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Economic and tourism indicators as a means of monitoring sustainable tourism: The case of inland Istria

Vojnovic, Nikola; Knezevic, Rade - In: UTMS Journal of Economics 4 (2013) 2, pp. 213-230

This paper analyses indicators to study the sustainability of tourism in inland Istria, which comprises 24 …, clarity and feasibility, the following quantitative indicators were used: the Indicator of Tourist Operation (ITO), the … employees in these industries are indicators that reveal that inland Istria is only beginning to develop into a tourism region …

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Eine siedlungsstrukturelle Wohnumfeldtypologie für Nordrhein-Westfalen. Methodik, Charakterisierung und Anwendung

Hölzel, David J. - In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung / Spatial Research and … 83 (2025) 3, pp. 151-171

Siedlungsstrukturelle Typologien erleichtern die Verständigung über komplexe raumbezogene Sachverhalte im Zusammenhang mit Raumplanung, -forschung und -politik, liegen für Deutschland bislang aber vorrangig auf Bundes- und Regionsebene vor. Gegenwärtig fehlen siedlungsstrukturelle Typologien...

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Language training for unemployed non-natives: Who benefits the most?

Kivi, Laura Helena; Sõmer, Marko; Kallaste, Epp - In: Baltic Journal of Economics 20 (2020) 1, pp. 34-58

This study evaluates the local language training aimed at the unemployed in Estonia during 2015-2016. The impact of training on employment probability and labour income is estimated by combining propensity score matching with coarsened exact matching. The impact on the probability of being...

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The porous dialectic: Experimental and non-experimental methods in development economics

Dehejia, Rajeev - 2013

This paper provides a survey of six widely used non-experimental methods for estimating the impact of programmes in the context of developing economies (instrumental variables, regression discontinuity, direct matching, propensity score matching, linear regression and non-parametric methods, and...

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Measuring effects of second wave activation: A theoretical model and tutorial for activation programme evaluation

Ulmestig, Rickard; Waernbaum, Ingeborg - 2023

This article develops a theoretical model for evaluating mandatory activation of welfare recipients in complex activation programmes. The model aims to summarize and describe heterogeneous content that is difficult to comprehend because of local variations, staff characteristics, or other...

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Active labour market policy in East Germany: waiting for the economy to take off

Wunsch, Conny; Lechner, Michael - 2007

We investigate the effects of the most important East German active labour market programmes on the labour market outcomes of their participants. The analysis is based on a large and informative individual database coming from administrative data sources. Using matching methods, we find that...

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Before and After the Hartz Reforms: The Performance of Active Labour Market Policy in Germany

Jacobi, Lena; Kluve, Jochen - 2006

Having faced high unemployment rates for more than a decade, the German government implemented a comprehensive set of labour market reforms during the period 2003-2005. This paper describes the economic and institutional context of the German labour market before and after these so-called Hartz...

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Sequential Matching Estimation of Dynamic Causal Models

Lechner, Michael - 2004

This paper proposes sequential matching and inverse selection probability weighting to estimate dynamic causal effects. The sequential matching estimators extend simple, matching estimators based on propensity scores for static causal analysis that have been frequently applied in the evaluation...

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The Effects of Vocational Training Programmes on the Duration of Unemployment in Eastern Germany

Hujer, Reinhard; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Zeiss, Christopher - 2004

This paper focuses on the effects of vocational training programmes on the duration of unemployment in Eastern Germany. We use information from administrative data of the Federal Employment Office. To allow for observable and possible unobservable influences we apply a multivariate mixed...

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Is Labour Market Training a Curse for the Unemployed? Evidence from a Social Experiment

Rosholm, Michael; Skipper, Lars - 2003

In this paper, we investigate the impact of classroom training programmes on individual unemployment rates in Denmark. In 1994 a social experiment was conducted, where unemployed applicants for labour market training were randomised into treatment and control groups. We formulate and estimate...

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