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Labor Market Policy and Employment

by Jonas Månsson, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin , 2007
"... A strategy for and results of an impact evaluation of a universal labor market program – ..."
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A strategy for and results of an impact evaluation of a universal labor market program –

The Simple Economics of Basic Scientific Research

by Richard R. Nelson - Journal of Political Economy , 1959
"... I begin this essay by reflecting on my early paper (Nelson, 1859), and Ken’s (Arrow, 1962), as period pieces. These papers certainly have been influential in shaping the discussion of science and technology policy over the last forty years, at least among economists, but at the time they were writte ..."
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recognition that technological advance must be understood as an evolutionary process, and recognition that the institutions involved in that process include much more than the simple market institutions on which economists usually focus. Then I turn to the contemporary policy arena that is the focus

The Effects of Immigration on the Labor Market Outcomes of Less-Skilled Natives

by Joseph Altonji, David Card, Gregory Defreitas, Richard Freeman, Peter Kuhn, Participants In , 1991
"... This paper was prepared as a contribution to the Trade and Immigration Project of the National Bureau of Economic Research. We have also received research support from the Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University and the Industrial Relations Section, Princeton University ..."
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. THE EFFECTS OF IMMIGRATION ON THE LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES OF LESS-SKILLED NATIVES This paper examines the effects of immigration on the labor market outcomes of less-skilled natives. Working from a simple model of a local labor market, we show that the effects of immigration can be estimated from

How Social Security and Medicare Affect Retirement Behavior in a World of Incomplete Markets

by John Rust, Christopher Phelan - ECONOMETRICA , 1997
"... This paper provides an empirical analysis of how the U.S. Social Security and Medicare insurance system affect the labor supply of older males in the presence of incomplete markets for loans, annuities, and health insurance. We estimate a detailed dynamic programming (DP) model of the joint labor ..."
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This paper provides an empirical analysis of how the U.S. Social Security and Medicare insurance system affect the labor supply of older males in the presence of incomplete markets for loans, annuities, and health insurance. We estimate a detailed dynamic programming (DP) model of the joint labor

The Economist as Engineer: Game Theory, Experimentation, and Computation as Tools for Design Economics

by Alvin E. Roth - ECONOMETRICA , 2002
"... Economists have lately been called upon not only to analyze markets, but to design them. Market design involves a responsibility for detail, a need to deal with all of a market’s complications, not just its principle features. Designers therefore cannot work only with the simple conceptual models us ..."
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used for theoretical insights into the general working of markets. Instead, market design calls for an engineering approach. Drawing primarily on the design of the entry level labor market for American doctors (the National Resident Matching Program), and of the auctions of radio spectrum conducted

Program on Labor Market Outcomes

by Barbara Wolfe, Thomas Kaplan, Robert Haveman, Yoon Young Cho, Barbara Wolfe, Thomas Kaplan, Robert Haveman, Yoon Young Cho
"... Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and not those of the institute. Research disseminated by IZA may include views on policy, but the institute itself takes no institutional policy positions. The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn is a local and virtual international r ..."
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support, and visitors and doctoral programs. IZA engages in (i) original and internationally competitive research in all fields of labor economics, (ii) development of policy concepts, and (iii) dissemination of research results and concepts to the interested public. IZA Discussion Papers often represent

of LaborLabor Market Transparency

by Eskil Wadensjö, Eskil Wadensjö
"... Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and not those of IZA. Research published in this series may include views on policy, but the institute itself takes no institutional policy positions. The IZA research network is committed to the IZA Guiding Principles of Research Integrity. The ..."
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. The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn is a local and virtual international research center and a place of communication between science, politics and business. IZA is an independent nonprofit organization supported by Deutsche Post Foundation. The center is associated with the University of Bonn

Programs on Educational and Labor Market Outcomes

by Lamont A. Flowerseducational Founda Ions, Lamont A. Flowers Is The, Education Eugene, T. Moore, A. Flowers
"... designed to provide students with the opportunity to learn exciting subjects in innovative ways and gain college credit, while in high school, for demonstrated mastery in particular fields of study. During the past fifty years, there has been an increasing number of students and schools that have ..."
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that have participated in the AP program. For instance, in 1956, there were only 104 schools, 1,229 students, and 130 colleges and universities participating in the AP program. In 2006, approximately 16,000 schools, 1,339,282 students, and 3,638 colleges and universities participated in the AP program

Program Heterogeneity and Propensity Score Matching: an Application to the Evaluation of Active Labor Market Policies

by Michael Lechner - THE REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS , 2001
"... This paper addresses microeconometric evaluation by matching methods when the programs under consideration are heterogeneous. Assuming that selection into the different sub-programs and the potential outcomes are independent given observable characteristics, estimators based on different propensity ..."
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scores are compared and applied to the analysis of active labor market policies in the Swiss region of Zurich. Furthermore, the issues of heterogeneous effects and aggregation are addressed. The results suggest that an approach that incorporates the possibility of having multiple programs can

of LaborEvaluating Active Labor Market Programs in Romania

by Nuria Rodriguez-planas, Jacob Benus, Nuria Rodriguez-planas, Jacob Benus
"... Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and not those of the institute. Research disseminated by IZA may include views on policy, but the institute itself takes no institutional policy positions. The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn is a local and virtual international r ..."
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support, and visitors and doctoral programs. IZA engages in (i) original and internationally competitive research in all fields of labor economics, (ii) development of policy concepts, and (iii) dissemination of research results and concepts to the interested public. IZA Discussion Papers often represent
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