Search Results - subject:"entropy balancing"

Entry barriers and the labor market outcomes of incumbent workers : evidence from a deregulation reform in the German crafts sector

Lergetporer, Philipp; Ruhose, Jens; Simon, Lisa - 2018

-in-differences design with entropy balancing to account for observable characteristics and unobserved individual heterogeneity. The reform …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011921984

The wider benefits of adult learning : work-related training and social capital

Ruhose, Jens; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Weilage, Insa - 2018

education. This approach combines kernel matching with entropy balancing to account for selection bias and sorting on gains …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011957590

The wider benefits of adult learning : work-related training and social capital

Ruhose, Jens; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Weilage, Insa - 2018

education. This approach combines kernel matching with entropy balancing to account for selection bias and sorting on gains …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011916464

Entry barriers and the labor market outcomes of incumbent workers : evidence from a deregulation reform in the German crafts sector

Lergetporer, Philipp; Ruhose, Jens; Simon, Lisa - 2018

-in-differences design with entropy balancing to account for observable characteristics and unobserved individual heterogeneity. The reform …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011916534

The wider benefits of adult learning : work-related training and social capital

Ruhose, Jens; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Weilage, Insa - 2018

education. This approach combines kernel matching with entropy balancing to account for selection bias and sorting on gains …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011919512

Following in their footsteps : an analysis of the impact of successive migration on rural household welfare in Ghana

Egge, Eva-Maria; Litchfield, Julie A. - 2018

The decision to migrate is often influenced by the experience of earlier migrants from one's household. Earlier migrants provide information on likely opportunities and potential risks and can offer support at destination to later migrants. We explore patterns of migration within rural...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011806485

Entropy-balanced discretionary accruals

McMullin, Jeff L.; Schonberger, Bryce - 2018 - Draft: February 2018

employ a recently developed multivariate matching approach (entropy balancing) to adjust for determinants in place of relying … on a linear model. Entropy balancing identifies weights for the control sample to equalize the distribution of … poor fit, we find that entropy balancing significantly improves accrual model specification by reducing coefficient bias …

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Estimating bargaining-related tax advantages of multinational firms

Egger, Peter; Strecker, Nora Margot; Zoller-Rydzek, Benedikt - 2018

face lower relocation costs than NEs, which enhances their bargaining position. Using French firm-level data and entropy … balancing, we find that the regressivity of the French tax schedule reduces MNEs' ETRs by 2.52 percentage points (size effect …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011822120

Do German works councils counter or foster the implementation of digital technologies?

Genz, Sabrina; Bellmann, Lutz; Matthes, Britta - 2018

As works councils' information, consultation and co-determination rights affect the decision process of the management, works councils play a key role in the implementation of digital technologies in establishments. However, previous research focuses on the potential of digital technologies to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011875654

The wider benefits of adult learning : work-related training and social capital

Ruhose, Jens; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Weilage, Insa - 2018

education. This approach combines kernel matching with entropy balancing to account for selection bias and sorting on gains …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012129957