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Instrumental variables and causal mechanisms : unpacking the effect of trade on workers and voters
Dippel, Christian; Gold, Robert; Heblich, Stephan; … - 2017
This paper shows that import exposure affects voting behavior because it affects local labor markets. We develop a new framework for mediation analysis where one instrumental variable is sufficient to identify three causal effects. Using German data from 1987-2009, we find that import exposure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011781026
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Identifying the effects of place-based policies : causal evidence from German
Dettmann, Eva; Brachert, Matthias; Titze, Mirko - 2016
The German government provides discretionary investment grants to structurally weak regions to reduce regional disparities. We use a regression discontinuity design that exploits an exogenous discrete jump in the probability of receiving investment grants, to identify the causal effects of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011475960
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Who benefits from universal child care? : estimating marginal returns to early child care attendance
Cornelißen, Thomas; Dustmann, Christian; Raute, Anna; … - 2018
In this paper, we examine the heterogeneous treatment effects of a universal child care (preschool) program in Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011882218
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To react or not? : fiscal policy, volatility and welfare in the EU-3
Malley, James R. (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003495749
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Personality traits and the evaluation of start-up subsidies
Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen; Weißenberger, Martin - 2016
. Evaluation studies of such programmes commonly rely on the conditional independence assumption (CIA), allowing a causal … success, these variables were neglected in evaluation studies so far due to data limitations. In this paper, we evaluate a new … start-up subsidy for unemployed individuals in Germany using propensity score matching under the CIA. Having access to rich …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011420781
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From late to MTE : alternative methods for the evaluation of policy interventions
Cornelißen, Thomas; Dustmann, Christian; Raute, Anna; … - 2016
This paper provides an introduction into the estimation of Marginal Treatment Effects (MTE). Compared to the existing surveys on the subject, our paper is less technical and speaks to the applied economist with a solid basic understanding of econometric techniques who would like to use MTE...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011499992
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Taxing our wealth
Scheuer, Florian; Slemrod, Joel - 2020
This paper evaluates proposals for an annual wealth tax. While a dozen OECD countries levied wealth taxes in the recent past, now only three retain them, with only Switzerland raising a comparable fraction of revenue as recent proposals for a US wealth tax. Studies of these taxes sometimes, but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012318581
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On credibility and causality in economics : a critical appraisal
Bergh, Andreas; Wichardt, Philipp C. - 2024 - This version: July 9, 2024
Establishing causal relationships is a core aspect of empirical economics. Borrowing ideas from the medical sciences, we propose tentative guidelines for reliable causal inferences that cover aspects related to both the study itself and its fit with the existing background knowledge. Moreover,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014632289
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Evaluation of researchers : a life cycle analysis of German academic economists
Rauber, Michael (contributor);  … - 2006
In this paper we ague that any meaningful bibliometric evaluation of researchers needs to take into account that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003301129
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The value of a statistical life under ambiguity aversion
Treich, Nicolas (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003688959