Search Results - subject:"Regression Discontinuity Design"

Lump-sum severance grants and the duration of unemployment

Andersson, Josefine - 2018

means of a Swedish collective agreement. I use a regression discontinuity design, based on the strict age requirement to be …

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UK national minimum wage and labor market outcomes of young workers

Fidrmuc, Jan; Tena, J. D. - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 12 (2018) 2018-5, pp. 1-28

The UK national minimum wage (NMW) is age-specific with the most important threshold at the age of 22 (lowered to 21 from 2010 onwards) when workers become eligible for the adult rate. The authors estimate the impact of this threshold on employment by means of a regression discontinuity...

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The Impact of Compulsory Education on Employment and Earnings in a Transition Economy

Liwiński, Jacek - 2018

. Using the regression discontinuity design and data from the Polish LFS (2001-2005), we find that the reform had no impact on …

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The Effect of Language Training on Immigrants' Economic Integration: Empirical Evidence from France

Lochmann, Alexia; Rapoport, Hillel; Speciale, Biagio - 2018

training, through the method of Regression Discontinuity Design. We find that the number of assigned hours of training …

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The effects of being subject to the Colombian apprenticeship contract on manufacturing firm performance

Ospino, Carlos - 2018

regression discontinuity design which compares small firms subject to the regulation to those that are not, shows positive …

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When does regression discontinuity design work? Evidence from random election outcomes

Hyytinen, Ari; Meriläinen, Jaakko; Saarimaa, Tuukka; … - In: Quantitative Economics 9 (2018) 2, pp. 1019-1051

study the personal incumbency advantage. We benchmark non-experimental regression discontinuity design (RDD) estimates …

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Could Easier Access to University Improve Health and Reduce Health Inequalities?

Heckley, Gawain; Nordin, Martin; Gerdtham, Ulf-G. - 2018

this by exploiting an arbitrary university eligibility rule in Sweden combined with regression discontinuity design for the …

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The regional effects of professional sports franchises: Causal evidence from four European football leagues

Brachert, Matthias - 2018

relegation mode of the classical round-robin tournament in the European model of sport to develop a regression-discontinuity … design. The results indicate small and significant negative short-term effects on regional employment and output in the …

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Effects of government spending on employment: Evidence from winners and runners-up in procurement auctions

Gugler, Klaus; Weichselbaumer, Michael; Zulehner, Christine - 2018

To estimate demand for labor, we use a combination of detailed employment data and the outcomes of procurement auctions, and compare the employment of the winner of an auction with the employment of the second ranked firm (i.e. the runner-up firm). Assuming similar ex-ante winning probabilities...

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Unintended Consequences of China’s New Labor Contract Law on Unemployment and Welfare Loss of the Workers

Akee, Randall; Zhao, Liqiu; Zhao, Zhong - 2018

regression discontinuity design based on this exogenous change in unemployment status for this particular group of workers, we …

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