This paper reviews the main identification and estimation strategies for microeconomic policy evaluation. Particular … nonparametric matching and weighting estimators of the average treatment effects and their properties are examined. …

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

This paper discusses the evaluation problem using observational data when the timing of treatment is an outcome of a … suggest easy-to-use nonparametric survival function matching estimators. These estimators can be used to estimate the time …

justifies the application of a matching estimator and allows to account for individual (group-specific) and regional effect … decisions which have to be made during implementation of the matching estimator, e.g. choosing the matching algorithm or …

justifies the application of a matching estimator but also allows to take account of threefold heterogeneity. The recently …

explain the need for evaluation on the micro- and macroeconomic level, introduce the fundamental evaluation problem and … solutions to it, give an overview of the newer developments in evaluation literature and finally take a look on empirical …

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 …

,000 individuals. However, an evaluation of the impact of this policy reform on labour market outcomes for the severely disabled …