Search Results - subject:"Difference in Difference"

Estimating Dynamic Treatment Effects from Project STAR

Lehrer, Steven; Ding, Weili - Econometric Society - 2004

of dynamic treatment effects using a sequential difference in difference strategy that accounts for attrition due to …

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Enrolment into Higher Education and Changes in Repayment Obligations of Student Aid: Microeconometric Evidence for Germany

Baumgartner, Hans J.; Steiner, Viktor - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2004

-repayable grant. Our results from simple difference-in-difference estimates suggest that student aid is ineffective in raising …

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Responses of Consumers to the Mandatory Disclosure of Information: Evidence from Natural Experiments in Japanese Inter-brand Cigarette Demands

Wan, Junmin - Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University - 2004

I estimated inter-brand cigarette demands with nicotine, tar content and policy event information in Japan during 1950-84. The demand for all brands increased but the demand for plain (non-filter) brands decreased due to the dissemination ofgA Note about Health Damage from Smoking h in 1964. The...

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The Impact of Privatisation on Wages: Evidence from the Portugese Banking Industry

Monteiro, Natalia Pimenta - Royal Economic Society - RES - 2003

This paper adopts a difference-in-differences estimator to examine the impact of privatisation on wages in the Portuguese banking industry for the period 1989-97. The design of the reform and the nature of dataset employed (matched employer-employee) provided a particularly important opportunity...

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Using State Administrative Data to Measure Program Performance

Mueser, Peter R.; Troske, Kenneth; Gorislavsky, Alexey - Economics Department, University of Missouri - 2003

-program earnings as well as difference-in-difference estimates based on comparison of pre and post-program earnings. Specification … tests suggest that the difference-in-difference estimator may provide a better measure of program impact. We find that …

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Ein-Euro-Jobs und reguläre Beschäftigung / One-Euro-Jobs and Regular Employment : Eine Analyse potenzieller Substitutionseffekte mit Daten des IAB-Betriebspanels / An Analysis of P...

Hohendanner, Christian - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 231 (2011) 2, pp. 210-246

for selectivity, I apply a difference-in-difference approach and propensity score matching. The empirical results indicate …

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Throwing Foreign Aid at HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries: Missing the Target?

Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes - In: World Development 39 (2011) 10, pp. 1704-1723

/AIDS epidemics, which figures prominently among the Millennium Development Goals. We employ a difference-in-difference …

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An extension in eligibility for free primary care and avoidable hospitalisations: A natural experiment

Nolan, Anne - In: Social Science & Medicine 73 (2011) 7, pp. 978-985

decline after 2001, they also fell for the under 70s, meaning that a significant difference-in-difference effect could not be …

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Political democratization, economic liberalization, and growth volatility

Yang, Benhua - In: Journal of Comparative Economics 39 (2011) 2, pp. 245-259

difference-in-difference method for a sample of 158 countries over the 1970-2005 period. The results show that, when examined …

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Impact of Health Insurance on Consumption and Saving Behaviours: Evidence from Rural China

Cheung, Diana; Padieu, Ysaline - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2011

expenses with OLS and IV estimations. However, when we implement a propensity score matching coupled with a difference-in-difference …

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