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Design of Partial Population Experiments with an Application to Spillovers in Tax Compliance
Cruces, Guillermo; Tortarolo, Dario; Vazquez-Bare, Gonzalo - 2024
We develop a framework to analyze partial population experiments, a generalization of the cluster experimental design where clusters are assigned to different treatment intensities. Our framework allows for heterogeneity in cluster sizes and outcome distributions. We study the large-sample...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015097122
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Design of Partial Population Experiments with an Application to Spillovers in Tax Compliance
Cruces, Guillermo; Tortarolo, Dario; Vazquez-Bare, Gonzalo - 2025
This paper develops a framework to analyze partial population experiments, a generalization of the cluster experimental design where clusters are assigned to different treatment intensities. The framework allows for heterogeneity in cluster sizes and outcome distributions. The paper studies the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015338917
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Using efficiency analysis to measure individual well-being with an illustration for Catalonia
Ramos, Xavi - 2005
This paper shows how distance functions, a tool typically employed in production economics to measure the distance between a set of inputs and a set of outputs, can be employed to approximate a composite measure encompassing the many dimensions of well-being. It also illustrates how to implement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267478
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Using Efficiency Analysis to Measure Individual Well-Being with an Illustration for Catalonia
Ramos, Xavi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper shows how distance functions, a tool typically employed in production economics to measure the distance between a set of inputs and a set of outputs, can be employed to approximate a composite measure encompassing the many dimensions of well-being. It also illustrates how to implement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703024
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Fiscal competition for imperfectly-mobile labor and capital: a comparative dynamic analysis
Wildasin, David E. - 2009
Interjurisdictional flows of imperfectly-mobile migrants, investment, and other productive resources result in the costly dynamic adjustment of resource stocks. This paper investigates the comparative dynamics of adjustment to changes in local fiscal policy with two imperfectly mobile productive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271272
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Fiscal Competition for Imperfectly-Mobile Labor and Capital: A Comparative Dynamic Analysis
Wildasin, David - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Interjurisdictional flows of imperfectly-mobile migrants, investment, and other productive resources result in the costly dynamic adjustment of resource stocks. This paper investigates the comparative dynamics of adjustment to changes in local fiscal policy with two imperfectly mobile productive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506887
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The Long-Run Effects of Sports Club Vouchers for Primary School Children
Marcus, Jan; Siedler, Thomas; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2021
Starting in 2009, the German state of Saxony distributed sports club membership vouchers among all 33,000 third graders in the state. The policy's objective was to encourage them to develop a long-term habit of exercising. In 2018, we carried out a large register-based survey among several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597392
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Why not fully spend a conditional block grant?
Faber, Riemer P.; Koning, Pierre - 2012
This paper studies a conditional block grant that Dutch municipalities receive for welfare-to-work programs. Many municipalities do not fully use this grant, although programs are beneficial for them. We argue that municipalities incur expenses to use the grant. If these costs are substantial,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287657
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Why Not Fully Spend a Conditional Block Grant?
Faber, Riemer; Koning, Pierre - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper studies a conditional block grant that Dutch municipalities receive for welfare-to-work programs. Many municipalities do not fully use this grant, although programs are beneficial for them. We argue that municipalities incur expenses to use the grant. If these costs are substantial,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010558692
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Shine a (Night)Light: Decentralization and Economic Development in Burkina Faso
Bargain, Olivier B.; Vincent, Rose Camille; Caldeira, Emilie - 2024
Decentralization, championed by international institutions, has been one of the most prominent public sector reforms of … capacity to contribute to local development. We exploit the phase-in of decentralization at the commune level in Burkina Faso … impact of decentralization on the night-light intensity trends of the early-decentralized communes. This is supported by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015175288