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Regional Policy Evaluation : Interactive Fixed Effects and Synthetic Controls

Gobillon, Laurent - 2013

In this paper, we investigate the use of interactive effect or linear factor models in regional policy evaluation. We contrast treatment effect estimates obtained by Bai (2009)'s least squares method with the popular difference in difference estimates as well as with estimates obtained using...

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Aggregation in Large Dynamic Panels

Pesaran, M. Hashem - 2011

concludes with an empirical application to consumer price inflation in Germany, France and Italy, and re-examines the extent to …

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Intra-Household Time Allocation : Gender Differences in Caring for Children

Garcia-Mainar, Inmaculada - 2009

characteristics, for five samples (Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain), with data being drawn from the European Community …

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Empirical Modeling of Deprivation Contagion among Social Exclusion Dimensions (Using MCMC Methods)

Poggi, Ambra - 2007

Economic theory and empirical evidence clearly show that social exclusion dimensions are inter-related. Notwithstanding that, dimensions are usually assumed independent from one another in the economics literature. In this paper we explore the inter-dependency of social exclusion dimensions and...

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The Part-Time Wage Penalty in European Countries : How Large is it for Men?

O'Dorchai, Sile - 2007

penalty for male workers in six European countries (i.e., Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and the UK). Findings show … 28 percent in Denmark and Italy, to 67 percent in the UK and to 149 percent in Ireland. Human capital differences explain … remains unexplained by differences in observed characteristics (except in Italy). Overall, results suggest that policy …

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Peer Effects in European Primary Schools : Evidence from Pirls

Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2006

We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...

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New Approaches to the Study of Long-Term Non-Employment Duration in Italy, Germany and Spain

Contini, Bruno - 2017

This study proposes a new approach to the analysis of non-employment and its duration in Germany, Italy and Spain using …

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Wage Determination and the Bite of Collective Contracts in Italy and Spain : Evidence from the Metalworking Industry

Adamopoulou, Effrosyni - 2020

set in the metalworking industry with labor market histories of metalworkers drawn from Social Security records in Italy … evidence for earlier periods is mixed in Italy, the results do not support the view that the wage structure reflects labor …

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Cross-National Differences in Wealth Portfolios at the Intensive Margin : Is There a Role for Policy?

Doorley, Karina - 2014

Using harmonized wealth data and a novel decomposition approach in this literature, we show that cohort effects exist in the income profiles of asset and debt portfolios for a sample of European countries, the U.S. and Canada. We find that the association between household wealth portfolios at...

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Does the Gender Composition of Scientific Committees Matter?

Bagues, Manuel - 2015

professorships in all academic disciplines in two countries, Italy and Spain. These applications were assessed by 8,000 evaluators …

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