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The Impact of Increased Cost-Sharing on Utilization of Low Value Services : Evidence from the State of Oregon

Gruber, Jonathan - 2017

In this study we examine the impact of a value-based insurance design (V-BID) program implemented between 2010 and 2013 at a large public employer in the state of Oregon. The program substantially increased cost-sharing, specifically copayments and coinsurance, for several healthcare services...

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Evaluation of Language Training Programs in Luxembourg Using Principal Stratification

Bia, Michela - 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...

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Program Evaluation and Spillover Effects

Angelucci, Manuela - 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 …

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What is at Stake Without High-Stakes Exams? Students' Evaluation and Admission to College at the Time of Covid-19

Arenas, Andreu; Calsamiglia, Caterina; Loviglio, Annalisa - 2021

The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 inhibited face-to-face education and constrained exam taking. In many countries worldwide, high-stakes exams happening at the end of the school year determine college admissions. This paper investigates the impact of using historical data of school and...

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What Methods May Be Used in Impact Evaluations of Humanitarian Assistance?

Puri, Jyotsna - 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 …

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School Responsiveness to Quality Rankings : An Empirical Analysis of Secondary Education in the Netherlands

Koning, Pierre - 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...

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Alternative Approaches to Evaluation in Empirical Microeconomics

Blundell, Richard W.; Costa Dias, Monica - 2021

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 …

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Social welfare reform and the low-wage labor market in Germany: what works and what doesn't?

Steiner, Viktor - In: The European reform logjam and the economics of reform …, (pp. 57-78). 2004

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A conceptual framework for the evaluation of comprehensive labor market policy reforms in Germany

Fertig, Michael; Kluve, Jochen - In: The European reform logjam and the economics of reform …, (pp. 83-112). 2004

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Sensitivity of Matching-Based Program Evaluations to the Availability of Control Variables

Lechner, Michael - 2011

Based on new, exceptionally informative and large German linked employer-employee administrative data, we investigate the question whether the omission of important control variables in matching estimation leads to biased impact estimates of typical active labour market programs for the...

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