Causal effects of a policy change on hazard rates of a duration outcome variable are not identified from a comparison … identification of average treatment effects on hazard rates without model structure. We estimate these effects by kernel hazard … regression. In effect, we merge duration analysis and discontinuity analysis. We use the introduction of the NDYP program for …

Causal effects of a policy change on hazard rates of a duration outcome variable are not identified from a comparison … identification of average treatment effects on hazard rates without model structure. We estimate these effects by kernel hazard … regression. In effect, we merge duration analysis and discontinuity analysis. We use the introduction of the NDYP program for …

-discontinuity estimation in the sharp age-discontinuity design of the NDYP job search assistance program for young unemployed in the UK. Next …, where compliance is imperfect among the young. Adjusting the matching estimator for selectivity changes the results towards …

within the market, averaged over the full population, we develop an identification and estimation method in two steps. The …

making benefit payments conditional on program attendance after 7 months of unemployment duration. We evaluate the effect of … Active Labor Market Programs and benefit entitlement on the duration of unemployment in Switzerland. In the evaluation we … allow for selectivity affecting the inflow into programs. Our results indicate that (i) After ALMP-participation the …