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Bandwidth selection and the estimation of treatment effects with unbalanced data

Galdo, Jose (contributor); Smith, Jeffrey A. (contributor); … - 2007

This paper addresses the selection of smoothing parameters for estimating the average treatment effect on the treated using matching methods. Because precise estimation of the expected counterfactual is particularly important in regions containing the mass of the treated units, we define and...

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On educational performance measures

Muriel, Alastair; Smith, Jeffrey A. - 2011

Quantitative school performance measures (QPMs) are playing an ever larger role in education systems on both sides of the Atlantic. In this paper we outline the rationale for the use of such measures in education, review the literature relating to several important problems associated with their...

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The determinants of participation in a social program : evidence from a prototypical job training program

Heckman, James J. (contributor); … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Does federally-funded job training work? : nonexperimental estimates of WIA training impacts using longitudinal data on workers and firms

Andersson, Fredrik; Holzer, Harry J.; Lane, Julia; … - 2013

compare WIA participants who do and do not receive training. In addition to the usual impacts on earnings and employment, we … to estimate impacts on the characteristics of the firms at which participants find employment. We find moderate positive … impacts on employment, earnings and desirable firm characteristics for adults, but not for dislocated workers. Our primary …

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Do reemployment programs for the unemployed work for youth? : evidence from the Great Recession in the United States

Michaelides, Marios; Mueser, Peter R.; Smith, Jeffrey A. - 2020

had minimal effects on employment and earnings; these programs mainly induced the early exit of participants. The fourth … increased employment and earnings. Both early participant exits and effective job counseling underlie these impacts. We conclude …

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