suggest easy-to-use nonparametric survival function matching estimators. These estimators can be used to estimate the time …

Propensity score matching provides an estimate of the effect of a 'treatment' variable on an outcome variable that is … largely free of bias arising from an association between treatment status and observable variables. However, matching methods … undermine the conclusions about causal effects from a matching analysis. Instrumental variables (IV) estimation provides an …

using matching methods. Because precise estimation of the expected counterfactual is particularly important in regions …

Force Survey, we apply a matching method to decompose the wage gap in Switzerland. Compared to the traditional Oaxaca …In this paper, we investigate the gender wage differentials for Switzerland. Using micro data from the Swiss Labour …

policy by the caseworkers at local employment offices in Switzerland in 1998. We are particularly interested in whether the … security records. For the estimation we apply matching estimators adapted to the case of multiple programmes. The number of …

linear matching based on the estimated propensity score to estimate the average treatment effect on the treated of SPST …

employment prospects of participants. First, our results show that different matching algorithms result in different severe …

schemes of subsidised temporary employment implemented in Switzerland. One scheme operates as a non-profit employment … econometric matching methods we find that TEMP is considerably more successful in getting the unemployed back into work than EP …