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The aggregate labor market effects of the Swedish knowledge lift program
Albrecht, James; van den Berg, Gerard; Vroman, Susan - 2008
The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift (1997-2002) was unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of large numbers of low-skill workers. This paper evaluates the potential effects of this program on aggregate labor market outcomes. This is done...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317901
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Sanctions for young welfare recipients
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Uhlendorff, Arne; Wolff, Joachim - 2013
Social welfare systems usually imply specific obligations for benefit recipients. If a recipient does not comply with these obligations, a sanction involving a punitive benefits reduction may be imposed. In this paper we give an overview of the literature on the effects of sanctions in social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464475
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The effect of unemployment benefits on re-employment rates: Evidence from the Finnish UI-benefit reform
Uusitalo, Roope; Verho, Jouko - 2007
In January 2003, the unemployment benefits in Finland were increased for workers with long employment histories. The … average benefit increase was 15 per cent for the first 150 days of the unemployment spell. In this paper we evaluate the … effect of the benefit increase on the duration of unemployment by comparing the changes in the re-employment hazard profiles …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317930
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A generalized parametric selection model for non-normal data
Prieger, James E. - 2000
I develop a new approach for sample selection problems that allows parametric forms of any type to be chosen for both for the selection and the observed variables. The Generalized Parametric Selection (GPS) model can incorporate both duration and count data models, unlike previous parametric...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318604
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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/10010273920
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The effect of active labor market programs on not-yet treated unemployed individuals
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Bergemann, Annette; Caliendo, Marco - 2008
Labor market programs may affect unemployed individuals' behavior before they enroll. Such ex ante effects are hard to identify without model assumptions. We develop a novel method that relates self-reported perceived treatment rates and job-search behavioral outcomes, like the reservation wage,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273921
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The threat effect of participation in active labor market programs on job search behavior of migrants in Germany
Bergemann, Annette; Caliendo, Marco; van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2011
Labor market programs may affect unemployed individuals' behavior before they enroll. Such ex ante effects may differ according to ethnic origin. We apply a novel method that relates self-reported perceived treatment rates and job search behavioral outcomes, such as the reservation wage or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273946
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Policy discontinuity and duration outcomes
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Bozio, Antoine; Dias, Mónica Costa - 2015
Causal effects of a policy change on hazard rates of a duration outcome variable are not identified from a comparison of spells before and after the policy change, if there is unobserved heterogeneity in the effects and no model structure is imposed. We develop a discontinuity approach that...
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A model of economic activity in San Francisco during the 1918 influenza epidemic
Velde, François R. - 2022
I jointly use daily data on deaths and public transportation ridership in San Francisco in 1918-19 to estimate a model in which agents choose their level of economic activity based on perceived infection risk, modeled as a function of current and lagged infections or deaths. Agents' choices in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012888654
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School Choice
Abdulkadiroglu, Atila; Andersson, Tommy - 2022
School districts in the US and around the world are increasingly moving away from traditional neighborhood school assignment, in which pupils attend closest schools to their homes. Instead, they allow families to choose from schools within district boundaries. This creates a market with parental...
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