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The microeconometric estimation of treatment effects: an overview
Caliendo, Marco; Hujer, Reinhard - 2005
The need to evaluate the performance of active labour market policies is not questioned any longer. Even though OECD … focus on microeconometric evaluation which has to solve the fundamental evaluation problem and overcome the possible … occurrence of selection bias. When using non-experimental data, different evaluation approaches can be thought of. The aim of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267682
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Start-up subsidies for the unemployed: long-term evidence and effect heterogeneity
Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen - 2010
Turning unemployment into self-employment has become an increasingly important part of active labor market policies … find that over 80% of participants are integrated in the labor market and have relatively high labor income five years … for the unemployed tend to be most effective for disadvantaged groups in the labor market. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269577
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A suggested method for the measurement of world leading research: (illustrated with data on economics)
Oswald, Andrew J. - 2009
Countries often spend billions on university research. There is growing interest in how to assess whether that money is well spent. Is there an objective way to assess the quality of a nation's world-leading science? I attempt to suggest a method, and illustrate it with modern data on economics....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269637
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The Objective Measurement of World-Leading Research
Oswald, Andrew J. - 2015
How should the productivity of research universities be measured? This task is difficult but important. The recent Research Excellence Framework in the UK, which was based on peer review, suggests that there has been a marked improvement in UK academic research in economics and in many other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500324
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Regional Effect Heterogeneity of Start-Up Subsidies for the Unemployed
Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen - 2013
Recent microeconometric evaluation studies have shown that start-up subsidies for unemployed individuals are an … active labor market programs (e.g. training, job search assistance or job creation schemes). What has not been examined yet … restrictions in areas with relatively bad labor market conditions generally increase entries into start-up programs as job offers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319509
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Start-Up Subsidies for the Unemployed: Long-Term Evidence and Effect Heterogeneity
Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Turning unemployment into self-employment has become an increasingly important part of active labor market policies … find that over 80% of participants are integrated in the labor market and have relatively high labor income five years … for the unemployed tend to be most effective for disadvantaged groups in the labor market. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008592864
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A Suggested Method for the Measurement of World-Leading Research (Illustrated with Data on Economics)
Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Countries often spend billions on university research. There is growing interest in how to assess whether that money is well spent. Is there an objective way to assess the quality of a nation's world-leading science? I attempt to suggest a method, and illustrate it with modern data on economics....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005002824
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Regional Effect Heterogeneity of Start-Up Subsidies for the Unemployed
Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Recent microeconometric evaluation studies have shown that start-up subsidies for unemployed individuals are an … active labor market programs (e.g. training, job search assistance or job creation schemes). What has not been examined yet … restrictions in areas with relatively bad labor market conditions generally increase entries into start-up programs as job offers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010775587
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The Objective Measurement of World-Leading Research
Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
How should the productivity of research universities be measured? This task is difficult but important. The recent Research Excellence Framework in the UK, which was based on peer review, suggests that there has been a marked improvement in UK academic research in economics and in many other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011167206
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The Microeconometric Estimation of Treatment Effects - An Overview
Caliendo, Marco; Hujer, Reinhard - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
The need to evaluate the performance of active labour market policies is not questioned any longer. Even though OECD … focus on microeconometric evaluation which has to solve the fundamental evaluation problem and overcome the possible … occurrence of selection bias. When using non-experimental data, different evaluation approaches can be thought of. The aim of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762283