Search Results - subject:"Regression–discontinuity design"

Magnet High Schools and Academic Performance in China: A Regression Discontinuity Design

Park, Albert; Shi, Xinzheng; An, Xuehui; Hsieh, Chang-tai - HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies (IEMS), … - 2015

This paper investigates the impact of high school quality on studentsâ€™ educational attainment using a regression discontinuity research design based on entrance examination score thresholds that strictly determine admission to the best high schools. Using data from rural counties in...

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Inference on Causal Effects in a Generalized Regression Kink Design

Card, David; Lee, David S.; Pei, Zhuan; Weber, Andrea - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

restrictions delivered by Lee (2008) for the regression discontinuity design. We then use a fuzzy RKD approach to study the effect …

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Education does not seem to improve health: Evidence from Indonesia

Parinduri, Rasyad - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

extension of Indonesia's school term length in 1978-1979, a natural experiment that fits a regression discontinuity design. I …

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The effect of electricity taxation on the German manufacturing sector: A regression discontinuity approach

Flues, Florens; Lutz, Benjamin Johannes - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2015

tax rates on the economic performance of firms using a regression discontinuity design. Our econometric analysis relies on …

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Inference on causal effects in a generalized Regression Kink Design

Card, David E.; Lee, David S.; Pei, Zhuan; Weber, Andrea - 2015

restrictions delivered by Lee (2008) for the regression discontinuity design. We then use a fuzzy RKD approach to study the effect …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010467807

Experts' awards and economic success : evidence from an Italian Literary Prize

Ponzo, Michela; Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2015

estimation strategies to evaluate the impact that winning the Prize has on book sales. First, we adopt a Regression Discontinuity … Design using a measure of book sales as a dependent variable and as a forcing variable (proxying for intrinsic book quality …

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Inference on causal effects in a generalized Regression Kink Design

Card, David E.; Lee, David S.; Pei, Zhuan; Weber, Andrea - 2015

restrictions delivered by Lee (2008) for the regression discontinuity design. We then use a fuzzy RKD approach to study the effect …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010472511

Higher taxes, more evasion? : evidence from border differentials in TV license fees

Berger, Melissa; Fellner, Gerlinde; Sausgruber, Rupert; … - 2015

significantly more evasion. The central estimate from a spatial regression discontinuity design indicates that a one percent …

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Higher taxes, more evasion? : evidence from border differentials in TV license fees

Berger, Melissa; Fellner, Gerlinde; Sausgruber, Rupert; … - 2015

significantly more evasion. The central estimate from a spatial regression discontinuity design indicates that a one percent …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010477085

A question of degree : the effects of degree class on labor market outcomes

Feng, Andy; Graetz, Georg - 2015

unobserved ability, we employ a regression discontinuity design that utilizes rules governing the award of degrees. A First Class …

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