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Protective or counter-productive? : European labor market institutions and the effect of immigrants on EU natives

Angrist, Joshua D.; Kugler, Adriana D. - 2001

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001632907

Protective or Counter-Productive? Labor Market Institutions and the Effect of Immigration on EU Natives

Angrist, Joshua D.; Kugler, Adriana D. - 2002

consequences of immigration vary with institutions that affect labor market flexibility. Reduced flexibility may protect natives … increase the negative impact of immigration on equilibrium employment. In models without interactions, OLS estimates for a … panel of European countries in the 1980s and 1990s show small, mostly negative immigration effects. To reduce bias from the …

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How Do Sex Ratios Affect Marriage and Labor Markets? Evidence from America's Second Generation

Angrist, Joshua D. - 2001

Sex ratios, i.e., relative numbers of men and women, can affect marriage prospects, labor force participation, and other social and economic variables. But the observed association between sex ratios and social and economic conditions may be confounded by omitted variables and reverse causality....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270571

Treatment Effect Heterogeneity in Theory and Practice

Angrist, Joshua D. - 2003

Instrumental Variables (IV) methods identify internally valid causal effects for individuals whose treatment status is manipulable by the instrument at hand. Inference for other populations requires homogeneity assumptions. This paper outlines a theoretical framework that nests causal...

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The Effect of High Stakes High School Achievement Awards : Evidence from a School-Centered Randomized Trial

Angrist, Joshua D.; Lavy, Victor - 2004

In many countries, college-bound high school seniors must pass a test or series of tests. In Israel, this requirement is known as the ?Bagrut?, or matriculation certificate, obtained by passing a series of subject tests. In spite of the Bagrut?s value, Israeli society is marked by vast...

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Does Teacher Testing Raise Teacher Quality? : Evidence from State Certification Requirements

Angrist, Joshua D.; Guryan, Jonathan - 2005

The education reform movement includes efforts to raise teacher quality through stricter certification and licensing provisions. Most US states now require public school teachers to pass a standardized test such as the Praxis. Although any barrier to entry is likely to raise wages in the...

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New Evidence on Classroom Computers and Pupil Learning

Angrist, Joshua D.; Lavy, Victor - 2001

The question of how technology affects learning has been at the center of recent debates over educational inputs. In 1994, the Israeli State Lottery sponsored the installation of computers in many elementary and middle schools. This program provides an opportunity to estimate the impact of...

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Causal effects of monetary shocks: semiparametric conditional independence tests with a multinomial propensity score

Angrist, Joshua D.; Kuersteiner, Guido M. - 2008

Macroeconomists have long been concerned with the causal effects of monetary policy. When the identification of causal effects is based on a selection-on-observables assumption, non-causality amounts to the conditional independence of outcomes and policy changes. This paper develops a...

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New evidence on classroom computers and pupil learning

Angrist, Joshua D.; Lavy, Victor - 1999

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How large are the social returns to education? : Evidence from compulsory schooling laws

Acemoglu, Daron; Angrist, Joshua D. - 1999

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001438362