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Sadaba, Barbara; Vujic, Suncica; Maier, Sofia - 2022

This paper develops a novel and tractable empirical approach to estimate the cycle in schooling participation decisions, which we denominate the schooling cycle. The estimation procedure is based on unobserved components time series models that decompose higher education enrollment rates into a...

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Analysis of Twins

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian - 2022

for identification of causal effects in economics, this chapter provides a critical review of methods and results. …

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Do Politicians Affect Firm Outcomes? Evidence from Connections to the German Federal Parliament

Diegmann, André; Pohlan, Laura; Weber, Andrea - 2024

We study how connections to German federal parliamentarians affect firm dynamics by constructing a novel dataset to measure connections between politicians and the universe of firms. To identify the causal effect of access to political power, we exploit (i) new appointments to the company...

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A Simple Solution to the Identification Problem in Detailed Wage Decompositions

Yun, Myeong-Su - 2003

identification problem since the detailed coefficients effect attributed to a dummy variable is not invariant to the choice of … reference groups. It turns out that the identification problem in the decomposition equation is a disguised identification …. The identification problem is automatically resolved once we obtain ?normalized? regression equations for two comparison …

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Identification and Estimation of Economic Models of Outmigration Using Panel Attrition

Bellemare, Charles - 2004

Because their departures are difficultly observed, little is known about the performance of immigrants who leave a region and move to another. This paper shows conditions under which the (conditional) outmigration probability, work probability and the expected earnings of outmigrants are...

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A Conceptual Framework for the Evaluation of Comprehensive Labor Market Policy Reforms in Germany

Fertig, Michael; Kluve, Jochen - 2004

Over the last year the German government has introduced a comprehensive set of labor market policy reforms, the so-called Hartz reforms, which aim at a significant reduction of unemployment. To this end, (a) many of the existing instruments of active labor market policy are modified...

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A Collective Retirement Model : Identification and Estimation in the Presence of Externalities

Michaud, Pierre-Carl; Vermeulen, Frederic - 2004

We study the labor supply dynamics of elderly couples by means of a structural collective model. The model allows for general externalities with respect to spouses? leisure. Preferences and the intrahousehold bargaining process are identified by using panel data with couples and individuals who...

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The Rise and Fall of Swiss Unemployment: Relative Demand Shocks, Wage Rigidities, and Temporary Immigrants

Puhani, Patrick A. - 2003

Switzerland, traditionally a ?zero unemployment? economy, has seen an unprecedented rise in joblessness in the 1990s although unemployment fell again to a rather low level after 1997. This paper tests whether Switzerland experienced a negative relative net demand shock against the low skilled...

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Living in Two Neighborhoods : Social Interactions in the Lab

Falk, Armin; Fischbacher, Urs; Gächter, Simon - 2004

interaction effects. We conduct an experiment that avoids the identification problem present in the field. Our novel design …

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Labor Supply, Home Production and Welfare Comparisons

Donni, Olivier - 2005

that, even if domestic labor supplies are not observed, valid welfare comparisons are possible. This identification result …

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