Bounding a Matching Estimator: The Case of a Norwegian Training Program

Norway; Department of Economics, University of Bergen from Department of Economics, University of Bergen

Abstract: In this paper we evaluate a Norwegian vocational rehabilitation program by comparing employment outcomes of trainees and nonparticipants using nonexperimental data. A matching estimator based on the propensity score is used to calculate the training effect for different subgroups of the sample.

Keywords: EMPLOYMENT; POLICY MAKING; TRAINING PROGRAMMES (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J68 J41 J24 J21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001

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Working Paper: Bounding a Marching Estimator: the Case of a Norwegian Training Program (1999)
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