An Evaluation of Public-Sector-Sponsored Continuous Vocational Training Programs in East Germany

Lechner, Michael

doi:10.2139/ssrn.171548

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“…The technique of matching has, among others, been discussed by Angrist (1998); Dehejia and Wahba (1999); Heckman et al (1998);Lechner (2000). In the context of this paper, matching tries to address the following question: "What is the effect of a subsidy grant on a subsidized firm?".…”

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R&D policies for young SMEs: input and output effects

Czarnitzki

Delanote

2015

Small Bus Econ

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This paper evaluates the current focus of EU policy makers on small and medium-sized, young independent firms in high-tech sectors. Therefore, the effect of subsidies on both R&D input and R&D output is compared between independent high-tech young firms (NTBFs), independent low-tech young firms (LTBFs) and their non-independent counterparts. A treatment effects analysis reveals that full crowding-out with regard to public funding is rejected for all firm types. However, the treatment effect is highest for independent high-tech firms. The indirect effect of subsidies on R&D output is evaluated within a patent production framework. These results show that independent high-tech firms have no lower output effects than other firms and thus suggest that the current policy focus on certain firm types is not ineffective.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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R&D policies for young SMEs: input and output effects

Czarnitzki

Delanote

2015

Small Bus Econ

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“…Ham, Li, and Reagan (2001) apply pre-program specification tests in the context of controlling for selectivity in estimating the returns to migration and find them very useful. 48 Recall that we are not using the grouped data on SSA earnings that Heckman and Hotz (1989) use in their paper, and which allow them to apply the pre-program test to longitudinal estimators where it requires multiple periods of Tables 8A and 8B present the pre-program estimates for the CPS and PSID comparison groups, respectively. Consider first Table 8A.…”

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Does matching overcome LaLonde's critique of nonexperimental estimators?

Smith

Todd

2005

Journal of Econometrics

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This paper applies cross-sectional and longitudinal propensity score matching estimators to data from the National Supported Work (NSW) Demonstration that have been previously analyzed by LaLonde (1986) and Wahba (1999,2002). We find that estimates of the impact of NSW based on propensity score matching are highly sensitive to both the set of variables included in the scores and the particular analysis sample used in the estimation. Among the estimators we study, the difference-in-differences matching estimator performs the best. We attribute its performance to the fact that it eliminates potential sources of temporally-invariant bias present in the NSW data, such as geographic mismatch between participants and non-participants and the use of a dependent variable measured in different ways for the two groups. Our analysis demontrates that while propensity score matching is a potentially useful econometric tool, it does not represent a general solution to the evaluation problem.

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“…Lately, national studies do not all fi nd positive impacts (Gerfi n and Lechner, 2000;Regner, 2002); but bearing in mind that job creation and subsidies for employment in the public sector usually do not succeed (Kluve et al, 1999;Brodaty et al, 2001), especially if their one aim is to remove unemployed people from the register (Lechner, 2000), training seems to have a signifi cant impact.…”

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A Non-Experimental Evaluation of Unemployment Risk in Crete and the Ionian Islands: Regional Evidence for Greece

Rodokanakis¹

2010

AOP

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An Evaluation of Public-Sector-Sponsored Continuous Vocational Training Programs in East Germany

Cited by 46 publications

References 47 publications

R&D policies for young SMEs: input and output effects

R&D policies for young SMEs: input and output effects

Does matching overcome LaLonde's critique of nonexperimental estimators?

A Non-Experimental Evaluation of Unemployment Risk in Crete and the Ionian Islands: Regional Evidence for Greece

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