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Die Auswirkungen öffentlicher Gründungsförderung auf das Überleben und Wachstum junger Unternehmen
Almus, Matthias; Prantl, Susanne - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 222 (2002) 2, pp. 161-185
growth of assisted firms. To estimate causal effects a non-parametric matching procedure is used to draw an adequate control …
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Höheres Beschäftigungswachstum durch Venture Capital?
Engel, Dirk - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 223 (2003) 1, pp. 1-22
statistical matching procedure an adequate control group for comparison with the group of venture-backed firms is drawn. Matching …
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Evaluation of Swedish Youth Labour Market Programmes
Larsson, Laura - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 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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What is the Value of Knowing the Propensity Score for Estimating Average Treatment Effects?
Frölich, Markus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
Propensity score matching is widely used in treatment evaluation to estimate average treatment effects. Nevertheless …
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Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policy: Methodological Concepts and Empirical Estimates
Hujer, Reinhard; Caliendo, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
explain the need for evaluation on the micro- and macroeconomic level, introduce the fundamental evaluation problem and … solutions to it, give an overview of the newer developments in evaluation literature and finally take a look on empirical …
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Propensity Score Matching Methods for Non-Experimental Causal Studies.
Dehejia, R.H.; Wahba, S. - Department of Economics, School of Arts and Sciences - 1998
characteristics. We propose the use of propensity score matching methods, and implement them using data from the NSW experiment. …
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Does Temporary Agency Work Provide a Stepping Stone to Regular Employment?
Kvasnicka, Michael - EconWPA - 2005
Based on administrative data from the federal employment office in Germany, we apply matching techniques to estimate …
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Programme Evaluation with Multiple Treatments
Frölich, Markus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
This paper reviews the main identification and estimation strategies for microeconomic policy evaluation. Particular … nonparametric matching and weighting estimators of the average treatment effects and their properties are examined. …
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Nonparametric IV Estimation of Local Average Treatment Effects with Covariates
Frölich, Markus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
In this paper nonparametric instrumental variable estimation of local average treatment effects (LATE) is extended to incorporate confounding covariates. Estimation of local average treatment effects is appealing since their identification relies on much weaker assumptions than the...
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Estimating Productivity Change in South African Banks: Decomposing Productity Index Numbers
Westhuizen, Gerhardus Van Der - In: Ekonomia 13-14, 2-1, pp. 65-86
Change in efficiency in South African banks covering the period 2001 to 2011 is estimated and decomposed into various components of efficiency change using the Decomposition of Productivity Index Numbers (DPIN). All four banks experienced, on average, positive TFP growth during the sample period...
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