Search Results - subject:"Difference in differences"

University Tuition Fees and High School Students' Educational Intentions

Bahrs, Michael; Siedler, Thomas - 2018

difference-in-differences setting. Using data from the Youth Questionnaire of the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we find a …

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Educational policies and the gender gap in test scores: A cross-country analysis

Hermann, Zoltán; Kopasz, Marianna - 2018

a difference-in-differences estimation method, it was found that early tracking has a direct effect on the gender gap in …

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Impact of the National Professional Qualification Program (PNQ) on Income: An Econometric Analysis in Piracicaba/SP-Brazil

Ferraz, Diogo; Ribeiro de Oliveira, Fabíola Cristina - In: Pesquisa & Debate 28 (2018) 2, pp. 105-123

This paper presents the analysis of the results of the National Program for Professional Qualification - PNQ in Piracicaba/Sao Paulo - Brazil. It analyzed the impact of PNQ on the income of workers. The Theory of Human Capital is presented as a suitable theoretical basis. We used econometric...

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Treatment-effect identification without parallel paths

Vandenberghe, Vincent - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 12 (2018) 2018-9, pp. 1-19

treatment). Imagine difference-in-differences analysis (DD) - a before-and-after comparison of the income-level difference …

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The Regional Effects of a National Minimum Wage

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel; Roth, Duncan; Seidel, Tobias - 2018

2011 to 2016 and a difference‐in‐differences based identification strategy that controls for heterogeneity in pre …

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Do US Firms Pay Less Tax than their European Peers? On Firm Characteristics, Profit Shifting Opportunities, and Tax Legislation as Determinants of Tax Differentials

Overesch, Michael; Schenkelberg, Sabine; Wamser, Georg - 2018

Using pairs of similar US and European firms listed on the S&P500 or StoxxEurope600, we examine effective tax differentials between US multinational corporations (MNCs) and their European peers. We show that statutory tax rates and profit shifting opportunities are important determinants of...

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Shortening the Potential Duration of Unemployment Benefits and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Germany

Petrunyk, Inna; Pfeifer, Christian - 2018

This paper explores the effects of a major reform of unemployment benefits in Germany on the labor market outcomes of individuals with some health impairment. The reform induced a substantial reduction in the potential duration of regular unemployment benefits for older workers. This work...

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The impact of mass migration of Syrians on the Turkish labor market

Aksu, Ege; Erzan, Refik; Kırdar, Murat Güray - 2018

outcomes of natives, using a difference-in-differences IV methodology. We show that relaxing the common-trend assumption of …

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Evaluating the Impact of 20 Hours Free Early Childhood Education on Mothers' Labour Force Participation and Earnings

Bouchard, Isabelle; Cheung, Lydia; Pacheco, Gail - 2018

participation and earnings. Using a difference-in-differences strategy and population-wide administrative panel data, we follow …

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On the economics of forced labour. Did the employment of Prisoners-of-War depress German coal mining productivity in World War I?

Jopp, Tobias A. - 2018

The scholarly discourse about twentieth century forced labour has raised important questions. For example, how profitable and productive has the employment of forced labour been in different political and economic contexts? The dominant take-away from the literature is that forced labour comes...

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