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Mostly harmless simulations? : on the internal validity of empirical Monte Carlo studies

Advani, Arun; Kitagawa, Toru; Słoczyński, Tymon - 2018

Currently there is little practical advice on which treatment effect estimator to use when trying to adjust for observable differences. A recent suggestion is to compare the performance of estimators in simulations that somehow mimic the empirical context. Two ways to run such 'empirical Monte...

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Mostly harmless simulations? : on the internal validity of empirical Monte Carlo studies

Advani, Arun; Słoczyński, Tymon - 2013

In this paper we evaluate the premise from the recent literature on Monte Carlo studies that an empirically motivated simulation exercise is informative about the actual ranking of various estimators when applied to a particular problem. We consider two alternative designs and provide an...

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How do shocks to non-cognitive skills affect test scores?

Behncke, Stefanie - 2009

This paper investigates the extent to which test performance is affected by shocks to non-cognitive skills. 440 students took a low stakes mathematics test. About half of them were exposed to positive affirmation while being given test instructions, whereas the other half served as controls. The...

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Sensitivity of propensity score methods to the specifications

Zhao, Zhong (contributor) - 2005

Propensity score matching estimators have two advantages. One is that they overcome the curse of dimensionality of covariate matching, and the other is that they are nonparametric. However, the propensity score is usually unknown and needs to be estimated. If we estimate it nonparametrically, we...

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EU jobs at highest risk of COVID-19 social distancing: will the pandemic exacerbate labour market divide?

Pouliakas, Konstantinos; Branka, Jiri - 2020

physical proximity to others and their digital intensity. It is conservatively estimated that about 45 million jobs in the EU …-27 labour market (23% of total EU-27 employment) are faced with a very high risk of Covid-19 disruption and another 22 …% of the EU workforce - mostly medium- to lower-skilled service provision - is exposed to some significant risk. The burden …

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Retirement patterns of couples in Europe

Hospido, Laura; Zamarro, Gema - 2014

In this paper we study the retirement patterns of couples in a multi-country setting using data from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe. In particular we test whether women's (men's) transitions out of the labor force are directly related to the actual realization of their...

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The gender wage gaps, ‘sticky floors’ and ‘glass ceilings’ of the European Union

Christofidēs, Loizos N.; Polycarpou, Alexandros; … - 2010

We consider and attempt to understand the gender wage gap across 24 EU member states, all of which share the objective …

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European funds and firm performance : evidence from a natural experiment

Gabriel, José Mesquita; Santos, João Pereira dos; … - 2023

This paper analyses the impact of European Union (EU) funds on the performance of private firms. In particular, we … led to a sudden increase in accessibility to EU grants for firms located in 33 Portuguese municipalities. Using a … EU funds. …

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Retrospective causal inference via matrix completion, with an evaluation of the effect of European integration on cross-border employment

Poulos, Jason; Albanese, Andrea; Mercatanti, Andrea; Li, Fan - 2021

We propose a method of retrospective counterfactual imputation in panel data settings with later-treated and always-treated units, but no never-treated units. We use the observed outcomes to impute the counterfactual outcomes of the later-treated using a matrix completion estimator. We propose a...

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Looking for a star: evaluating the effect of the cohesion policy on regional well-being

Albanese, Giuseppe; Carrieri, Vincenzo; Speziali, Maria … - 2021

This paper presents new evidence on the last concluded wave (2007-2013) of the EU cohesion policy. We depart from the … broadly used GDP-growth approach and evaluate the impact of EU Structural Funds (SFs) on a battery of regional well …

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