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In the eye of the beholder: subjective inequality measures and the demand for redistribution

Kuhn, Andreas - 2009

This paper presents a simple conceptual framework intended for describing individuals' subjective evaluations of occupational wage inequality and their demand for redistribution. Most importantly, the framework explicitly allows for the distinction between individuals' perceptions and their...

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Supply and Demand, Allocation and Wage Inequality: An International Comparison

Dupuy, Arnaud; Borghans, Lex - 2003

In this paper, we develop an allocation model of workers differentiated by their field of study to test whether … model explicitly takes into account the effects of supply and demand shifts on the allocation structure to disentangle …

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The effects of pharmacological treatment of ADHD on children's health

Dalsgaard, Søren; Skyt Nielsen, Helena; Simonsen, Marianne - 2012

We are the first to investigate longer-term effects of pharmacological treatment of ADHD on children's health. We rely on a difference-in-differences strategy while exploiting Danish register-based panel data for children born in 1990-1999. We study effects of treatment initiated between ages...

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Benchmarking regions: Estimating the counterfactual distribution of labor market outcomes

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Furdas, Marina - 2012

This paper develops and implements a new benchmarking approach for labor market regions. Based on panel data for regions, we use nonparametric matching techniques to account for observed labor market characteristics and for spatial proximity. As the benchmark, we estimate the counterfactual...

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Cross-country differences in productivity: the role of allocation and selection

Bartelsman, Eric J.; Haltiwanger, John; Scarpetta, Stefano - 2009

This paper combines different strands of the productivity literature to investigate the effect of idiosyncratic (firm-level) policy distortions on aggregate outcomes. On the one hand, a growing body of empirical research has been relating cross-country differences in key economic outcomes, such...

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

Fertig, Michael; Kluve, Jochen - 2004

evaluation concept capable of generating reliable empirical evidence by that date. The task is therefore to develop a ready …-to-implement concept for the evaluation of the full set of reforms in their entirety, as well as each instrument on its own, facing … essential guidelines for an ideal evaluation design, conceptual and practical difficulties that arise in the context of …

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

Fertig, Michael; Kluve, Jochen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

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Alternative approaches to evaluation in empirical microeconomics

Blundell, Richard W.; Dias, Monica Costa - 2008

This paper reviews some of the most popular policy evaluation methods in empirical microeconomics: social experiments … evaluation literature. A workhorse simulation model of education returns is used throughout the paper to discuss and illustrate …

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School responsiveness to quality rankings: An empirical analysis of secondary education in the Netherlands

Koning, Pierre; van der Wiel, Karen - 2010

This paper analyzes the response of secondary schools to changes in their quality ratings. The current analysis is the first to address the impact of quality scores that have been published by a newspaper (Trouw), rather than public interventions. Our research design exploits the substantial...

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Some practical guidance for the implementation of propensity score matching

Caliendo, Marco; Kopeinig, Sabine - 2005

to discuss these implementation issues and give some guidance to researchers who want to use PSM for evaluation purposes. …

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