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Instrumental Variable Estimation of the Causal Effect of Hunger Early in Life on Health Later in Life
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Pinger, Pia R.; Schoch, Johannes - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
estimation, using data with self-reported periods of hunger earlier in life, with famines as instruments. The data contain … estimation to deal with imperfect recollection of conditions at very early stages of life. The estimated average causal effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011098747
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Semi-nonparametric estimation of an equilibrium search model
Koning, Pierre; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Ridder, Geert - VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business … - 1998
model allows for two types of unemployment: frictional unemployment due to search frictions and structural unemployment due … to wage floors. Wage floors exist because of high unemployment benefits or binding minimum wages. The productivity … decompose the total unemployment rate and we examine the effect of changes in the minimum wage. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150514
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Semi-nonparametric estimation of an equilibrium search model
Koning, Pierre; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Ridder, Geert - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en … - 1998
model allows for two types of unemployment: frictional unemployment due to search frictions and structural unemployment due … to wage floors. Wage floors exist because of high unemployment benefits or binding minimum wages. The productivity … decompose the total unemployment rate and we examine the effect of changes in the minimum wage. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010783288
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Unobservable, but Unimportant? The Influence of Personality Traits (and Other Usually Unobserved Variables) for the Evaluation of Labor Market Policies
Caliendo, Marco; Mahlstedt, Robert; Mitnik, Oscar A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
unemployment in Germany, as well as several usually unobserved characteristics like personality traits, attitudes, expectations … significant difference in the estimation of treatment effects, compared to specifications that include detailed labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884355
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Unobservable, but Unimportant?: The Influence of Personality Traits (and Other Usually Unobserved Variables) for the Evaluation of Labor Market Policies
Caliendo, Marco; Mahlstedt, Robert; Mitnik, Oscar A. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2014
unemployment in Germany, as well as several usually unobserved characteristics like personality traits, attitudes, expectations … significant difference in the estimation of treatment effects, compared to specifications that include detailed labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011266602
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An Economic Analysis of Exclusion Restrictions for Instrumental Variable Estimation
Berg, Gerard J. van den - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Instrumental variable estimation requires untestable exclusion restrictions. With policy effects on individual outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763520
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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; den Berg, Gerard J van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 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/10008861905
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Active Labor Market Policy Effects in a Dynamic Setting
Crépon, Bruno; Ferracci, Marc; Jolivet, Grégory; … - In: Journal of the European Economic Association 7 (2009) 2-3, pp. 595-605
of training for unemployed workers in France, using a rich register data set. Training has little impact on unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004992796
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The Effect of Active Labor Market Programs on Not-Yet Treated Unemployed Individuals
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Bergemann, Annette H.; … - In: Journal of the European Economic Association 7 (2009) 2-3, pp. 606-616
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/10004992805
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Duration dependence and heterogeneity in French youth unemployment durations
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Ours, Jan C. van - VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business … - 1996
as a function of the elapsed unemployment duration. We use a nonparametric estimation method that is designed to be …This paper investigates the degree in which the individual exit rate out of unemployment for young job seekers changes … of unobserved heterogeneity in these data. The model and estimation method explicitly take into account that individual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150485