How sensitive are matching estimates of active labor market policy effects to typically unobserved confounders?

Abstract Using a rich and unique combined administrative-survey dataset, this paper explores how sensitive propensity score (PS) matching estimates of Active Labor Market Policies (ALMPs) based on the selection-on-observables assumption are to typically unobserved covariates. Using a sample of Germa...

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Main Author: Stefan Tübbicke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-08-01
Series:Journal for Labour Market Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12651-023-00352-9