The evaluation of labour market and other public policies has become increasingly important in recent years. In an era of tight government budgets, a thorough analysis of these measures is imperative. This book provides a comprehensive overview and assessment of the most relevant...

Empirische Analysen mit Paneldaten sind aus der wirtschafts- und sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung seit Beginn der 80er Jahren nicht mehr wegzudenken. Die Beliebtheit resultiert unter anderem aus der Möglichkeit, mithilfe von Paneldaten unbeobachtete Unterschiede zwischen den...

In this paper, we propose Phillips-Perron type, semiparametric testing procedures to distinguish a unit root process from a mean-reverting exponential smooth transition autoregressive one. The limiting nonstandard distributions are derived under very general conditions and simulation evidence...

The evaluation of labour market and other public policies has become increasingly important in recent years. In an era of tight government budgets, a thorough analysis of these measures is imperative. This book provides a comprehensive overview and assessment of the most relevant...