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An empirical assessment of assortative matching in the labor market

Mendes, Rute (contributor); … - 2007

In labor markets with worker and firm heterogeneity, the matching between firms and workers may be assortative, meaning … relate this to the skill distribution of workers in the firm. We find that there is positive assortative matching, in … assortative matching ; matched employer-employee data ; productivity ; skill ; unobserved heterogeneity ; sorting ; fixed effects …

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An empirical assessment of assortative matching in the labor market

Mendes, Rute (contributor); … - 2007

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Long-run effects of dynamically assigned treatments : a new methodology and an evaluation of training effects on earnings

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Vikström, Johan - 2019

We propose and implement a new method to estimate treatment effects in settings where individuals need to be in a certain state (e.g. unemployment) to be eligible for a treatment, treatments may commence at different points in time, and the outcome of interest is realized after the individual...

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Long-run effects of dynamically assigned treatments : a new methodology and an evaluation of training effects on earnings

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Vikström, Johan - 2019

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Does online search improve the match quality of new hires?

Gürtzgen, Nicole; Lochner, Benjamin; Pohlan, Laura; … - 2021

This paper studies the effects of the high-speed internet expansion on the match quality of new hires. We combine data on internet availability at the local level with German individual register and vacancy data. Results show that internet availability has no major impact on the stability of new...

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The effect of search frictions on wages

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Vuuren, Aico van - 2005

explanations for) positive assortative matching. …

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Active labor market policies

Crépon, Bruno; Berg, Gerard J. van den - 2016

Active labor market policies are massively used with the objective being to improve labor market outcomes of individuals out of work. Many observational evaluation studies have been published. In this review, we critically assess policy effectiveness. We emphasize insights from recent randomized...

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The matching method for treatment evaluation with selective participation and ineligibles

Costa Dias, Monica; Ichimura, Hidehiko; Berg, Gerard J. … - 2010

The matching method for treatment evaluation does not balance selective unobserved differences between treated and non … cases. Within the same framework we also suggest a new test of the conditional independence assumption justifying matching … subsidized work program for young unemployed, where compliance is imperfect among the young. Adjusting the matching estimator for …

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The matching method for treatment evaluation with selective participation and ineligibles

Dias, MonicaCosta (contributor); … - 2007

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The matching method for treatment evaluation with selective participation and ineligibles

Costa Dias, Monica (contributor); … - 2008

The matching method for treatment evaluation does not balance selective unobserved differences between treated and non …, provide a natural application. In an empirical analysis, we first examine the performance of matching versus regression …, where compliance is imperfect among the young. Adjusting the matching estimator for selectivity changes the results towards …

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