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Matching estimators of average treatment effects: a review applied to the evaluation of health care programmes
Moreno-Serra, Rodrigo - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2007
The general aim of this paper is to review how matching methods try to solve the evaluation problem – with a particular … focus on propensity score matching – and their usefulness for the particular case of health programme evaluation. The … “classical” case of matching estimation with a single discrete treatment is presented as a basis for discussing recent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005328366
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Ex Ante Evaluation of Social Programs
Todd, Petra - 2006
This paper discusses methods for evaluating the impacts of social programs prior to their implementation. Ex ante evaluation is useful for designing programs that achieve some optimality criteria, such as maximizing impact for a given cost. This paper illustrates through several examples the use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012732880
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Liquidity Constraint vs. Eligibility Constraint : Cash Transfers and Labor Supply in Rural and Urban Areas
Ribas, Rafael P. - 2018
This paper contributes to the literature on welfare programs by estimating the impact of a Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) on labor supply in Brazil. Unlike other CCT programs that have been studied, Bolsa Família is a widespread program that have taken place not only in rural and isolated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012940549
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Structural Estimation and Policy Evaluation in Developing Countries
Todd, Petra E.; Wolpin, Kenneth I. - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2009
This paper discusses the use of discrete choice dynamic programming (DCDP) methods for evaluating policies of particular relevance to developing countries, such as policies to reduce child labor and increase school attendance, to improve school quality, to affect immigration flows, to expand old...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038312
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Labor supply consequences of family taxation: Evidence from the Czech Republic
Kalíšková, Klára - In: Labour Economics 30 (2014) C, pp. 234-244
While joint taxation is fairly widespread across European countries, the evidence of its labor supply effects is scarce due to a lack of recent policy changes. This study makes use of the introduction of joint taxation in the Czech Republic in 2005 to estimate its effect on married couples'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011077481
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Benefit-Entitlement Effects and the Duration of Unemployment: An Ex-ante Evaluation of Recent Labour Market Reforms in Germany
Schmitz, Hendrik; Steiner, Viktor - 2007
We analyse benefit-entitlement effects and the likely impact of the recent reform of the unemployment compensation system on the duration of unemployment in Germany on the basis of a flexible discrete-time hazard rate model estimated on pre-reform data from the German Socioeconomic Panel. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600692
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Benefit-Entitlement Effects and the Duration of Unemployment An Ex-ante Evaluation of Recent Labour Market Reforms in Germany
Schmitz, Hendrik; Steiner, Viktor - 2007
We analyse benefit-entitlement effects and the likely impact of the recent reform of the unemployment compensation system on the duration of unemployment in Germany on the basis of a flexible discrete-time hazard rate model estimated on pre-reform data from the German Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP)....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260908
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Benefit-entitlement effects and the duration of unemployment : an ex-ante evaluation of recent labour market reforms in Germany
Schmitz, Hendrik; Steiner, Viktor - 2007
We analyse benefit-entitlement effects and the likely impact of the recent reform of the unemployment compensation system on the duration of unemployment in Germany on the basis of a flexible discrete-time hazard rate model estimated on pre-reform data from the German Socioeconomic Panel. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011630465
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Benefit-Entitlement Effects and the Duration of Unemployment: An Ex-ante Evaluation of Recent Labour Market Reforms in Germany
Schmitz, Hendrik; Steiner, Viktor - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2007
We analyse benefit-entitlement effects and the likely impact of the recent reform of the unemployment compensation system on the duration of unemployment in Germany on the basis of a flexible discrete-time hazard rate model estimated on pre-reform data from the German Socioeconomic Panel. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017406
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Benefit-Entitlement Effects and the Duration of Unemployment: An Ex-ante Evaluation of Recent Labour Market Reforms in Germany
Schmitz, Hendrik; Steiner, Viktor - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
Abstract: We analyse benefit-entitlement effects and the likely impact of the recent reform of the unemployment compensation system on the duration of unemployment in Germany on the basis of a flexible discrete-time hazard rate model estimated on pre-reform data from the German Socioeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068846