IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'Mostly Harmless Simulations? Using Monte Carlo Studies for Estimator Selection' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2019, 34(6), 893–910

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9511

Going Beyond LATE: Bounding Average Treatment Effects of Job Corps Training

Xuan Chen, Carlos A. Flores, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2018, 63 (4), 1050-1099

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9236

What Works? A Meta Analysis of Recent Active Labor Market Program Evaluations

David Card, Jochen Kluve, Andrea Weber

revised version published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2018, 16 (3), 894 - 931

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9184

Worker-level and Firm-level Effects of a Wage Subsidy Program for Highly Educated Labor: Evidence from Denmark

Ulrich Kaiser, Johan Moritz Kuhn

published in: Research Policy, 2016, 45 (9), 1939-1943

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9131

"A Flop or a Success?" An Evaluation of the Welfare Impacts of the 6-3-3-4 Education System in Nigeria

Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8990

The Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Returns to Voucher-Financed Training

Katja Görlitz, Marcus Tamm

substantially revised version published as 'The returns to voucher-financed training on wages, employment and job tasks' in: Economics of Education Review, 2016, 52, 51 - 62

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8969

Infant Health and Longevity: Evidence from a Historical Trial in Sweden

Sonia R. Bhalotra, Martin Karlsson, Therese Nilsson

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2017, 15 (1), 1101 - 1157

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8944

Pooling Multiple Case Studies Using Synthetic Controls: An Application to Minimum Wage Policies

Arindrajit Dube, Ben Zipperer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8812

Pension Reform and Labor Supply: Flexibility vs. Prescription

Erik Hernaes, Simen Markussen, John Piggott, Knut Røed

revised version published as 'Pension Reform and Labor Supply' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2016, 142, 39–55

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8721

Protecting Child Nutritional Status in the Aftermath of a Financial Crisis: Evidence from Indonesia

John T. Giles, Elan Satriawan

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2015, 114, 97 -106

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8621

Teacher Pay and Student Performance: Evidence from the Gambian Hardship Allowance

Todd Pugatch, Elizabeth Schroeder

published in: Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2018, 10(2): 249-276.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8455

Testing for Selection Bias

Joonhwi Joo, Robert J. LaLonde

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8245

Leaving Poverty Behind? The Effects of Generous Income Support Paired with Activation

Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2016, 8 (1), 180–211

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8118

The Early History of Program Evaluation and the U.S. Department of Labor

Orley Ashenfelter

published in: ILR Review, 2014, 63 (3S), 574 - 577

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7892

The Impacts of Vocational Rehabilitation

Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 31, 1-13.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7873

Making Work Pay for the Indebted: The Effect of Debt Services on the Exit Rates of Unemployed Individuals

Pierre Koning

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7723

Incentives for Teacher Relocation: Evidence from the Gambian Hardship Allowance

Todd Pugatch, Elizabeth Schroeder

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2014, 41, 120-136

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7621

Does Federally-Funded Job Training Work? Nonexperimental Estimates of WIA Training Impacts Using Longitudinal Data on Workers and Firms

Fredrik W. Andersson, Harry J. Holzer, Julia Lane, David Rosenblum, Jeffrey A. Smith

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7614

Do Firms Benefit from Active Labour Market Policies?

Michael Lechner, Conny Wunsch, Patrycja Scioch

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7593

Multidimensional Targeting and Evaluation: A General Framework with an Application to a Poverty Program in Bangladesh

Virginia Robano, Stephen C. Smith

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7544

Do SBA Loans Create Jobs?

J. David Brown, John S. Earle

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7079

Entrepreneurship Training and Self-Employment among University Graduates: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Tunisia

Patrick Premand, Stefanie Brodmann, Rita K. Almeida, Rebekka Grun, Mahdi Barouni

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6670

Temporary Work as an Active Labor Market Policy: Evaluating an Innovative Program for Disadvantaged Youths

Christoph Ehlert, Jochen Kluve, Sandra Schaffner

published in: Economics Bulletin, 2012, 32 (2), 765-773

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6551

Family Planning and Women's and Children's Health: Long Term Consequences of an Outreach Program in Matlab, Bangladesh

Shareen Joshi, T. Paul Schultz

published in: Demography, 2013, 50 (1), 149-180

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6369

The Evaluation of Immigration Policies

Ulf Rinne

published in: Amelie F. Constant and Klaus F. Zimmermann (eds.), International Handbook on the Economics of Migration, Edward Elgar 2013, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, USA, Chapter 28, 530-551

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6341

Estimating the Impacts of Bolivia's Protected Areas on Poverty

Gustavo J. Canavire Bacarreza, Merlin M. Hanauer

revised version published in: World Development, 2013, 41, 265–285

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6222

Fighting Youth Unemployment: The Effects of Active Labor Market Policies

Marco Caliendo, Steffen Künn, Ricarda Schmidl

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5625

Inference with Imperfect Randomization: The Case of the Perry Preschool Program

James J. Heckman, Rodrigo Pinto, Azeem M. Shaikh, Adam Yavitz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5491

The Impact of the UK New Deal for Lone Parents on Benefit Receipt

Peter Dolton, Jeffrey A. Smith

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5485

The Threat Effect of Participation in Active Labor Market Programs on Job Search Behavior of Migrants in Germany

Annette Bergemann, Marco Caliendo, Gerard J. van den Berg, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2011, 32 (7), 777-795

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5316

Federal Nutrition Programs and Childhood Obesity: Inside the Black Box

Manan Roy, Daniel L. Millimet, Rusty Tchernis

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2012, 10 (1), 1-38

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5266

Can Targeted, Non-Cognitive Skills Programs Improve Achievement? Evidence from EPIS

Pedro S. Martins

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5208

Spatial Decentralization and Program Evaluation: Theory and an Example from Indonesia

Mark M. Pitt, Nidhiya Menon

published as 'Spatial Decentralization and Programme Evaluation: Theory and an Example' in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 81 (3), 511 - 539

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5078

Wages, Employment and Tenure of Temporarily Subsidized Workers: Does the Industry Matter?

Gesine Stephan

revised version published as 'Hétérogénéité sectorielle des effets d'un dispositif de subvention salariale sur les salaires et l'emploi en Allemagne' in: Travail et Emploi, 2014, 139, 61-74

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4794

Estimation of Heterogeneous Treatment Effects on Hazard Rates

Simen Gaure, Knut Røed, Gerard J. van den Berg, Tao Zhang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4638

Quick Job Entry or Long-Term Human Capital Development? The Dynamic Effects of Alternative Training Schemes

Aderonke Osikominu

revised version published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2013, 80 (1), 313-342

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4569

New Estimates of Public Employment and Training Program Net Impacts: A Nonexperimental Evaluation of the Workforce Investment Act Program

Carolyn J. Heinrich, Peter R. Mueser, Kenneth Troske, Kyung-Seong Jeon, Daver C. Kahvecioglu

published as "Do Public Employment and Training Programs Work?" in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 2013, 2:6

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4475

Oportunidades: Program Effect on Consumption, Low Participation, and Methodological Issues

Manuela Angelucci, Orazio Attanasio

published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2009, 57 (3), 479-506

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4002

Active Labor Market Policy Evaluations: A Meta-Analysis

David Card, Jochen Kluve, Andrea Weber

published in: The Economic Journal, 2010, 120, F452-F477

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3910

Vouchers and Caseworkers in Public Training Programs: Evidence from the Hartz Reform in Germany

Ulf Rinne, Arne Uhlendorff, Zhong Zhao

revised version published as 'Vouchers and Caseworkers in Training Programs for the Unemployed' in: Empirical Economics, 2013, 45 (3), 1089-1127

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3825

The Effect of Active Labor Market Programs on Not-Yet Treated Unemployed Individuals

Gerard J. van den Berg, Annette Bergemann, Marco Caliendo

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009, 7(2-3), 606-616

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3664

School Nutrition Programs and the Incidence of Childhood Obesity

Daniel L. Millimet, Rusty Tchernis, Muna Husain

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2010, 45 (3), 640-654

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3641

The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurship Competencies and Intentions: An Evaluation of the Junior Achievement Student Mini-Company Program

Hessel Oosterbeek, Mirjam C. van Praag, Auke IJsselstein

published as "The impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurship skills and motivation" in: European Economic Review, 2010, 54 (3), 442-454

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3640

Recent Developments in the Econometrics of Program Evaluation

Guido W. Imbens, Jeffrey M. Wooldridge

published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2009, 47(1), 1-81

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3637

Does Private Tutoring Payoff?

Ayfer Gurun, Daniel L. Millimet

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3255

Evaluating Continuous Training Programs Using the Generalized Propensity Score

Jochen Kluve, Hilmar Schneider, Arne Uhlendorff, Zhong Zhao

published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2012, 175 (2), 587-617

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3240

Too Bad to Benefit? Effect Heterogeneity of Public Training Programs

Ulf Rinne, Marc Schneider, Arne Uhlendorff

revised version published as 'Do the skilled and prime-aged unemployed benefit more from training? Effect heterogeneity of public training programmes in Germany' in: Applied Economics, 2011, 43 (25), 3465-3494

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3092

Does the Order and Timing of Active Labor Market Programs Matter?

Michael Lechner, Stephan Wiehler

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2926

Earnings Effects of Training Programs

Michael Lechner, Blaise Melly

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2740

Kids or Courses? Gender Differences in the Effects of Active Labor Market Policies

Michael Lechner, Stephan Wiehler

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2011, 24 (3), 783-812

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2738

Heterogeneous Treatment Effects: Instrumental Variables without Monotonicity?

Tobias J. Klein

published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2010, 155 (2), 99-116

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2639

Family Planning as an Investment in Development: Evaluation of a Program’s Consequences in Matlab, Bangladesh

Shareen Joshi, T. Paul Schultz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2557

Does a Food for Education Program Affect School Outcomes? The Bangladesh Case

Xin Meng, Jim Ryan

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23 (2), 415-447

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2533

Beautiful Serbia

Holger Bonin, Ulf Rinne

revised version published as 'Beautiful Serbia’ - objective and subjective outcomes of active labour market policy in a transition economy" in: Economics of Transition, 2014, 22(1), 43-67

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2385

The Aggregate Labor Market Effects of the Swedish Knowledge Lift Program

James Albrecht, Gerard J. van den Berg, Susan Vroman

published in: Review of Economic Dynamics, 2009, 12(1), 129-146

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2368

Estimating ATT Effects with Non-Experimental Data and Low Compliance

Manuela Angelucci, Orazio Attanasio

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2355

Are Training Programs More Effective When Unemployment Is High?

Michael Lechner, Conny Wunsch

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2009, 27 (4), 653-692

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2314

Swedish Labor Market Training and the Duration of Unemployment

Katarina Richardson, Gerard J. van den Berg

revised version published as 'Duration dependence versus unobserved heterogeneity in treatment effects: Swedish labor market training and the transition rate to employment' in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 28 2013, 325-351

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2255

Die Wirkung der Hartz-Reform im Bereich der beruflichen Weiterbildung

Hilmar Schneider, Arne Uhlendorff

published in: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung/Journal for Labour Market Research, 2006, 39 (3-4), 477-490

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2069

Wirksamkeit der Förderung der beruflichen Weiterbildung vor und nach den Hartz-Reformen

Holger Bonin, Hilmar Schneider

published in: Wirtschaftspolitische Blätter, 2006, 53 (2), 155-165

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2018

The Effectiveness of European Active Labor Market Policy

Jochen Kluve

revised version published as 'The effectiveness of European active labor market programs' in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (6), 904-918