After introducing the different data sources used in this dissertation in Chapter 2, I evaluate the linkage of the ALWA survey data with the administrative data of the IAB. I examine both consent bias and selectivity in linkage success based on survey and paradata. My results are informative for...

Recent empirical work in several economic fields, particularly environmental and energy economics, has adapted the regression discontinuity (RD) framework to applications where time is the running variable and treatment begins at a particular threshold in time. In this guide for practitioners,...