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References for The dynamics of training programs for the unemployed
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Key references
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Osikominu, A. "Quick job entry or
long-term human capital development? The dynamic effects of
alternative training schemes" Review of Economic Studies 80:1 (2013): 313–342. Key reference: [1]
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Spinnewijn, J. "Training and
search during unemployment" Journal of Public Economics 99:1 (2013): 49–65. Key reference: [2]
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Card, D., Kluve, J., Weber, A. What Works? A Meta Analysis of Recent Active
Labor Market Program Evaluations IZA Discussion
Paper No.9236, 2015. Key reference: [3]
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Ham, J. C., LaLonde, R. J. "The effect of
sample selection and initial conditions in duration models:
Evidence from experimental data on training" Econometrica 64:1 (1996): 175–205. Key reference: [4]
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Ashenfelter, O. "Estimating the
effect of training programs on earnings" Review of Economics and
Statistics 60:1 (1978): 47–57. Key reference: [5]
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Fredriksson, P., Johansson, P. "Dynamic treatment
assignment: The consequences for evaluations using observational
data" Journal of Business and Economic
Statistics 26:4 (2008): 435–445. Key reference: [6]
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Sianesi, B. "An evaluation of
the Swedish system of active labor market programs in the
1990s" Review of Economics and
Statistics 86:1 (2004): 133–155. Key reference: [7]
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Fitzenberger, B., Osikominu, A., Paul, M. The Heterogeneous Effects of Training
Incidence and Duration on Labor Market
Transitions IZA Discussion
Paper No.5269, 2010. Key reference: [8]
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Dehejia, R. H., Wahba, S. "Causal effects in
nonexperimental studies: Reevaluating the evaluation of training
programs" Journal of the American Statistical
Association 94:448 (1999): 1053–1062. Key reference: [9]
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Heckman, J. J., Ichimura, H., Smith, J., Todd, P. E. "Characterizing
selection bias using experimental data" Econometrica 66:5 (1998): 1017–1098. Key reference: [10]
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Biewen, M., Fitzenberger, B., Osikominu, A., Paul, M. "The effectiveness
of public sponsored training revisited: The importance of data
and methodological choices" Journal of Labor Economics 32:4 (2014): 837–897. Key reference: [11]
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Abbring, J. H., van den
Berg, G. J. "The nonparametric
identification of treatment effects in duration models" Econometrica 71:5 (2003): 1491–1517. Key reference: [12]
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Heckman, J. J., Hohmann, N., Smith, J., Khoo, M. "Substitution and
dropout bias in social experiments: A study of an influential
social experiment" Quarterly Journal of Economics 115:2 (2000): 651–694. Key reference: [13]
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Osikominu, A. "Quick job entry or
long-term human capital development? The dynamic effects of
alternative training schemes" Review of Economic Studies 80:1 (2013): 313–342.
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Additional References
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- Card, D., Kluve, J., Weber, A. "Active labour market policy evaluations: A meta-analysis" Economic Journal 120:548 (2010): F452–F477.
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- OECD "Activation policies for more inclusive labour markets" OECD Employment Outlook 2015. Paris: OECD Publishing, 2015.
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- Sianesi, B. "Differential effects of active labour market programs for the unemployed" Labour Economics 15:3 (2008): 370–399.
- Vikström, J., Rosholm, M., Svarer, M. "The effectiveness of active labor market policies: Evidence from a social experiment using non-parametric bounds" Labour Economics 24 (2013): 58–67.
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