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Opt out or top up? Voluntary healthcare insurance and the public vs. private substitution
Fabbri, Daniele; Monfardini, Chiara - 2011
We investigate whether people enrolled into voluntary health insurance (VHI) substitute public consumption with private … the case of Italy, where a mixed insurance system is in place. To this purpose, we specify a joint model for public and … private specialist visits counts, and allow for different degrees of endogenous supplementary insurance coverage, looking at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280684
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From Micro Data to Causality: Forty Years of Empirical Labor Economics
van der Klaauw, Bas - 2014
This overview describes the development of methods for empirical research in the field of labor economics during the past four decades. This period is characterized by the use of micro data to answer policy relevant research question. Prominent in the literature is the search for exogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352287
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The gender wage gaps, 'sticky floors' and 'glass ceilings' of the European Union
Christofides, Louis N.; Polycarpou, Alexandros; … - 2010
gender wage gap varies considerably across countries and selection corrections affect the offered gap, sometimes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269934
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How important is selection? Experimental vs. non-experimental measures of the income gains from migration
McKenzie, David; Gibson, John - 2006
Measuring the gain in income from migration is complicated by non-random selection of migrants from the general …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275877
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The matching method for treatment evaluation with selective participation and ineligibles
Costa Dias, Monica; Ichimura, Hidehiko; van den Berg, … - 2008
The matching method for treatment evaluation does not balance selective unobserved differences between treated and non-treated. We derive a simple correction term if there is an instrument that shifts the treatment probability to zero in specific cases. Policies with eligibility restrictions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277322
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From Micro Data to Causality: Forty Years of Empirical Labor Economics
van der Klaauw, Bas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This overview describes the development of methods for empirical research in the field of labor economics during the past four decades. This period is characterized by the use of micro data to answer policy relevant research question. Prominent in the literature is the search for exogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959606
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The Matching Method for Treatment Evaluation with Selective Participation and Ineligibles
Costa Dias, Monica; Ichimura, Hidehiko; den Berg, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
The matching method for treatment evaluation does not balance selective unobserved differences between treated and non-treated. We derive a simple correction term if there is an instrument that shifts the treatment probability to zero in specific cases. Policies with eligibility restrictions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822262
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Public Sector Pay Gap in France: New Evidence Using Panel Data
Bargain, Olivier; Melly, Blaise - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
men) are essentially the result of selection. After controlling for unobserved heterogeneity, only small pay differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822485
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The Gender Wage Gaps, 'Sticky Floors' and 'Glass Ceilings' of the European Union
Christofides, Louis N.; Polycarpou, Alexandros; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
gender wage gap varies considerably across countries and selection corrections affect the offered gap, sometimes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466017
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How Important Is Selection? Experimental vs. Non-Experimental Measures of the Income Gains from Migration
McKenzie, David; Gibson, John; Stillman, Steven - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Measuring the gain in income from migration is complicated by non-random selection of migrants from the general …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762253