and attrition/non-response bias, using two instrumental variables. Making use of a discrete instrument for the treatment and a continuous instrument for...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401691

After-School Care and Parents' Labor Supply

Felfe, Christina; Lechner, Michael; Thiemann, Petra - 2013

Does after-school care provision promote mothers' employment and balance the allocation of paid work among parents of schoolchildren? We address this question by exploiting variation in cantonal (state) regulations of after-school care provision in Switzerland. To establish exogeneity of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328997

Regional Treatment Intensity as an Instrument for the Evaluation of Labour Market Policies

Frölich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - 2004

The effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) on individual employment chances and earnings are evaluated by nonparametric instrumental variables based on Swiss administrative data with detailed regional information. Using an exogenous variation in the participation probabilities across...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261854

Microeconometric Evaluation of the Active Labour Market Policy in Switzerland

Lechner, Michael; Gerfin, Michael - 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/10010262365