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Information provision and preferences for education spending : evidence from representative survey experiments in three countries
Cattaneo, Maria Alejandra; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2019
comparative evidence on public preferences for education spending, we conduct representative experiments with information …, providing information about actual spending and salary levels reduces support for increased education spending from 54 to 40 … preferences are similar across the three countries when the role of status-quo and information are taken into account. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012133857
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Zika virus prevalence, correlates and preventive behaviors : new evidence from survey data
Carvalho Júnior, José Raimundo de Araújo; Oliveira, … - 2017
Brazilian health authorities have recommended that pregnant women take meticulous precaution to avoid mosquito bites, and use contraceptive methods to postpone/delay pregnancies. In this article, we present new estimates on the Zika virus prevalence, its correlates and preventive behaviors in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011621433
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How information affects support for education spending : evidence from survey experiments in Germany and the United States
West, Martin R.; Woessmann, Ludger; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2016
education spending and teacher salaries falls when respondents receive information about existing levels. Treatment effects vary … by prior knowledge in a manner consistent with information effects rather than priming. Support for salary increases is …' lower support for increases. Information about the tradeoffs between specific spending categories shifts preferences from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580916
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The effect of announced downsizing on workplace performance : evidence from a retail Chain
Friebel, Guido; Heinz, Matthias; Zubanov, Nick - 2016
We estimate the effect of downsizing announcement on workplace performance using data from a German bakery chain of 193 shops. Faced with intensified competition, the firm decided to sell or close down 57 of its worst performing shops. We identify the effect of downsizing from a plausibly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452568
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The devil is in the tails : regression discontinuity design with measurement error in the assignment variable
Pei, Zhuan; Shen, Yi - 2016
Identification in a regression discontinuity (RD) design hinges on the discontinuity in the probability of treatment when a covariate (assignment variable) exceeds a known threshold. If the assignment variable is measured with error, however, the discontinuity in the first stage relationship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580530
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Informing migration policies : a data primer
Carletto, Calogero; Larrison, Jennica; Özden, Çağlar - 2014
Researchers in many fields, such as demography, economics, and sociology, have established various data collection methodologies and principles to answer a range of academic and policy questions on migration. Although the progress has been impressive, some basic challenges remain. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010463440
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Memorandum : Erfolgsbedingungen empirischer Wirtschaftsforschung und empirisch gestuetzter wirtschafts- und sozialpolitischer Beratung
Hauser, Richard; Wagner, Gert G.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998
scientific users, extensive privacy protection provisions and restrictive information policy of government agencies. In order to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011294526
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Estimating poverty for refugee populations : can cross-survey imputation methods substitute for data scarcity?
Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Verme, Paolo - 2019
The increasing growth of forced displacement worldwide has led to the stronger interest of various stakeholders in measuring poverty among refugee populations. However, refugee data remain scarce, particularly in relation to the measurement of income, consumption, or expenditure. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140318
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Estimating distributions of treatment effects with an application to the returns to schooling and measurement of the effects of uncertainty on college choice
Carneiro, Pedro (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001752084
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Using matching, instrumental variables and control functions to estimate economic choice models
Heckman, James J. (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001752094