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Propensity Score Matching: A Note of Caution for Evaluators of Social Programs
Peikes, Deborah N; Moreno, Lorenzo; Orzol, Sean Michael - Mathematica Policy Research - 2008
effectively for experimental ones. Recently, the spotlight has focused on one method, propensity score matching (PSM), as the … suggested approach for evaluating employment and education programs. We present a case study of our experience using PSM, under … ideal conditions and the passing of statistical tests suggesting that the matching procedure had worked, we find that PSM …
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Complexity management in practice: A Viable System Model intervention in an Irish eco-community
Espinosa, Angela; Walker, J. - In: European Journal of Operational Research 225 (2013) 1, pp. 118-129
While soft OR tools offer specific solutions to manage complexity in organisations, little is known concerning soft OR tools to deal with self-organisation in communities. This paper describes an action research project where the authors facilitated a process of self-organisation in a developing...
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Problem structuring in participatory forest planning
Khadka, Chiranjeewee; Hujala, Teppo; Wolfslehner, Bernhard - In: Forest Policy and Economics 26 (2013) C, pp. 1-11
Decision-making for multi-purpose forestry requires well-aligned public participation and stakeholder interaction. The operational research community has developed both the theory and practice of problem-structuring methods (PSMs) to help stakeholders determine a solvable joint problem...
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The Fundaments of Applying the Concept of Public Service Motivation in the South-Eastern European States
Matei, Lucica; Fataciune (Badalan), Nicoleta - Facultatea de Administraţie Publică, Şcoala … - 2011
Public Service Motivation (PSM) is a relatively recent concept, defined for the first time in the 1990s in the United … encountered only in public institutions. These values, which represent the basis for the construction of PSM are not … region, the state or the organizational environment. European studies regarding PSM have mainly focused on Western Europe …
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Understanding Motivations of Sector Switchers
Apfel, Jefffey - In: Public Organization Review 13 (2013) 3, pp. 291-304
The motivation of “sector switchers”—individuals who move from one employment sector to another over the course of their careers—is under-researched. This exploratory study is a qualitative study of sector switchers. It uses interviews wit1h 50 such individuals to add depth to an...
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MORAL HAZARD AND ADVERSE SELECTION IN HEALTH INSURANCES, EVIDENCE FROM A TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY
NGUYEN, MINH THI - In: The Singapore Economic Review (SER) 59 (2014) 02, pp. 1450011-1
This paper uses special features of Vietnam's health insurance system to separately estimate the effects of moral hazard and adverse selection. Traditionally, the estimation of those effects is ad hoc due to the endogeneity of insurance status. Due to a special fact in Vietnam that there exist a...
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Trabalho e Progresso Técnico: Uma Análise nos Níveis de Emprego, Renda e Qualificação na Indústria Paulista
Selan, Beatriz; Garcia, Danilo César Cascaldi; … - In: Economia 10 (2009) 2, pp. 277-297
metodologia PSM (Propensity Score Matching) combinada a estimação em diferenças em diferenças para o controle do viés de seleção …
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Propensity Score Matching Method in Quasi-Experimental Designs: An Approach to Program Evaluation of INHP-III
Gakhar, Kaushal Deep; Kapur, Vidhu; Kaur, Navneet - eSocialSciences - 2010
program intervention very difficult. The task gets more difficult when there are no baseline studies available. PSM offers one … Evaluation of INHP- III where the Quasi-Experimental Design was employed using the PSM technique to construct the ideal …
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The Relevance of Irrelevant Alternatives: An experimental investigation of risky choices
Müller, Holgar - Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaft, … - 2008
Das Pricesensitivity-Meter (PSM) ist ein in der praktischen Preisforschung weit verbreitetes Instrument zur Erfassung … wird das PSM jedoch insbesondere infolge seiner direkten Abfragetechnik kritisiert und von einem Einsatz prinzipiell … von PSM-Messungen. Hierzu wurde über einen Zeitraum von insgesamt sechs Jahren eine aus vier äquidistanten Wellen …
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Impact of Information and Communication Technology-based Market Information Services on Smallholder Farm Input Use and Productivity: The Case of Kenya
Ogutu, Sylvester O.; Okello, Julius J.; Otieno, David J. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013
reverse this scenario. This study uses Propensity Score Matching (PSM) technique to evaluate the impact of participation in an …
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