Search Results - subject:"Random assignment"

Early Interventions to Prevent Disability for Workers with Mental Health Conditions: Impacts from the DMIE

Gimm, Gilbert; Hoffman, Denise; Ireys, Henry T. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2013

This rigorous study found that early intervention programs with a personal navigator can reduce dependence on federal disability benefits for adult workers with mental health conditions.

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011100598

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The Effectiveness of Secondary Math Teachers from Teach For America and the Teaching Fellows Programs

Clark, Melissa A.; Chiang, Hanley S.; Silva, Tim; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2013

The first large-scale, random assignment study of the effects of secondary school math teachers from Teach For America …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011102215

Addressing Teacher Shortages in Disadvantaged Schools Lessons from Two Institute of Education Sciences Studies

Clark, Melissa; McConnell, Sheena; Constantine, Jill; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2013

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011102340

The Disability System and Programs to Promote Employment for People with Disabilities (Journal Article)

Wittenburg, David; Mann, David R.; Thompkins, Allison - Mathematica Policy Research - 2013

This paper examines employment-focused interventions in the U.S. disability system. The review illustrates the challenges of developing and implementing these types of initiatives, despite substantial policy interest. Findings indicate that none of the demonstrations has the potential to lead to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011118243

Allocating via Priorities

Alcalde, Jose; Silva-Reus, José Ángel - Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos y Teoría … - 2013

on random assignment (Bogomolnaia and Moulin, 2001) and the traditional analysis of matching mechanisms (Gale and Shapley …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010991680

Random Housing with Existing Tenants

Alcalde, Jose - Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos y Teoría … - 2013

We explore the problem of distributing a group of indivisible objects, some of which incorporate a primitive assignment of use, or tenancy right. Within this framework we analyze the existence of rules always selecting an ex-ante efﬁcient allocation, conditioned to a preservation of the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010991681

Early Interventions to Prevent Disability for Workers with Mental Health Conditions: Impacts from the DMIE.

Gimm, Gilbert; Hoffman, Denise; Ireys, Henry T. - Mathematica Policy Research - 2013

This rigorous study found that early intervention programs with a personal navigator can reduce dependence on federal disability benefits for adult workers with mental health conditions.

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010924892

Modelling Household Spending Using a Random Assignment Scheme

Lawson, Tony - In: International Journal of Microsimulation 6 (2013) 2, pp. 56-75

needed to estimate the parameters for the equations. This paper examines the use of what are known as random assignment … brief review of econometric modelling. It then introduces the principles of random assignment schemes. These are expanded …. The model is then used as a platform to show how the random assignment scheme can be used to model a large number of goods …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693326

Peer Effects in Disadvantaged Primary Schools: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment

Antecol, Heather; Eren, Ozkan; Ozbeklik, Serkan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We examine the effect of peer achievement on students' own achievement and teacher performance in primary schools in disadvantaged neighborhoods using data from a well-executed randomized experiment in seven states. Contrary to the existing literature, we find that the average classroom peer...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010701327

The Disability System and Programs to Promote Employment for People with Disabilities.

Wittenburg, David; Mann, David R.; Thompkins, Allison - Mathematica Policy Research - 2013

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010662917