Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 1,537
Cover Image
Do-it-yourself medicine? : the impact of light cannabis liberalization on prescription drugs
Carrieri, Vincenzo; Madio, Leonardo; Principe, Francesco - 2020
Governments worldwide are increasingly concerned about the booming CBD (cannabidiol) products. However, little is known about the impact of their liberalization. We study a unique case of unintended liberalization of a CBD-based product (light cannabis) that occurred in Italy in 2017. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012183060
Cover Image
Were COVID and the Great Recession well-being reducing?
Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - 2023
Using micro-data on six surveys - the Gallup World Poll 2005-2023, the U.S. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1993-2022, Eurobarometer 1991-2022, the UK Covid Social Survey Panel, 2020-2022, the European Social Survey 2002-2020 and the IPSOS Happiness Survey 2018-2023 - we show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014325714
Cover Image
Alternative approaches to evaluation in empirical microeconomics
Blundell, Richard W. (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper reviews some of the most popular policy evaluation methods in empirical microeconomics: social experiments … evaluation literature. A workhorse simulation model of education returns is used throughout the paper to discuss and illustrate … estimation and simulation results. -- Evaluation methods …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771837
Cover Image
School responsiveness to quality rankings : an empirical analysis of secondary education in the Netherlands
Koning, Pierre; Wiel, Karen van der - 2010
This paper analyzes the response of secondary schools to changes in their quality ratings. The current analysis is the first to address the impact of quality scores that have been published by a newspaper (Trouw), rather than public interventions. Our research design exploits the substantial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003968611
Cover Image
Program evaluation and spillover effects
Angelucci, Manuela; Di Maro, Vincenzo - 2015
evaluation. The paper defines spillover effects and discusses why it is important to measure them. It explains how to design a … such that they explain the cause of these effects and whom they affect. Such an evaluation design is necessary to avoid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010517040
Cover Image
What methods may be used in impact evaluations of humanitarian assistance?
Puri, Jyotsna; Aladysheva, Anastasia; Iversen, Vegard; … - 2015
the extent to which scientific impact evaluation methods can provide evidence to improve the effectiveness and efficiency … drawing on real-life examples from the small but growing academic literature, we demonstrate how impact evaluation methods can … limited resources is a key challenge for humanitarian assistance and impact evaluation is one way of achieving this. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010467809
Cover Image
On criteria for evaluating social programs
García García-Menéndez, Jorge Luis; Heckman, James J. - 2022
This paper examines some recently proposed criteria for evaluation of the net social benefits of social programs. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013171589
Cover Image
Evaluation of language training programs in Luxembourg using principal stratification
Bia, Michela; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso; Mercatanti, Andrea - 2018
In a world increasingly globalized, multiple language skills can create more employment opportunities. Several countries include language training programs in active labor market programs for the unemployed. We analyze the effects of a language training program on the re-employment probability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011950739
Cover Image
Three criteria for evaluating social programs
García García-Menéndez, Jorge Luis; Heckman, James J. - 2022
contract the total government budget. A recent addition to the list of evaluation criteria - the marginal value of public funds …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013382023
Cover Image
The effect of medical marijuana laws on labor market outcomes
Sabia, Joseph J.; Thanh Tam Nguyen - 2016
A number of recent studies have found that medical marijuana laws (MMLs) are associated with increased marijuana use among adults, in part due to spillover effects into the recreational market. This study is the first to explore the labor market consequences of MMLs. Using repeated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455585