Using mixed method approach in measuring effects of training in firms: Case study of the European Social Fund support

Pělucha, Martin; Květoň, Viktor; Potluka, Oto

doi:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2018.12.008

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“… is the ex post counterfactual, which is unobservable and should be constructed with an econometric model. The Jing-Jin-Ji Strategy is obviously not a randomized control trial, so counterfactuals can be constructed with quasi-experimental methods, e.g., regression discontinuity design (RDD), the instrumental variables (IV) method, and propensity score matching with the difference-in-difference (PSM-DID) regression approach (Heckman and Vytlacil 2007 ; Imbens and Wooldridge 2009 ; Pelucha et al 2019 ). However, these methods are based on certain assumptions, sufficient data, and reasonable economic models (Zhang et al 2016 ).…”

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The economic and environmental effects of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Collaborative Development Strategy— taking Hebei Province as an example

Zhang

Dong

2020

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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In 2014, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Collaborative Development Strategy (hereinafter the Jing-Jin-Ji Strategy) was formally proposed as a major national strategy, providing an unprecedented opportunity for the overall development of Hebei. This article evaluates the treatment effects of the Jing-Jin-Ji Strategy on Hebei's economy and environment. Employing a panel data program evaluation method developed by Hsiao et al. (2012), we construct hypothetical counterfactuals for the GDP growth rate, the percentage of tertiary industry in GDP, and the geographic mean PM 2.5 concentrations for Hebei in the absence of the Jing-Jin-Ji Strategy using the outcomes of selected untreated provinces. The results show that the Jing-Jin-Ji Strategy increased the percentage of tertiary industry in GDP by an average of 2.53 percentage points per year between 2014 and 2018 and decreased the geographic mean PM 2.5 concentrations by an average of 11.1 percentage points per year between 2014 and 2017. However, it does not appear to have had significant effects on Hebei's GDP growth rate. The leave-one-out method demonstrates the robustness of the above results. This article suggests that Hebei should speed up its economic growth and bridge the gap with Beijing and Tianjin while ensuring the quality of its economic development and a sound ecological environment.

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confidence: 99%

The economic and environmental effects of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Collaborative Development Strategy— taking Hebei Province as an example

Zhang

Dong

2020

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…Caliendo & Schmidl (2016); Mueller & Gaus, (2015)), Romania (Popescu & Roman, 2018), Czech Republic (e.g. Dvoulety (2017); Dvoulety & Lukes (2016); Pelucha et al, (2019)).…”

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“…The budgetary problems of the member states and the consequent efforts to save funds also increase the pressure to know how effectively these funds are spent (Koszela, 2020;Mikiashvili & Lobzhanidze, 2017). In this context, the question of what the real impacts of policies are arises (Pelucha et al, 2019;Potluka et al, 2016). There is a growing political interest in demonstrating the impact of intervention programs.…”

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Evaluation of the Effects of the Graduate Practice in Slovakia: Comparison of Results of Counterfactual Methods

Švábová¹,

Kramárová²,

Ďurica³

2021

CEBR

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Graduate Practice is in Slovakia one of the measures of active labour market policy aimed at decreasing the unemployment rate of young graduates. It is one of the most frequently used interventions by young jobseekers under the age of 26; similar measures are used in other European Union (EU) member states. The specific objective of this intervention is to provide young jobseekers to gain the first contact with the labour market, first work experience and work habits that may be attractive to potential employers. The intervention is financed from the European Social Fund (within the Operational Program -Human Resources and the priority axis -Youth Employment Initiative) and the state budget. This fact requires ad 1) to evaluate the eligibility of drawing these resources and ad 2) to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of resources in terms of employability and sustainability of participants of the intervention in the labour market, the second of which is the primary objective of this study. The European Commission has increasingly required the member states of the EU to carry out impact evaluations of funded interventions and to develop evidence-based policies that will implement the results of such evaluations. The aim of this study is, therefore, to evaluate and review the effects of the Graduate Practice on the employability of young jobseekers in conditions of Slovakia. This evaluation is carried out using a counterfactual approach by comparing the results of treated and non-treated individuals by applying the three most used methods: regression adjustment, instrumental variable, and propensity score matching method. The results indicate significant effects of the Graduate Practice on the employability of young jobseekers and their sustainability in employment. The results of the evaluation are valuable mainly for policymakers, i.e. in setting the rules of the intervention and its eligibility to make the measure more effective or potentially in preparing other measures aimed at youth unemployment. Implications for Central European audience: The findings of the evaluation may inspire policymakers in other countries than Slovakia to introduce similar or new programs for the

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“…Authors of the project developed a methodology for evaluating the effectiveness of a projectoriented management model (Salakhatdinova & Palei, 2015) in higher professional education, which https://doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2020.03.1 Corresponding Author: T. F. Palei Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the Organizing Committee of the conference eISSN: 2357-1330 5 includes methods for determining the organizational, economic, social effectiveness of the projectoriented management model in the university, the mechanism for selecting evaluation criteria and the evaluation procedure, the methodology for conducting a survey of different groups of respondents: students, business leaders, pre-applicants, university management. The developed method for evaluating the effectiveness of a project-oriented management model in the field of higher professional education makes it possible to significantly facilitate the process of introducing project management in the university by identifying specific quantitative and qualitative performance indicators (Pelucha, Kveton, & Potluka, 2019).…”

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Evaluating Effectiveness Of Project-Oriented Model In Management Learning

Palei¹,

Afonin²,

Sirazieva³

2020

European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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Using mixed method approach in measuring effects of training in firms: Case study of the European Social Fund support

Cited by 26 publications

References 53 publications

The economic and environmental effects of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Collaborative Development Strategy— taking Hebei Province as an example

The economic and environmental effects of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Collaborative Development Strategy— taking Hebei Province as an example

Evaluation of the Effects of the Graduate Practice in Slovakia: Comparison of Results of Counterfactual Methods

Evaluating Effectiveness Of Project-Oriented Model In Management Learning

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