TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Frölich, Markus
AU  - Lechner, Michael
        TI  - Regional Treatment Intensity as an Instrument for the Evaluation of Labour Market Policies
        PY  - 2004/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1095
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp1095
        AB  - 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 regional information. Using an exogenous variation in the
participation probabilities across fairly autonomous 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.
        KW  - local average treatment effect
KW  - active labour market policy
KW  - state borders
KW  - geographic variation
KW  - weak instruments
KW  - small sample problems of IV
KW  - Switzerland
KW  - Fuller estimator
        ER  -