Search Results - subject:"Difference in Differences"

On Mandatory Activation of Welfare Recipients

Dahlberg, Matz; Johansson, Kajsa; Mörk, Eva - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

: I38, H31 Keywords: welfare reform, mandatory activation programs, welfare participation, employment, difference-in-differences … this gradual implementation in a difference-in-differences setup. Using data from city districts within a single local … individual behavior. We will use this difference-in-differences approach in this paper. The identifying assumption for this …

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The Effects of a Sick Pay Reform on Absence and on Health-Related Outcomes

Puhani, Patrick A.; Sonderhof, Katja - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

We evaluate the effects of a reduction in sick pay from 100 to 80% of the wage. Unlike previous literature, apart from absence from work, we also consider effects on doctor/hospital visits and subjective health indicators. We also add to the literature by estimating both switch-on and switch-off...

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The Health Penalty of China's Rapid Urbanization

Poel, E. Van de; O'Donnell, O.; Doorslaer, E. Van - Tinbergen Institute - 2009

define urbanization in terms of movements across the distribution of this index. We use difference-in-differences estimators …

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Are Lone Mothers Responsive to Policy Changes? Evidence from a Workfare Reform in a Generous Welfare State

Mogstad, Magne; Pronzato, Chiara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

the generous welfare system for lone mothers. Our difference-in-differences estimates show that the policy changes were …

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Cheaper Child Care, More Children

Mörk, Eva; Sjögren, Anna; Svaleryd, Helena - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2009

We study the effect of child care costs on the fertility behavior of Swedish women and find that reductions in child care charges influence fertility decisions, even when costs are initially highly subsidized. Exploiting the exogenous variation in child care costs caused by a Swedish child care...

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The Impact of Temporary Employment on Labour Productivity: Evidence from an Industry-Level Panel of EU Countries

Lisi, Domenico - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

In recent years the availability of new industry-level data allowed to evaluate the impact of labour market policies more consistently than previous standard cross-country studies. In this paper an industry-level panel is exploited to evaluate the impact of less stringent Employment Protection...

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The health penalty of China's rapid urbanization

Van de Poel, Ellen; O'Donnell, Owen; Van Doorslaer, Eddy - 2009

define urbanization in terms of movements across the distribution of this index. We use difference-in-differences estimators …

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Assumption Trade-Offs When Choosing Identification Strategies for Pre-Post Treatment Effect Estimation: An Illustration of a Community-Based Intervention in Madagascar

Weber, Ann M.; van der Laan, Mark J.; Petersen, Maya L. - In: Journal of Causal Inference 3 (2015) 1, pp. 109-130

Abstract Failure (or success) in finding a statistically significant effect of a large-scale intervention may be due to choices made in the evaluation. To highlight the potential limitations and pitfalls of some common identification strategies used for estimating causal effects of...

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Do new workforce roles reduce waiting times in ED? A difference-in-difference evaluation using hospital administrative data

Scott, Anthony; Yong, Jongsay - In: Health Policy 119 (2015) 4, pp. 488-493

difference-in-differences analysis is used. A total of 142,980 patient records from the pilot hospital and three comparison …

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Reducing binge drinking? The effect of a ban on late-night off-premise alcohol sales on alcohol-related hospital stays in Germany

Marcus, Jan; Siedler, Thomas - In: Journal of Public Economics 123 (2015) C, pp. 55-77

-related hospitalizations. Applying difference-in-differences methods, we find that the policy change reduces alcohol-related hospitalizations …

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