Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/37434 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2010: Ökonomie der Familie - Session: Evaluation Econometrics No. A6-V1
Publisher: 
Verein für Socialpolitik, Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
Based on a new, exceptionally informative and large German linked employer-employee administrative dataset, we investigate the question whether the omission of important control variables in matching estimation leads to biased impact estimates of typical active labour market programmes for the unemployed. Such biases would lead to false policy conclusions about the effectiveness of these expensive policies. Based on our preliminary findings, it seems that controlling for standard demographic variables removes already a substantial part of the potential selection bias.
Subjects: 
Training
job search assistance
matching estimation
active labour market policies
JEL: 
J68
J64
J69
Document Type: 
Conference Paper

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