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Working Papers

2019

1. The Effects of Decentralized and Video-based Extension on the Adoption of Integrated Soil Fertility Management – Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)
2. The Effects of Decentralized and Video-based Extension on the Adoption of Integrated Soil Fertility Practices – Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia
   2019 Annual Meeting, July 21-23, Atlanta, Georgia, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (5)

2018

3. Adverse Selection in Low-Income Health Insurance Markets: Evidence from a RCT in Pakistan
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)

2017

4. Including Covariates in the Regression Discontinuity Design
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
   Also in FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland (2017)

2015

5. Building Trust in Rural Producer Organizations in Senegal: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
   Also in Working Papers, HAL (2015) View citations (3)
6. Direct and indirect treatment effects: causal chains and mediation analysis with instrumental variables
   Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy View citations (1)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2014) View citations (9)
   CeMMAP working papers, Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2014) View citations (9)
   See also Journal Article Direct and indirect treatment effects–causal chains and mediation analysis with instrumental variables, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B, Royal Statistical Society (2017) View citations (43) (2017)
7. Do Transparent Moneyboxes increase Savings? A Note on Visual Feedback and Savings Behavior
   VfS Annual Conference 2015 (Muenster): Economic Development - Theory and Policy, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association
8. Endogeneity and Non-Response Bias in Treatment Evaluation: Nonparametric Identification of Causal Effects by Instruments
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (13)
   Also in FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland (2015) View citations (15)
9. Microfinance and risk management an impact evaluation of a financial education programme AMK Cambodia: final report
   ILO Working Papers, International Labour Organization
10. Microfinance and risk management impact evaluation of an integrated risk management and microinsurance client training TYM, Vietnam, final report
    ILO Working Papers, International Labour Organization
11. Overconfidence, Underconfidence, and the Use of Persuasive Messages in the Attainment of Savings Goals
    VfS Annual Conference 2015 (Muenster): Economic Development - Theory and Policy, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association View citations (2)
12. Providing Insurance for Good Repayment Performance: The Individual Emergency Fund, Philippines
    VfS Annual Conference 2015 (Muenster): Economic Development - Theory and Policy, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association
13. The Finite Sample Performance of Semi- and Nonparametric Estimators for Treatment Effects and Policy Evaluation
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (19)
    Also in FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland (2015) View citations (14)
    See also Journal Article The finite sample performance of semi- and non-parametric estimators for treatment effects and policy evaluation, Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, Elsevier (2017) View citations (20) (2017)

2014

14. Microinsurance and child labour an impact evaluation of NRSP's (Pakistan) microinsurance innovation
    ILO Working Papers, International Labour Organization
15. Strengthening Producer Organizations in Uganda: The Impact on Labor and Non-labor Inputs
    2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
16. Sweden's School Choice Reform and Equality of Opportunity
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (10)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (2014) View citations (8)
    ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (2014) View citations (10)
    Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (2014) View citations (8)
    Working Paper Series, Center for Labor Studies, Uppsala University, Department of Economics (2014) View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Sweden's school choice reform and equality of opportunity, Labour Economics, Elsevier (2014) View citations (8) (2014)
17. The Short- and Long-Term Effects of School Choice on Student Outcomes: Evidence from a School Choice Reform in Sweden
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    Also in Working Paper Series, Center for Labor Studies, Uppsala University, Department of Economics (2013) View citations (8)
    Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (2013) View citations (9)
    ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (2013) View citations (9)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2013) View citations (9)
    Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (2013) View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article The Short- and Long-term Effects of School Choice on Student Outcomes - Evidence from a School Choice Reform in Sweden, Annals of Economics and Statistics, GENES (2013) View citations (9) (2013)
18. Treatment Evaluation with Multiple Outcome Periods under Endogeneity and Attrition
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (16)
    Also in Economics Working Paper Series, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science (2014) View citations (16)

2013

19. Can Microinsurance Help Prevent Child Labor? An Impact Evaluation from Pakistan
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
20. Co-managing common pool resources: Do formal rules have to be adapted to traditional ecological norms?
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Co-managing common-pool resources: Do formal rules have to be adapted to traditional ecological norms?, Ecological Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (1) (2013)

2012

21. Insurance versus Savings for the Poor: Why One Should Offer Either Both or None
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (33)

2011

22. Saving, Microinsurance: Why You Should Do Both or Nothing. A Behavioral Experiment on the Philippines
    Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Berlin 2011, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics

2010

23. Combining Matching and Nonparametric IV Estimation: Theory and an Application to the Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies
    University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2010, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen View citations (2)
24. Quantile Treatment Effects in the Regression Discontinuity Design: Process Results and Gini Coefficient
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)
25. Teacher shortages, teacher contracts and their effect on education in Africa
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (12)

2008

26. A Caseworker Like Me - Does The Similarity Between Unemployed And Caseworker Increase Job Placements?
    University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2008, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen View citations (2)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (8)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2008) View citations (3)
27. Identification of Treatment Effects on the Treated with One-Sided Non-Compliance
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Identification of Treatment Effects on the Treated with One-Sided Non-Compliance, Econometric Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals (2013) View citations (14) (2013)
28. Quantile Treatment Effects in the Regression Discontinuity Design
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Quantile treatment effects in the regression discontinuity design, Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier (2012) View citations (75) (2012)
29. Unconditional Quantile Treatment Effects under Endogeneity
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (25)
    Also in CeMMAP working papers, Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2007) View citations (23)

2007

30. Public Employment Services and Employers: How Important Are Networks with Firms?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
    Also in University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2007, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen (2007) View citations (4)
31. Regression Discontinuity Design with Covariates
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (24)
    Also in CeMMAP working papers, Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2007) View citations (23)
    University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2007, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen (2007) View citations (23)
32. Targeting Labour Market Programmes - Results from A Randomised Experiment
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2007) View citations (13)
    University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2007, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen (2007) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Targeting Labour Market Programmes - Results from a Randomized Experiment, Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES) (2009) View citations (11) (2009)
33. Teacher Shortages, Teacher Contracts and their Impact on Education in Africa
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (11)
    Also in Post-Print, HAL (2007) View citations (6)
    HWWI Research Papers, Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI) (2007) View citations (11)
    University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2007, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen (2007) View citations (12)
34. Unemployed and Their Caseworkers: Should They Be Friends or Foes?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (15)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (5)
    University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2007, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen (2007) View citations (4)

2006

35. A Note on Parametric and Nonparametric Regression in the Presence of Endogenous Control Variables
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (12)
    Also in University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2006, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen (2006) View citations (5)
36. Aktive Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland und der Schweiz - eine Gegenüberstellung
    University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2006, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen
    See also Journal Article Aktive Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland und der Schweiz: eine Gegenüberstellung, Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research (2006) View citations (1) (2006)
37. Broadening Access to Primary Education: Contract Teacher Programs and Their Impact on Education Outcomes in Africa – An Econometric Evaluation for Niger
    Post-Print, HAL View citations (11)
38. Exploiting Regional Treatment Intensity for the Evaluation of Labour Market Policies
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (16)
    Also in CeMMAP working papers, Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2006) View citations (15)
    University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2006, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen (2006) View citations (12)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2006) View citations (15)
39. Statistical Assistance for Programme Selection - For a Better Targeting of Active Labour Market Policies in Switzerland
    University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2006, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen View citations (10)
40. Statistical Treatment Choice: An Application to Active Labour Market Programmes
    University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2006, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen View citations (10)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2006) View citations (7)
    CeMMAP working papers, Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2006) View citations (9)

2005

41. Peer Effects and Textbooks in Primary Education: Evidence from Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (14)
    Also in HWWA Discussion Papers, Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA) (2004)
    University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2005, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen (2005) View citations (9)
    Discussion Paper Series, Hamburg Institute of International Economics (2005) View citations (12)

2004

42. Regional Treatment Intensity as an Instrument for the Evaluation of Labour Market Policies
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)
    Also in University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2004, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen (2004) View citations (4)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2004) View citations (7)

2003

43. Statistically assisted programme selection - International experiences and potential benefits for Switzerland
    Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy View citations (40)
    See also Journal Article Statistically Assisted Programme Selection - International Experiences and Potential Benefits for Switzerland, Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES) (2003) View citations (25) (2003)

2002

44. A generalization of the balancing property of the propensity score
    University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2002, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen
45. Immigration and Heterogeneous Labor in Western Germany
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
46. Immigration and Heterogeneous Labor in Western Germany: A Labor Market Classification Based on Nonparametric Estimation
    ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2002)
47. Nonparametric IV Estimation of Local Average Treatment Effects with Covariates
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
    Also in University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2002, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen (2002) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Nonparametric IV estimation of local average treatment effects with covariates, Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier (2007) View citations (152) (2007)
48. Programme Evaluation with Multiple Treatments
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (5)
    Also in University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2002, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen (2002) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Programme Evaluation with Multiple Treatments, Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell (2004) View citations (51) (2004)
49. What is the Value of Knowing the Propensity Score for Estimating Average Treatment Effects?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    Also in University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2002, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen (2002)

2000

50. A Microeconometric Evaluation of Rehabilitation of Long-term Sickness in Sweden
    SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance, Stockholm School of Economics View citations (21)
    See also Journal Article A microeconometric evaluation of rehabilitation of long-term sickness in Sweden, Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2004) View citations (50) (2004)
51. Estimating Expected Individual Treatment Outcomes by Using Nonparametric Evaluation Methods
    Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society

Journal Articles

2019

1. School Meals and Educational Outcomes in Rural Ethiopia
   Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 55, (8), 1741-1756 View citations (2)

2018

2. Effects of Insurance on Child Labour: Ex-Ante and Ex-Post Behavioural Changes
   Journal of Development Studies, 2018, 54, (6), 1002-1018 View citations (5)
3. Nowcasting Austrian Short Term Statistics
   Journal of Official Statistics, 2018, 34, (2), 503-522

2017

4. Direct and indirect treatment effects–causal chains and mediation analysis with instrumental variables
   Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B, 2017, 79, (5), 1645-1666 View citations (43)
   See also Working Paper Direct and indirect treatment effects: causal chains and mediation analysis with instrumental variables, Working Paper Series (2015) View citations (1) (2015)
5. The finite sample performance of semi- and non-parametric estimators for treatment effects and policy evaluation
   Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 2017, 115, (C), 91-102 View citations (20)
   See also Working Paper The Finite Sample Performance of Semi- and Nonparametric Estimators for Treatment Effects and Policy Evaluation, IZA Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (19) (2015)

2015

6. Can health-insurance help prevent child labor? An impact evaluation from Pakistan
   Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 39, (C), 51-59 View citations (23)
7. Combining Matching and Nonparametric Instrumental Variable Estimation: Theory and An Application to the Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies
   Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2015, 30, (5), 718-738 View citations (9)

2014

8. Sweden's school choice reform and equality of opportunity
   Labour Economics, 2014, 30, (C), 129-142 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper Sweden's School Choice Reform and Equality of Opportunity, CESifo Working Paper Series (2014) View citations (10) (2014)

2013

9. Co-managing common-pool resources: Do formal rules have to be adapted to traditional ecological norms?
   Ecological Economics, 2013, 95, (C), 51-62 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Co-managing common pool resources: Do formal rules have to be adapted to traditional ecological norms?, Working Papers (2013) View citations (1) (2013)
10. Identification of Treatment Effects on the Treated with One-Sided Non-Compliance
    Econometric Reviews, 2013, 32, (3), 384-414 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Identification of Treatment Effects on the Treated with One-Sided Non-Compliance, IZA Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (2) (2008)
11. The Short- and Long-term Effects of School Choice on Student Outcomes - Evidence from a School Choice Reform in Sweden
    Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2013, (111-112), 71-101 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper The Short- and Long-Term Effects of School Choice on Student Outcomes: Evidence from a School Choice Reform in Sweden, IZA Discussion Papers (2014) (2014)

2012

12. Enhancing Clients’ Livelihoods: Design, Implementation and Impact Evaluation of Decent Work Innovations in Microfinance
    Die Unternehmung - Swiss Journal of Business Research and Practice, 2012, 66, (4), 371-386
13. Quantile treatment effects in the regression discontinuity design
    Journal of Econometrics, 2012, 168, (2), 382-395 View citations (75)
    See also Working Paper Quantile Treatment Effects in the Regression Discontinuity Design, IZA Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (8) (2008)

2011

14. Peer effects and textbooks in African primary education
    Labour Economics, 2011, 18, (4), 474-486 View citations (6)
15. The impact of culture and ecology on cooperation in a common-pool resource experiment
    Ecological Economics, 2011, 70, (9), 1599-1608 View citations (32)

2010

16. A Caseworker Like Me - Does The Similarity Between The Unemployed and Their Caseworkers Increase Job Placements?
    Economic Journal, 2010, 120, (549), 1430-1459 View citations (54)
17. Estimation of quantile treatment effects with Stata
    Stata Journal, 2010, 10, (3), 423-457 View citations (108)
18. The influence of collective property rights on grazing management in a semi-arid region
    African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2010, 05, (2), 30

2009

19. HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Behaviour: Have Information Campaigns Reduced HIV Infection? The Case of Kenya
    African Development Review, 2009, 21, (1), 86-146 View citations (4)
20. Targeting Labour Market Programmes - Results from a Randomized Experiment
    Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), 2009, 145, (III), 221-268 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Targeting Labour Market Programmes - Results from A Randomised Experiment, CEPR Discussion Papers (2007) View citations (3) (2007)

2008

21. Parametric and Nonparametric Regression in the Presence of Endogenous Control Variables
    International Statistical Review, 2008, 76, (2), 214-227 View citations (29)
22. Statistical Treatment Choice: An Application to Active Labor Market Programs
    Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2008, 103, 547-558 View citations (17)

2007

23. Nonparametric IV estimation of local average treatment effects with covariates
    Journal of Econometrics, 2007, 139, (1), 35-75 View citations (152)
    See also Working Paper Nonparametric IV Estimation of Local Average Treatment Effects with Covariates, IZA Discussion Papers (2002) View citations (4) (2002)
24. On the inefficiency of propensity score matching
    AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis, 2007, 91, (3), 279-290 View citations (2)
25. Propensity score matching without conditional independence assumption--with an application to the gender wage gap in the United Kingdom
    Econometrics Journal, 2007, 10, (2), 359-407 View citations (38)

2006

26. Aktive Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland und der Schweiz: eine Gegenüberstellung
    Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, 2006, 75, (3), 118-154 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Aktive Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland und der Schweiz - eine Gegenüberstellung, University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2006 (2006) (2006)
27. Non-parametric regression for binary dependent variables
    Econometrics Journal, 2006, 9, (3), 511-540 View citations (13)
28. Semiparametric estimation of conditional mean functions with missing data
    Empirical Economics, 2006, 31, (2), 333-367

2004

29. A Note on the Role of the Propensity Score for Estimating Average Treatment Effects
    Econometric Reviews, 2004, 23, (2), 167-174 View citations (7)
30. A microeconometric evaluation of rehabilitation of long-term sickness in Sweden
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2004, 19, (3), 375-396 View citations (50)
    See also Working Paper A Microeconometric Evaluation of Rehabilitation of Long-term Sickness in Sweden, SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance (2000) View citations (21) (2000)
31. Finite-Sample Properties of Propensity-Score Matching and Weighting Estimators
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2004, 86, (1), 77-90 View citations (132)
32. Programme Evaluation with Multiple Treatments
    Journal of Economic Surveys, 2004, 18, (2), 181-224 View citations (51)
    See also Working Paper Programme Evaluation with Multiple Treatments, IZA Discussion Papers (2002) View citations (5) (2002)

2003

33. Statistically Assisted Programme Selection - International Experiences and Potential Benefits for Switzerland
    Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), 2003, 139, (III), 311-331 View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper Statistically assisted programme selection - International experiences and potential benefits for Switzerland, Working Paper Series (2003) View citations (40) (2003)

2000

34. Mikroökonometrische Evaluierung berufsbezogener Rehabilitation in Schweden
    Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), 2000, 136, (III), 433-461 View citations (4)

Edited books

2014

1. Social Insurance, Informality, and Labor Markets: How to Protect Workers While Creating Good Jobs
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (29)