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Endogeneity and non-response bias in treatment evaluation : nonparametric identification of causal effects by instruments
Fricke, Hans; Frölich, Markus; Huber, Martin; Lechner, … - 2015
endogeneity and attrition/non-response bias, using two instrumental variables. Making use of a discrete instrument for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348296
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Testing for selection bias
Joo, Joonhwi; LaLonde, Robert John - 2014
This paper uses the control function to develop a framework for testing for selection bias. The idea behind our … magnitude of potential selection bias. Averaging this correction term with respect to appropriate weights yields the degree of … selection bias for alternative treatment effects of interest. One advantage of our framework is that it motivates when is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010407986
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Attrition in randomized control trials : using tracking information to correct bias
Molina Millán, Teresa; Macours, Karen - 2017
new method to correct for attrition bias. We rely on a 10-years longitudinal data set with a final attrition rate of 10 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641596
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Knowing what works : the case for rigorous program evaluation
Schmidt, Christoph M. - 1999
Since interventions by the public sector generally commit substantial societal resources, the evaluation of effects and costs of policy interventions is imperative. This paper outlines why program evaluation should follow well-respected scientific standards and why it should be performed by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011316914
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Fiscal multipliers in the COVID-19 recession
Auerbach, Alan J.; Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; McCrory, Peter B. - 2021
In response to the record-breaking COVID19 recession, many governments have adopted unprecedented fiscal stimuli. While countercyclical fiscal policy is effective in fighting conventional recessions, little is known about the effectiveness of fiscal policy in the current environment with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705410
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Head start funding expansions and program inputs
Herbst, Chris M.; Kose, Esra - 2021
Our paper provides some of the first evidence on the effect of the Head Start funding expansions on program inputs. We take advantage of the county-year variation in funding increases that were implemented due to a number of legislated policy changes in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012607631
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Fiscal effects of minimum wages : an analysis for Germany
Bauer, Thomas K.; Kluve, Jochen; Schaffner, Sandra; … - 2008
Against the background of the current discussion on the introduction of statutory minimum wages in Germany, this paper analyzes the potential employment and fiscal effects of such a policy. Based on estimated labor demand elasticities obtained from a structural labor demand model, the empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003782599
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The impact of government spending on GDP in a remitting country
Al-Abri, Almukhtar S.; Genc, Ismail H.; Naufal, George - 2018
The literature on remittances is large and growing. However, its focus has mainly been on the effects of remittance inflows on the receiving economies. Little has been done on the sending economies. In this paper, we use data from Saudi Arabia, one of the top remitting countries in the world, to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011881574
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Living wage laws : how much do (can) they matter?
Holzer, Harry J. (contributor) - 2008
In this paper I review what we have learned about living wage laws and their impacts on the wages, employment and poverty rates of low-wage workers. I review the characteristics of these laws and where they have been implemented to date, and what economic theory tells us about their likely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003769765
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A comparison of the poverty impact of transfers, taxes and market income across five OECD countries
Bibi, Sami (contributor); Duclos, Jean-Yves (contributor) - 2008
This paper compares the poverty reduction impact of income sources, taxes and transfers across five OECD countries. Since the estimation of that impact can depend on the order in which the various income sources are introduced into the analysis, it is done by using the Shapley value. Estimates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003777874