This paper provides insights into the design of effective location-based policies. In the context of European regional policy, we use algorithms to predict regions that are likely to underutilize funding and identify the key determinants of their low absorptive capacity. We then use a regression...

This paper provides insights into the design of effective location-based policies. In the context of European regional policy, we use algorithms to predict regions that are likely to underutilize funding and identify the key determinants of their low absorptive capacity. We then use a regression...

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The effectiveness of cash transfer programs to foster social mobility in the medium and long run is still unclear. Using a RDD we found that after six years of exposure to the Ecuadorean cash transfer, living conditions of beneficiaries are worse off than non-beneficiaries. We argue that it is...

Using variations in unemployment insurance policies over time and across U.S. states, this paper provides evidence that allowing unemployed workers to delay the collection of benefits increases their job-finding rate. In a model with discrete job take-up decisions, benefit entitlement,...