Search Results - subject:"Difference in differences"

Youth Minimum Wage Reform and the Labour Market

Hyslop, Dean; Stillman, Steven - Treasury, Government of New Zealand - 2004

This paper analyses the effects of a large reform in the minimum wages affecting youth workers in New Zealand since 2001. Prior to this reform, a youth minimum wage, applying to 16-19 year-olds, was set at 60% of the adult minimum. The reform had two components. First, it lowered the eligible...

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The impact of Privatisation on Wages: Evidence from the Portuguese Banking Industry

Monteiro, Natália Pimenta - Núcleo de Investigação em Políticas Económicas … - 2004

we present quasi-experimental estimates of the effect of privatisation on wages in the Portuguese banking sector for the period 1989-97. The design of the reform and the nature of dataset employed provide an important opportunity to analyse the effects of privatisation on different demographic...

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The Effect of Central Exit Examinations on Student Achievement: Quasi-experimental Evidence from TIMSS Germany

Jürges, Hendrik; Schneider, Kerstin; Büchel, Felix - 2003

estimate the causal effect of central exit examinations on student performance. We propose a difference-in-differences …

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L'impact des regroupements municipaux sur le fardeau fiscal et la valeur des propriétés résidentielles au Québec, 1992-1999

Lacroix, Guy; Santarossa, Gino - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2003

in differences estimator; (2) The matching estimator. The two methods yield qualitatively similar and robust results … empirical analysis relies on two econometric methods that are frequently used in evaluating public policies: (1) The difference …

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Arulampalam, Wiji; Booth, Alison L; Bryan, Mark L - Royal Economic Society - RES - 2003

the new minimum and those workers whose derived 1998 wages were below the minimum. Using difference-in-differences …

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Regional evidence on the effect of the National Minimum Wage on the gender pay gap

Robinson, Helen - Royal Economic Society - RES - 2003

which to try and measure the effect of the introduction of the NMW. Using difference-in-differences type estimation, we …

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The Effect of Central Exit Examinations on Student Achievement: Quasi-experimental Evidence from TIMSS Germany

Jürges, Hendrik; Schneider, Kerstin; Büchel, Felix - CESifo - 2003

estimate the causal effect of central exit examinations on student performance. We propose a difference-in-differences …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765951

The effect of central exit examinations on student achievement : quasi-experimental evidence from TIMSS Germany

Jürges, Hendrik; Schneider, Kerstin; Büchel, Felix - 2003

estimate the causal effect of central exit examinations on student performance. We propose a difference-in-differences …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011507889

Estimating the Effect of the One-Child Policy on the Sex Ratio Imbalance in China: Identification Based on the Difference-in-Differences

Li, Hongbin; Yi, Junjian; Zhang, Junsen - In: Demography 48 (2011) 4, pp. 1535-1557

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Does school time matter?—On the impact of compulsory education age on school dropout

Cabus, Sofie J.; De Witte, Kristof - In: Economics of Education Review 30 (2011) 6, pp. 1384-1398

by a difference-in-differences analysis. For this, we exploit a recent compulsory education policy reform in the …

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