Regional treatment intensity as an instrument for the evaluation of labour market policies
Series
IZA Discussion paper
Type
discussion paper
Date Issued
2004-01-01
Author(s)
Abstract
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 detailed re-gional information. Using an exogenous variation in the participation probabilities across fairly autono-mous regional units (cantons) generated by the federal government, we identify the effects of ALMP by comparing individuals living in the same local labour market but in different cantons. Taking account of small sample problems occurring in IV estimation, our results suggest that ALMP increases individual employment probabilities by about 15% in the short term for a weighted subpopulation of compliers. Download Discussion Paper: (pdf, 1034 kb)
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Number
1095
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
15793
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