the approach retains its basic simplicity. The paper also outlines a matching estimator potentially suitable in that …

development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using unique newly …

manufacturing industries in Germany. We use unique newly available data that for the first time combine information from the …

, state-level smoking bans were gradually introduced in all of Germany's sixteen federal states. We exploit this variation in …-in-differences estimates show that the introduction of smoke-free legislation in Germany did not change average smoking behavior within the …

adult and juvenile law systems. In Germany, different from the U.S. and most other countries, turning a critical cutoff age …

development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using unique newly …

effects of the most important type of public sector sponsored training in Germany, namely the provision of specific … linear matching based on the estimated propensity score to estimate the average treatment effect on the treated of SPST … Germany compared to East Germany. …

apply propensity score matching as a method to solve the fundamental evaluation problem and to estimate the effect of the … Germany and give a measure for deadweight loss. …

administrative data set, we apply matching and regression methods to measure the effect of the Hartz reform in Germany, which … important type of training in Germany, we find a slightly positive impact of the reform. Our decomposition results suggest that …

This study analyzes the treatment effects of public training programs for the unemployed in Germany. Based on … propensity score matching methods we extend the picture that has been sketched in previous studies by estimating treatment …