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Evaluation of Swedish Youth Labour Market Programmes

Larsson, Laura - 2000

training. A non-parametric matching approach is applied to estimate the average program effects. Moreover, the results obtained … by matching are compared to results from standard linear regression and probit models, and a polychotomous selectivity …

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Evaluation of Swedish youth labour market programmes

Larsson, Laura - 2000

-employment probability, and probability of regular education. A non-parametric matching approach based on conditional independence assumption … is applied to estimate the average program effects. Moreover, the results obtained by matching are compared to results …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321094

The perils of working with Big Data and a SMALL framework you can use to avoid them

Brave, Scott A.; Butters, R. Andrew; Fogarty, Michael - 2020

The use of "Big Data" to explain fluctuations in the broader economy or guide the business decisions of a firm is now so commonplace that in some instances it has even begun to rival more traditional government statistics and business analytics. Big data sources can very often provide advantages...

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Gender and racial wage gaps in Brazil 1996-2006: Evidence using a matching comparisons approach

Marques Garcia, Luana; Ñopo, Hugo; Salardi, Paola - 2009

matching comparison methodology developed by Ñopo (2008). In Brazil, racial wage gaps are more pronounced than those found …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278245

Program Evaluation and Random Program Starts

Fredriksson, Peter; Johansson, Per - 2002

This paper discusses the evaluation problem using observational data when the timing of treatment is an outcome of a …

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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 …, provide a natural application. In an empirical analysis, we first examine the performance of matching versus regression …, where compliance is imperfect among the young. Adjusting the matching estimator for selectivity changes the results towards …

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The gender wage gap in Peru 1986-2000: Evidence from a matching comparisons approach

Ñopo, Hugo - 2009

Applying the methodology developed in Ñopo (2004), this paper analyzes the evolution of the gender wage gap in Peru from 1986 to 2000. This methodology has two advantages. First, it recognizes that the supports of observable characteristics distributions differ substantially. Second, it...

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Ethnic and gender wage gaps in Ecuador

Gallardo, Lourdes; Ñopo, Hugo - 2009

due to both characteristics in Ecuador for the period 2003-2007, applying a matching comparisons technique developed in …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278273

Empirical Monte Carlo evidence on estimation of Timing-of-Events models

Lombardi, Stefano; Berg, van den Berg, Gerard J.; … - 2020

This paper builds on the Empirical Monte Carlo simulation approach developed by Huber et al. (2013) to study the estimation of Timing-of-Events (ToE) models. We exploit rich Swedish data of unemployed job-seekers with information on participation in a training program to simulate placebo...

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The effectiveness of public sponsored training revisited: The importance of data and methodological choices

Biewen, Martin; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Osikominu, Aderonke; … - 2012

effects in the early 2000s. We employ a stratified propensity score matching approach to address dynamic selection into …

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