Public Employment Services and Employers - How Important are Networks with Firms? (2008)
Stefanie Behncke, Markus Froelich, Michael Lechner
This paper examines whether contacts between caseworkers in public employment offices and employers impact on the reemployment chances of the unemployed they counsel. This analysis is made possible...
Stefanie Behncke, Markus Froelich, Michael Lechner
This paper examines whether the chances of job placements improve if unemployed persons are counselled by caseworkers who belong to the same social group, defined by gender, age, education, and...
Identification of treatment effects on the treated with one-sided non-compliance (2008)
Traditional instrumental variable estimators do not generally estimate effects for the treated population but for the unobserved population of compliers. They do identify effects for the treated when...
Unconditional quantile treatment effects under endogeneity (2008)
This paper develops IV estimators for unconditional quantile treatment effects (QTE) when the treatment selection is endogenous. In contrast to conditional QTE, i.e. the effects conditional on a...
Estimation of quantile treatment effects with STATA (2008)
In this paper, we discuss the implementation of various estimators proposed to estimate quantile treatment effects (QTE). We distinguish four cases: conditional and unconditional QTE with exogenous...
Quantile treatment effects in the regression discontinuity design (2008)
This paper shows nonparametric identification of quantile treatment effects (QTE) in the regression discontinuity design (RDD) and proposes simple estimators. Quantile treatment effects are a very...
Regression discontinuity design with covariates (2007)
In this paper, the regression discontinuity design (RDD) is generalized to account for differences in observed covariates X in a fully nonparametric way. It is shown that the treatment effect can be...
Unemployed and Their Caseworkers - Should They be Friends or Foes? (2007)
Stefanie Behncke, Markus Froelich, Michael Lechner
In many countries, caseworkers in a public employment office have the dual roles of counselling and monitoring unemployed persons. These roles often conflict with each other leading to important...
Targeting Labour Market Programmes - Results from A Randomised experiment (2007)
Stefanie Behncke, Markus Froelich, Michael Lechner
We evaluate a randomized experiment of a statistical support system developed to assist caseworkers in Swiss employment offices in choosing appropriate active labour market programmes for their...
Einfluss der RAV auf die Wiedereingliederung von Stellensuchenden (2007)
Markus Froelich, Stefanie Behncke, Michael Lechner, Stephan Hammer, Iten Rolf, Nicolas Schmidt, ...
Aktive Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland und der Schweiz - eine Gegenüberstellung (2006)
Stefanie Behncke, Markus Froelich, Michael Lechner
Aktive Arbeitsmarktpolitik in der Schweiz wird der deutschen gegenübergestellt. Beide Länder haben viele Gemeinsamkeiten bezüglich Zielsetzung, Instrumenten und institutionellen Reformen von...
Stefanie Behncke, Markus Froelich, Michael Lechner
In this paper the motivation and various concepts of statistical systems for assisting case workers in assigning unemployed persons to active labour market programmes (ALMP) are examined and the...
Exploiting Regional Treatment Intensity for the Evaluation of Labour Market Policies (2006)
Markus Froelich, Michael Lechner
We estimate the effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) on subsequent employment by nonparametric instrumental variables and matching estimators. Very informative administrative Swiss data...
revised version of Discussion paper 2001-16#### A new semiparametric estimator for estimating conditional expectation functions from incomplete data is proposed, which integrates parametric...
School Textbooks and Peer Effects Efficient Allocation of Textbooks (2004)
Centre for the Study of African Economies annual conference, University of Oxford, Oxford, 22.03.2004####
Regional treatment intensity as an instrument for the evaluation of labour market policies (2004)
Markus Froelich, Michael Lechner
The effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) on individual employment chances and earnings are evaluated by nonparametric instrumental variables based on Swiss administrative data with...
Regional treatment intensity as an instrument for the evaluation of labour market policies (2004)
Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics annual congress, Basel, 18.03.2004####
Programme evaluation with multiple treatments (2004)
This paper reviews the main identification and estimation strategies for microeconometric policy evaluation. Particular emphasis is laid on evaluating policies consisting of multiple programmes,...
Peer Effects and School Textbooks Elementary School Education in Francophone Africa (2004)
Hamburgisches Welt-Wirtschafts-Archiv (HWWA-Research Seminar), Hamburg, 20.04.2004####
Nonparametric regression for binary dependent variables (2004)
revised version of Discussion paper 2001-12#### Finite-sample properties of nonparametric regression for binary dependent variables are analyzed. Nonparametric regression is generally considered as...
Matching Estimators and Optimal Bandwidth Choice (2004)
Discussion paper#### Optimal bandwidth choice for matching estimators and their finite sample properties are examined. An approximation to their MSE is derived, as a basis for a plug-in bandwidth...
Finite sample properties of propensity-score matching and weighting estimators (2004)
In this paper the finite-sample properties of matching and weighting estimators, often used for estimating average treatment effects, are analyzed. Potential and feasible precision gains relative to...
Markus Froelich, Patrick Puhani
Based on a nonparametrically estimated model of labor market classifications, this paper makes suggestions for immigration policy using data from western Germany in the 1990s. It is demonstrated that...
A note on the role of the propensity score for estimating average treatment effects (2004)
Hahn [Hahn, J. (1998). On the role of the propensity score in efficient semiparametric estimation of average treatment effects. Econometrica 66:315331] derived the semiparametric efficiency bounds...
A microeconometric evaluation of rehabilitation of long-term sickness in Sweden (2004)
Markus Froelich, Almas Heshmati, Michael Lechner
In this study the effects of various types of rehabilitation programmes on labour market out-comes are estimated. A main feature of this study is that it jointly evaluates multiple treat-ments by...
Design and analysis of evaluation studies (2003)
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Forum Bildung und Beschäftigung, Swiss National Science Foundation, Bern, 02.12.2003####
Seminar, IFS - Institute for Social Research, Oslo, 21.02.2003#### Link zum zugehörigen Paper
Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics annual congress, Bern, 20.03.2003#### Link zum zugehörigen Paper
Seminar, IFAU - Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation, Uppsala, 26.02.2003#### Link zum zugehörigen Paper
Statistically Assisted Programme Selection (2003)
Seminar, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, 12.06.2003####
Markus Froelich, Michael Lechner, Heidi Steiger
Allocating people into social programmes on the basis of statistical tools has gained increasing acceptance in recent years. The need for better targeting of active labour market programmes recently...
Microeconometrics Conference at CEMFI, Madrid, 21.11.2003####
Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI-Research Seminar), Essen, 17.11.2003####
revised version of Discussion paper 2002-08#### Propensity score matching is frequently used for estimating average treatment effects. Its applicability, however, is not confined to treatment...
Programme Evaluation and Treatment Choice (2003)
Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Vol. 524, Heidelberg: Springer#### Policy evaluation and programme choice are important tools for informed decision-making, for the administration...
Nonparametric IV estimation of local average treatment effects with covariates (2003)
International Workshop on Statistical Modeling of Discrete Structures in Economics, München, 01.07.2003####
Nonparametric IV estimation of local average treatment effects with covariates (2003)
14 EC2 conference, London, 12.12.2003####
Nonparametric IV estimation of local average treatment effects with covariates (2003)
Conference, Network-of-Excellence on Evidence Based Policy in a Knowledge Society, Dublin, 23.05.2003####
Neues Auswahlinstrument steigert Wirksamkeit (2003)
Markus Froelich, Michael Lechner, Heidi Steiger
http://www.infopartner.ch/periodika_2003/Panorama/Heft_2_2003/pan3238.pdf
54th World Congress of the International Statistical Institute (2003), Invited session on Design and Analysis of Evaluation Studies, Discussant, Berlin, 20.08.2003.####
What is the value of knowing the propensity score for estimating average treatment effects? (2002)
IZA Discussion paper 548#### Propensity score matching is widely used in treatment evaluation to estimate average treatment effects. Nevertheless, the role of the propensity score is still...
Treatment Choice based on semiparametric evaluation methods (2002)
CEPR/IZA conference on Improving Labour Market Performance, Bonn, 4.10.2002####
Semiparametric Estimation of Selectivity Models (2002)
This book provides a comprehensive summary of the most promising estimation methods for the (dichotomous) selectivity models. Selectivity models, often referred to as sample selection models, are...
Nonparametric IV estimation of local average treatment effects with covariates (2002)
Econometric Society Winter European Meeting, Budapest, 09.11.2002####
Nonparametric Covariate Adjustment: Pair-Matching versus Local Polynomial Matching (2002)
Präsentation auf der European Econometric Society Meeting, Venezia, 27.08.2002####
Nonparametric IV estimation of local average treatment effects with covariates (2002)
IZA Diskussionspapier 588#### In this paper nonparametric instrumental variable estimation of local average treatment effects (LATE) is extended to incorporate confounding covariates. Estimation of...
Covariate Adjustment and Matching Estimators (2002)
Vortrag an Universität Mannheim, 14.06.2002####
Applied higher-dimensional nonparametric regression (2002)
Statistische Woche der Deutschen Statistischen Gesellschaft, Konstanz, 8.10.2002####
Applied Higher-Dimensional Nonparametric Regression (2002)
Präsentation auf der Konferenz: Smoothing 2002, Ascona, 02.05.2002####
Treatment Choice based on semiparametric evaluation methods (2001)
Präsentation auf der Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik, Magdeburg, 28.09.2001####
Applied Higher-Dimensional Nonparametric Regression (2001)
Präsentation an der Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, 20.6.2001####
Treatment Choice based on semiparametric evaluation methods (2000)
Präsentation am Econometric Society World Congress, Seattle 12.8.2000#### not available in German Link zum zugehörigen Paper
Mikroökonometrische Evaluierung berufsbezogener Rehabilitation in Schweden (2000)
Markus Froelich, Almas Heshmati, Michael Lechner
Summary: In this evaluation study the causal effects of different types of rehabilitation programmes on labour market outcomes are estimated. Compared to previous research its main feature is that it...
Estimating Expected Individual Treatment Outcomes (2000)
Präsentation an der Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, 28.6.2000####
A Microeconometric Evaluation of Vocational Rehabilitation Programmes in Sweden (2000)
Präsentation am Jahreskongress der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Statistik und Volkswirtschaft, Solothurn, 23.3.2000#### not available in German Link zum zugehörigen Paper
A Microeconometric Evaluation of Occupational Rehabilitation Programmes in Sweden (2000)
Präsentation an der EEA2000, Bozen, 1.9.2000#### not available in German Link zum zugehörigen Paper
A Microeconometric Evaluation of Occupational Rehabilitation Programmes in Sweden (2000)
Präsentation an der First EALE/SOLE World Conference, Milan, 23.6.2000#### not available in German Link zum zugehörigen Paper
A Microeconometric Evaluation of Rehabilitation of Long-term Sickness in Sweden (2000)
Präsentation an der European Evaluation Society Annual Conference, Lausanne, 14.10.2000#### not available in German Link zum zugehörigen Paper
Estimating Individual Expected Treatment Outcomes (1999)
Präsentation am IWH-Workshop zum Thema Evaluation of Active Labor Market Policy and Welfare Programs, Halle/Saale, 10.12.1999####
Bivariate Index Estimator for Evaluation (1999)
Präsentation an der ESEM 99, Santiago de Compostela, 1.9.1999#### not available in German This paper develops a new estimator for microeconometric evaluation. This bivariate index estimator, which...
Bivariate Index Estimator for Evaluation (1999)
Präsentation an der ESEM 99, Santiago de Compostela, 1.9.1999#### not available in German This paper develops a new estimator for microeconometric evaluation. This bivariate index estimator, which...
Teacher Shortages, Teacher Contracts and their Impact on Education in Africa
Markus Froelich, Jean Bourdon, Katharina Michaelowa
Primary school enrolment rates are very low in francophone Africa. In order to enhance education supply, many countries have launched large teacher recruitment programmes in recent years, whereby...
Estimating Expected Individual Treatment Outcomes by Using Nonparametric Evaluation Methods
Consider the situation faced by an individual which has to choose among different treatments available to him. For selecting the optimal treatment he needs to conjecture for each treatment how his...
A generalization of the balancing property of the propensity score
Propensity score matching is a nonparametric technique frequently used for estimating average treatment effects. Yet its applicability is not confined to treatment evaluation. In this paper the...
What is the value of knowing the propensity score for estimating average treatment effects?
Propensity score matching is widely used in treatment evaluation to estimate average treatment effects. Nevertheless, the role of the propensity score is still controversial. Since the propensity...
Programme Evaluation with Multiple Treatments
This paper reviews the main identification and estimation strategies for microeconometric policy evaluation. Particular emphasis is laid on evaluating policies consisting of multiple programmes,...
Nonparametric IV estimation of local average treatment effects with covariates
In this paper nonparametric instrumental variable estimation of local average treatment effects (LATE) is extended to incorporate confounding covariates. Estimation of local average treatment effects...