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Working Papers

2025

1. From homemakers to breadwinners? How mandatory kindergarten affects maternal labour market outcomes
   Papers, arXiv.org View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article From homemakers to breadwinners? How mandatory kindergarten affects maternal labour market outcomes, Journal of Population Economics, Springer (2025) (2025)
2. The effects of electronic monitoring on offenders and their families
   Working Paper Series, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy View citations (1)

2024

3. A joint test of unconfoundedness and common trends
   Papers, arXiv.org
4. An Introduction to Causal Discovery
   Papers, arXiv.org
   See also Journal Article An introduction to causal discovery, Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, Springer (2024) (2024)
5. Difference-in-Differences with Time-varying Continuous Treatments using Double/Debiased Machine Learning
   Papers, arXiv.org
6. Interacting Treatments with Endogenous Takeup
   Papers, arXiv.org
   See also Journal Article Interacting Treatments With Endogenous Takeup, Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2025) (2025)
7. Learning control variables and instruments for causal analysis in observational data
   Papers, arXiv.org View citations (1)
8. Testing identification in mediation and dynamic treatment models
   Papers, arXiv.org

2023

9. Detecting Grouped Local Average Treatment Effects and Selecting True Instruments
   Papers, arXiv.org View citations (1)
10. Doubly Robust Estimation of Direct and Indirect Quantile Treatment Effects with Machine Learning
    Papers, arXiv.org
11. Machine Learning for Staggered Difference-in-Differences and Dynamic Treatment Effect Heterogeneity
    Papers, arXiv.org View citations (2)
12. Testing the identification of causal effects in observational data
    Papers, arXiv.org View citations (1)

2022

13. Business analytics meets artificial intelligence: Assessing the demand effects of discounts on Swiss train tickets
    Papers, arXiv.org View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article Business analytics meets artificial intelligence: Assessing the demand effects of discounts on Swiss train tickets, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Elsevier (2022) View citations (4) (2022)
14. How causal machine learning can leverage marketing strategies: Assessing and improving the performance of a coupon campaign
    Papers, arXiv.org View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article How causal machine learning can leverage marketing strategies: Assessing and improving the performance of a coupon campaign, PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (2023) View citations (1) (2023)
15. Testing Monotonicity of Mean Potential Outcomes in a Continuous Treatment with High-Dimensional Data
    Papers, arXiv.org
16. The finite sample performance of instrumental variable-based estimators of the Local Average Treatment Effect when controlling for covariates
    Papers, arXiv.org
    See also Journal Article The Finite Sample Performance of Instrumental Variable-Based Estimators of the Local Average Treatment Effect When Controlling for Covariates, Computational Economics, Springer (2024) (2024)

2021

17. Assessing the effects of seasonal tariff-rate quotas on vegetable prices in Switzerland
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland View citations (8)
    Also in Papers, arXiv.org (2020) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Assessing the Effects of Seasonal Tariff‐rate Quotas on Vegetable Prices in Switzerland, Journal of Agricultural Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2021) View citations (5) (2021)
18. Causal mediation analysis with double machine learning
    Papers, arXiv.org View citations (4)
    Also in FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland (2020) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Causal mediation analysis with double machine learning, The Econometrics Journal, Royal Economic Society (2022) View citations (30) (2022)
19. Double machine learning for sample selection models
    Papers, arXiv.org
    See also Journal Article Double Machine Learning for Sample Selection Models, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2024) View citations (3) (2024)
20. Evaluating (weighted) dynamic treatment effects by double machine learning
    Papers, arXiv.org
    See also Journal Article Evaluating (weighted) dynamic treatment effects by double machine learning, The Econometrics Journal, Royal Economic Society (2022) View citations (15) (2022)
21. From homemakers to breadwinners? How mandatory kindergarten affects maternal labour market attachment
    VfS Annual Conference 2019 (Leipzig): 30 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall - Democracy and Market Economy, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association
22. How Residence Permits Affect the Labor Market Attachment of Foreign Workers: Evidence from a Migration Lottery in Liechtenstein
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
    Also in VfS Annual Conference 2021 (Virtual Conference): Climate Economics, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association (2021)
    Papers, arXiv.org (2021)
    See also Journal Article How residence permits affect the labor market attachment of foreign workers: Evidence from a migration lottery in Liechtenstein, European Economic Review, Elsevier (2023) (2023)
23. The Fiscal Response to Revenue Shocks
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
    Also in Papers, arXiv.org (2021)
    See also Journal Article The fiscal response to revenue shocks, International Tax and Public Finance, Springer (2023) View citations (3) (2023)

2020

24. A Machine Learning Approach for Flagging Incomplete Bid-rigging Cartels
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland View citations (2)
    Also in Papers, arXiv.org (2020) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article A Machine Learning Approach for Flagging Incomplete Bid-Rigging Cartels, Computational Economics, Springer (2023) View citations (2) (2023)
25. Bounds on direct and indirect effects under treatment/mediator endogeneity and outcome attrition
    Papers, arXiv.org
    Also in FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland (2020)
    See also Journal Article Bounds on direct and indirect effects under treatment/mediator endogeneity and outcome attrition, Econometric Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals (2022) View citations (1) (2022)
26. Gender Differences in Wage Expectations
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland View citations (1)
    Also in Papers, arXiv.org (2020) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Gender differences in wage expectations, PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (2021) View citations (11) (2021)
27. On the plausibility of the latent ignorability assumption
    Papers, arXiv.org
    See also Journal Article On the Plausibility of the Latent Ignorability Assumption, Econometrics, MDPI (2021) (2021)
28. Transnational machine learning with screens for flagging bid-rigging cartels
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Transnational machine learning with screens for flagging bid‐rigging cartels, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society (2022) View citations (9) (2022)

2019

29. A Framework for Separating Individual-Level Treatment Effects From Spillover Effects
    Munich Reprints in Economics, University of Munich, Department of Economics View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article A Framework for Separating Individual-Level Treatment Effects From Spillover Effects, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2021) View citations (25) (2021)
30. A review of causal mediation analysis for assessing direct and indirect treatment effects
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland View citations (22)
31. An introduction to flexible methods for policy evaluation
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland View citations (3)
    Also in Papers, arXiv.org (2019) View citations (5)
32. Direct and Indirect Effects Based on Changes-in-Changes
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (3)
    Also in Papers, arXiv.org (2019) View citations (3)
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland (2019) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Direct and Indirect Effects based on Changes-in-Changes, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2022) (2022)
33. Local Average and Quantile Treatment Effects Under Endogeneity: A Review
    University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC San Diego View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Local Average and Quantile Treatment Effects Under Endogeneity: A Review, Journal of Econometric Methods, De Gruyter (2019) View citations (13) (2019)
34. The Effects of Gender and Parental Occupation in the Apprenticeship Market: An Experimental Evaluation
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland View citations (1)
35. The effects of anti-corruption videos on attitudes towards corruption in a Ukrainian online survey
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland View citations (1)

2018

36. Direct and indirect effects of continuous treatments based on generalized propensity score weighting
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Direct and indirect effects of continuous treatments based on generalized propensity score weighting, Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2020) View citations (9) (2020)
37. Direct and indirect effects under sample selection and outcome attrition
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Direct and Indirect Effects under Sample Selection and Outcome Attrition, Econometrics, MDPI (2020) (2020)
38. Instrument-based estimation with binarized treatments: Issues and tests for the exclusion restriction
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Instrument-based estimation with binarised treatments: issues and tests for the exclusion restriction, The Econometrics Journal, Royal Economic Society (2021) View citations (20) (2021)
39. Machine Learning with Screens for Detecting Bid-Rigging Cartels
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Machine learning with screens for detecting bid-rigging cartels, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier (2019) View citations (24) (2019)
40. On the sensitivity of wage gap decompositions
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article On the Sensitivity of Wage Gap Decompositions, Journal of Labor Research, Springer (2020) View citations (3) (2020)
41. The causalweight package for causal inference in R
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland View citations (6)

2017

42. A Framework for Separating Individual Treatment Effects From Spillover, Interaction, and General Equilibrium Effects
    Rationality and Competition Discussion Paper Series, CRC TRR 190 Rationality and Competition View citations (2)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2017)
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland (2017)
43. Combining experimental evidence with machine learning to assess anti-corruption educational campaigns among Russian university students
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Combining experimental evidence with machine learning to assess anti-corruption educational campaigns among Russian university students, Empirical Economics, Springer (2021) (2021)
44. Direct and indirect effects based on difference-in-differences with an application to political preferences following the Vietnam draft lottery
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland View citations (11)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2016) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Direct and Indirect Effects Based on Difference-in-Differences With an Application to Political Preferences Following the Vietnam Draft Lottery, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2019) View citations (10) (2019)
45. Evaluating local average and quantile treatment effects under endogeneity based on instruments: a review
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland
46. 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)
    See also Journal Article Including Covariates in the Regression Discontinuity Design, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2019) View citations (49) (2019)
47. It's never too LATE: A new look at local average treatment effects with or without defiers
    Discussion Papers on Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Economics View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article It is never too LATE: a new look at local average treatment effects with or without defiers, The Econometrics Journal, Royal Economic Society (2023) View citations (4) (2023)
48. Nonparametric estimation of natural direct and indirect effects based on inverse probability weighting
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Nonparametric estimation of natural direct and indirect effects based on inverse probability weighting, Journal of Econometric Methods, De Gruyter (2019) View citations (1) (2019)
49. Testing the validity of the compulsory schooling law instrument
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Testing the validity of the compulsory schooling law instrument, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2017) View citations (2) (2017)

2016

50. A wild bootstrap algorithm for propensity score matching estimators
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland View citations (6)
51. Evaluating an information campaign about rural development policies in (FYR) Macedonia
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Evaluating an Information Campaign about Rural Development Policies in FYR Macedonia, Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Cambridge University Press (2019) (2019)
52. How war affects political attitudes: evidence from eastern Ukraine
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland
53. On the development of students’ attitudes towards corruption and cheating in Russian universities
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland View citations (4)
54. The Finite Sample Performance of Inference Methods for Propensity Score Matching and Weighting Estimators
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (17)
    Also in Economics Working Paper Series, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science (2016) View citations (18)
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland (2016) View citations (29)
    See also Journal Article The Finite Sample Performance of Inference Methods for Propensity Score Matching and Weighting Estimators, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2020) View citations (22) (2020)

2015

55. An experimental evaluation of an anti-corruption intervention among Ukrainian university students
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland View citations (6)
56. Direct and Indirect Effects of Training Vouchers for the Unemployed
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
    Also in FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland (2015) View citations (1)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (1)
    Economics Working Paper Series, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science (2015) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Direct and indirect effects of training vouchers for the unemployed, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society (2018) View citations (19) (2018)
57. 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)
    CeMMAP working papers, Institute for Fiscal Studies (2014)
    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 (44) (2017)
58. Does preschool boost the development of minority children? The case of Roma children
    FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland
    See also Journal Article Does preschool boost the development of minority children?: the case of Roma children, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society (2017) View citations (7) (2017)
59. 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)
    See also Journal Article Endogeneity and non‐response bias in treatment evaluation – nonparametric identification of causal effects by instruments, Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2020) View citations (3) (2020)
60. 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

61. A cautionary tale about control variables in IV estimation
    Economics Working Paper Series, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science View citations (6)
    Also in FSES Working Papers, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Freiburg/Fribourg Switzerland (2014) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article A Cautionary Tale About Control Variables in IV Estimation, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford (2017) View citations (25) (2017)
62. Causal pitfalls in the decomposition of wage gaps
    Economics Working Paper Series, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Causal Pitfalls in the Decomposition of Wage Gaps, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2015) View citations (36) (2015)
63. Regional Differences in Perceived Corruption among Ukrainian Firms
    Economics Working Paper Series, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science View citations (4)
64. The effect of firms' partial retirement policies on the labour market outcomes of their employees
    VfS Annual Conference 2014 (Hamburg): Evidence-based Economic Policy, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association
    Also in Economics Working Paper Series, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science (2013) View citations (11)
    Working papers, Faculty of Business and Economics - University of Basel (2013) View citations (14)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2013) View citations (11)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2013) View citations (12)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2013) View citations (14)
65. The finite sample performance of estimators for mediation analysis under sequential conditional independence
    Economics Working Paper Series, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article The Finite Sample Performance of Estimators for Mediation Analysis Under Sequential Conditional Independence, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2016) View citations (22) (2016)
66. Treatment Evaluation with Multiple Outcome Periods under Endogeneity and Attrition
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (17)
    Also in Economics Working Paper Series, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science (2014) View citations (17)
    See also Journal Article Treatment Evaluation With Multiple Outcome Periods Under Endogeneity and Attrition, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Taylor & Francis Journals (2014) View citations (22) (2014)
67. Why do tougher caseworkers increase employment? The role of programme assignment as a causal mechanism
    Economics Working Paper Series, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Why Do Tougher Caseworkers Increase Employment? The Role of Program Assignment as a Causal Mechanism, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2017) View citations (44) (2017)
68. Workplace Health Promotion and Labour Market Performance of Employees
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    Also in Working papers, Faculty of Business and Economics - University of Basel (2014)
    Economics Working Paper Series, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science (2014)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2014)
    See also Journal Article Workplace health promotion and labour market performance of employees, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2015) View citations (7) (2015)

2013

69. A simple test for the ignorability of non-compliance in experiments
    Economics Working Paper Series, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article A simple test for the ignorability of non-compliance in experiments, Economics Letters, Elsevier (2013) View citations (13) (2013)
70. Identifying causal mechanisms in experiments (primarily) based on inverse probability weighting
    Economics Working Paper Series, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science View citations (16)

2012

71. Radius matching on the propensity score with bias adjustment: finite sample behaviour, tuning parameters and software implementation
    Economics Working Paper Series, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science View citations (28)
    See also Journal Article Radius matching on the propensity score with bias adjustment: tuning parameters and finite sample behaviour, Empirical Economics, Springer (2015) View citations (76) (2015)
72. Relaxing monotonicity in the identification of local average treatment effects
    Economics Working Paper Series, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science View citations (7)
73. Statistical verification of a natural "natural experiment": Tests and sensitivity checks for the sibling sex ratio instrument
    Economics Working Paper Series, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science View citations (6)

2011

74. Quantile Regression in the Presence of Sample Selection
    Economics Working Paper Series, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science View citations (29)
75. Sharp bounds on causal effects under sample selection
    Economics Working Paper Series, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Sharp Bounds on Causal Effects under Sample Selection, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford (2015) View citations (11) (2015)
76. Testing instrument validity for LATE identification based on inequality moment constraints
    Economics Working Paper Series, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Testing Instrument Validity for LATE Identification Based on Inequality Moment Constraints, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2015) View citations (70) (2015)
77. Testing instrument validity in sample selection models
    Economics Working Paper Series, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science

2010

78. How to Control for Many Covariates? Reliable Estimators Based on the Propensity Score
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (30)
    Also in University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2010, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen (2010) View citations (28)
79. Identification of average treatment effects in social experiments under different forms of attrition
    University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2010, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen View citations (4)
80. Sharp IV bounds on average treatment effects under endogeneity and noncompliance
    University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2010, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen View citations (11)
81. Should Welfare Administration be Centralized or Decentralized? Evidence from a Policy Experiment
    IAW Discussion Papers, Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (IAW) View citations (10)
    Also in ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (2010) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Should Welfare Administration be Centralized or Decentralized? Evidence from a Policy Experiment, German Economic Review, De Gruyter (2015) View citations (13) (2015)
82. Testing for covariate balance using quantile regression and resampling methods
    University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2010, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Testing for covariate balance using quantile regression and resampling methods, Journal of Applied Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2011) View citations (9) (2011)

2009

83. Do German Welfare-to-Work Programmes Reduce Welfare and Increase Work?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (12)
    Also in University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2009, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen (2009) View citations (10)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2009) View citations (15)
84. Does Leaving Welfare Improve Health? Evidence for Germany
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (2)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2009) View citations (2)
    University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2009, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen (2009) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Does leaving welfare improve health? Evidence for Germany, Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2011) View citations (37) (2011)
85. Treatment evaluation in the presence of sample selection
    University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2009, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Treatment Evaluation in the Presence of Sample Selection, Econometric Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals (2014) View citations (22) (2014)

Journal Articles

2025

1. From homemakers to breadwinners? How mandatory kindergarten affects maternal labour market outcomes
   Journal of Population Economics, 2025, 38, (2), 1-23
   See also Working Paper From homemakers to breadwinners? How mandatory kindergarten affects maternal labour market outcomes, Papers (2025) View citations (2) (2025)
2. Interacting Treatments With Endogenous Takeup
   Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2025, 40, (4), 424-437
   See also Working Paper Interacting Treatments with Endogenous Takeup, Papers (2024) (2024)

2024

3. An introduction to causal discovery
   Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2024, 160, (1), 1-16
   See also Working Paper An Introduction to Causal Discovery, Papers (2024) (2024)
4. Double Machine Learning for Sample Selection Models
   Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2024, 42, (3), 958-969 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Double machine learning for sample selection models, Papers (2021) (2021)
5. Nonparametric bootstrap for propensity score matching estimators
   Statistics & Probability Letters, 2024, 208, (C) View citations (2)
6. The Finite Sample Performance of Instrumental Variable-Based Estimators of the Local Average Treatment Effect When Controlling for Covariates
   Computational Economics, 2024, 64, (4), 2053-2078
   See also Working Paper The finite sample performance of instrumental variable-based estimators of the Local Average Treatment Effect when controlling for covariates, Papers (2022) (2022)

2023

7. A Machine Learning Approach for Flagging Incomplete Bid-Rigging Cartels
   Computational Economics, 2023, 62, (4), 1669-1720 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper A Machine Learning Approach for Flagging Incomplete Bid-rigging Cartels, FSES Working Papers (2020) View citations (2) (2020)
8. Flagging cartel participants with deep learning based on convolutional neural networks
   International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2023, 89, (C) View citations (3)
9. How causal machine learning can leverage marketing strategies: Assessing and improving the performance of a coupon campaign
   PLOS ONE, 2023, 18, (1), 1-37 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper How causal machine learning can leverage marketing strategies: Assessing and improving the performance of a coupon campaign, Papers (2022) View citations (1) (2022)
10. How residence permits affect the labor market attachment of foreign workers: Evidence from a migration lottery in Liechtenstein
    European Economic Review, 2023, 152, (C)
    See also Working Paper How Residence Permits Affect the Labor Market Attachment of Foreign Workers: Evidence from a Migration Lottery in Liechtenstein, CESifo Working Paper Series (2021) (2021)
11. It is never too LATE: a new look at local average treatment effects with or without defiers
    The Econometrics Journal, 2023, 26, (3), 378-404 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper It's never too LATE: A new look at local average treatment effects with or without defiers, Discussion Papers on Economics (2017) View citations (8) (2017)
12. The fiscal response to revenue shocks
    International Tax and Public Finance, 2023, 30, (3), 814-848 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper The Fiscal Response to Revenue Shocks, CESifo Working Paper Series (2021) (2021)
13. When does gender occupational segregation start? An experimental evaluation of the effects of gender and parental occupation in the apprenticeship labor market
    Economics of Education Review, 2023, 95, (C)

2022

14. Bounds on direct and indirect effects under treatment/mediator endogeneity and outcome attrition
    Econometric Reviews, 2022, 41, (10), 1141-1163 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Bounds on direct and indirect effects under treatment/mediator endogeneity and outcome attrition, Papers (2020) (2020)
15. Business analytics meets artificial intelligence: Assessing the demand effects of discounts on Swiss train tickets
    Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 2022, 163, (C), 22-39 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Business analytics meets artificial intelligence: Assessing the demand effects of discounts on Swiss train tickets, Papers (2022) View citations (15) (2022)
16. Causal mediation analysis with double machine learning
    (Mediation analysis via potential outcomes models)
    The Econometrics Journal, 2022, 25, (2), 277-300 View citations (30)
    See also Working Paper Causal mediation analysis with double machine learning, Papers (2021) View citations (4) (2021)
17. Direct and Indirect Effects based on Changes-in-Changes
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2022, 40, (1), 432-443
    See also Working Paper Direct and Indirect Effects Based on Changes-in-Changes, CESifo Working Paper Series (2019) View citations (3) (2019)
18. Evaluating (weighted) dynamic treatment effects by double machine learning
    (Identification of causal effects using instrumental variables)
    The Econometrics Journal, 2022, 25, (3), 628-648 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper Evaluating (weighted) dynamic treatment effects by double machine learning, Papers (2021) (2021)
19. Perceived Anonymity and Cheating in an Online Experiment
    Eastern European Economics, 2022, 60, (6), 540-558 View citations (2)
20. Transnational machine learning with screens for flagging bid‐rigging cartels
    Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, 2022, 185, (3), 1074-1114 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper Transnational machine learning with screens for flagging bid-rigging cartels, FSES Working Papers (2020) View citations (2) (2020)

2021

21. A Framework for Separating Individual-Level Treatment Effects From Spillover Effects
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2021, 39, (2), 422-436 View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper A Framework for Separating Individual-Level Treatment Effects From Spillover Effects, Munich Reprints in Economics (2019) View citations (8) (2019)
22. Assessing the Effects of Seasonal Tariff‐rate Quotas on Vegetable Prices in Switzerland
    Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2021, 72, (2), 607-627 View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Assessing the effects of seasonal tariff-rate quotas on vegetable prices in Switzerland, FSES Working Papers (2021) View citations (8) (2021)
23. Combining experimental evidence with machine learning to assess anti-corruption educational campaigns among Russian university students
    Empirical Economics, 2021, 60, (4), 1661-1684
    See also Working Paper Combining experimental evidence with machine learning to assess anti-corruption educational campaigns among Russian university students, FSES Working Papers (2017) View citations (1) (2017)
24. Gender differences in wage expectations
    PLOS ONE, 2021, 16, (6), 1-24 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Gender Differences in Wage Expectations, FSES Working Papers (2020) View citations (1) (2020)
25. Instrument-based estimation with binarised treatments: issues and tests for the exclusion restriction
    The Econometrics Journal, 2021, 24, (3), 536-558 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper Instrument-based estimation with binarized treatments: Issues and tests for the exclusion restriction, FSES Working Papers (2018) View citations (4) (2018)
26. On the Plausibility of the Latent Ignorability Assumption
    Econometrics, 2021, 9, (4), 1-6
    See also Working Paper On the plausibility of the latent ignorability assumption, Papers (2020) (2020)
27. Time Preferences Across Language Groups: Evidence on Intertemporal Choices from the Swiss Language Border
    The Economic Journal, 2021, 131, (639), 2920-2954 View citations (9)

2020

28. Direct and Indirect Effects under Sample Selection and Outcome Attrition
    Econometrics, 2020, 8, (4), 1-25
    See also Working Paper Direct and indirect effects under sample selection and outcome attrition, FSES Working Papers (2018) View citations (2) (2018)
29. Direct and indirect effects of continuous treatments based on generalized propensity score weighting
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2020, 35, (7), 814-840 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper Direct and indirect effects of continuous treatments based on generalized propensity score weighting, FSES Working Papers (2018) View citations (5) (2018)
30. Endogeneity and non‐response bias in treatment evaluation – nonparametric identification of causal effects by instruments
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2020, 35, (5), 481-504 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Endogeneity and Non-Response Bias in Treatment Evaluation: Nonparametric Identification of Causal Effects by Instruments, IZA Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (13) (2015)
31. On the Sensitivity of Wage Gap Decompositions
    Journal of Labor Research, 2020, 41, (1), 1-33 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper On the sensitivity of wage gap decompositions, FSES Working Papers (2018) View citations (4) (2018)
32. The Finite Sample Performance of Inference Methods for Propensity Score Matching and Weighting Estimators
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2020, 38, (1), 183-200 View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper The Finite Sample Performance of Inference Methods for Propensity Score Matching and Weighting Estimators, IZA Discussion Papers (2016) View citations (17) (2016)
33. Timing matters: the impact of response measures on COVID-19-related hospitalization and death rates in Germany and Switzerland
    Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 156, (1), 1-19 View citations (15)

2019

34. Direct and Indirect Effects Based on Difference-in-Differences With an Application to Political Preferences Following the Vietnam Draft Lottery
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2019, 37, (4), 710-720 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper Direct and indirect effects based on difference-in-differences with an application to political preferences following the Vietnam draft lottery, FSES Working Papers (2017) View citations (11) (2017)
35. Evaluating an Information Campaign about Rural Development Policies in FYR Macedonia
    Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2019, 48, (1), 117-141
    See also Working Paper Evaluating an information campaign about rural development policies in (FYR) Macedonia, FSES Working Papers (2016) View citations (1) (2016)
36. Including Covariates in the Regression Discontinuity Design
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2019, 37, (4), 736-748 View citations (49)
    See also Working Paper Including Covariates in the Regression Discontinuity Design, IZA Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (4) (2017)
37. Local Average and Quantile Treatment Effects Under Endogeneity: A Review
    Journal of Econometric Methods, 2019, 8, (1), 27 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Local Average and Quantile Treatment Effects Under Endogeneity: A Review, University of California at San Diego, Economics Working Paper Series (2019) View citations (12) (2019)
38. Machine learning with screens for detecting bid-rigging cartels
    International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2019, 65, (C), 277-301 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper Machine Learning with Screens for Detecting Bid-Rigging Cartels, FSES Working Papers (2018) View citations (4) (2018)
39. Nonparametric estimation of natural direct and indirect effects based on inverse probability weighting
    Journal of Econometric Methods, 2019, 8, (1), 20 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Nonparametric estimation of natural direct and indirect effects based on inverse probability weighting, FSES Working Papers (2017) View citations (5) (2017)

2018

40. Direct and indirect effects of training vouchers for the unemployed
    Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, 2018, 181, (2), 441-463 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper Direct and Indirect Effects of Training Vouchers for the Unemployed, IZA Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (1) (2015)

2017

41. A Cautionary Tale About Control Variables in IV Estimation
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 79, (3), 411-425 View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper A cautionary tale about control variables in IV estimation, Economics Working Paper Series (2014) View citations (6) (2014)
42. 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 (44)
    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)
43. Does preschool boost the development of minority children?: the case of Roma children
    Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, 2017, 180, (2), 475-502 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Does preschool boost the development of minority children? The case of Roma children, FSES Working Papers (2015) (2015)
44. Sharp IV Bounds on Average Treatment Effects on the Treated and Other Populations Under Endogeneity and Noncompliance
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2017, 32, (1), 56-79 View citations (23)
45. Testing the validity of the compulsory schooling law instrument
    Economics Letters, 2017, 159, (C), 23-27 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Testing the validity of the compulsory schooling law instrument, FSES Working Papers (2017) View citations (2) (2017)
46. 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)
47. Why Do Tougher Caseworkers Increase Employment? The Role of Program Assignment as a Causal Mechanism
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 99, (1), 180-183 View citations (44)
    See also Working Paper Why do tougher caseworkers increase employment? The role of programme assignment as a causal mechanism, Economics Working Paper Series (2014) View citations (11) (2014)

2016

48. Disentangling policy effects into causal channels
    IZA World of Labor, 2016, 259 View citations (4)
49. Do Anti-Corruption Educational Campaigns Reach Students? Some Evidence from Russia and Ukraine
    Voprosy obrazovaniya / Educational Studies Moscow, 2016, (1), 61-83 View citations (2)
50. The Effect of Firms’ Phased Retirement Policies on the Labor Market Outcomes of Their Employees
    ILR Review, 2016, 69, (5), 1216-1248 View citations (6)
51. The Finite Sample Performance of Estimators for Mediation Analysis Under Sequential Conditional Independence
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2016, 34, (1), 139-160 View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper The finite sample performance of estimators for mediation analysis under sequential conditional independence, Economics Working Paper Series (2014) View citations (9) (2014)

2015

52. A Test of the Conditional Independence Assumption in Sample Selection Models
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2015, 30, (7), 1144-1168 View citations (36)
53. Causal Pitfalls in the Decomposition of Wage Gaps
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2015, 33, (2), 179-191 View citations (36)
    See also Working Paper Causal pitfalls in the decomposition of wage gaps, Economics Working Paper Series (2014) View citations (8) (2014)
54. Radius matching on the propensity score with bias adjustment: tuning parameters and finite sample behaviour
    Empirical Economics, 2015, 49, (1), 1-31 View citations (76)
    See also Working Paper Radius matching on the propensity score with bias adjustment: finite sample behaviour, tuning parameters and software implementation, Economics Working Paper Series (2012) View citations (28) (2012)
55. Sharp Bounds on Causal Effects under Sample Selection
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2015, 77, (1), 129-151 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Sharp bounds on causal effects under sample selection, Economics Working Paper Series (2011) View citations (5) (2011)
56. Should Welfare Administration be Centralized or Decentralized? Evidence from a Policy Experiment
    German Economic Review, 2015, 16, (1), 13-42 View citations (13)
    Also in German Economic Review, 2015, 16, (1), 13-42 (2015) View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Should Welfare Administration be Centralized or Decentralized? Evidence from a Policy Experiment, IAW Discussion Papers (2010) View citations (10) (2010)
57. Testing Instrument Validity for LATE Identification Based on Inequality Moment Constraints
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2015, 97, (2), 398-411 View citations (70)
    See also Working Paper Testing instrument validity for LATE identification based on inequality moment constraints, Economics Working Paper Series (2011) View citations (12) (2011)
58. Testing the Validity of the Sibling Sex Ratio Instrument
    LABOUR, 2015, 29, (1), 1-14 View citations (12)
59. Workplace health promotion and labour market performance of employees
    Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 43, (C), 170-189 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Workplace Health Promotion and Labour Market Performance of Employees, IZA Discussion Papers (2014) (2014)

2014

60. IDENTIFYING CAUSAL MECHANISMS (PRIMARILY) BASED ON INVERSE PROBABILITY WEIGHTING
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2014, 29, (6), 920-943 View citations (55)
61. Sensitivity checks for the local average treatment effect
    Economics Letters, 2014, 123, (2), 220-223 View citations (8)
62. Testing exclusion restrictions and additive separability in sample selection models
    Empirical Economics, 2014, 47, (1), 75-92 View citations (49)
63. Treatment Evaluation With Multiple Outcome Periods Under Endogeneity and Attrition
    Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2014, 109, (508), 1697-1711 View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper Treatment Evaluation with Multiple Outcome Periods under Endogeneity and Attrition, IZA Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (17) (2014)
64. Treatment Evaluation in the Presence of Sample Selection
    Econometric Reviews, 2014, 33, (8), 869-905 View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper Treatment evaluation in the presence of sample selection, University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2009 (2009) View citations (4) (2009)

2013

65. A simple test for the ignorability of non-compliance in experiments
    Economics Letters, 2013, 120, (3), 389-391 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper A simple test for the ignorability of non-compliance in experiments, Economics Working Paper Series (2013) View citations (13) (2013)
66. The performance of estimators based on the propensity score
    Journal of Econometrics, 2013, 175, (1), 1-21 View citations (301)

2012

67. Identification of Average Treatment Effects in Social Experiments Under Alternative Forms of Attrition
    Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2012, 37, (3), 443-474 View citations (21)

2011

68. Do German Welfare-to-Work Programmes Reduce Welfare Dependency and Increase Employment?
    German Economic Review, 2011, 12, (2), 182-204 View citations (17)
    Also in German Economic Review, 2011, 12, (2), 182-204 (2011) View citations (22)
69. Does leaving welfare improve health? Evidence for Germany
    Health Economics, 2011, 20, (4), 484-504 View citations (37)
    See also Working Paper Does Leaving Welfare Improve Health? Evidence for Germany, CEPR Discussion Papers (2009) View citations (2) (2009)
70. Testing for covariate balance using quantile regression and resampling methods
    Journal of Applied Statistics, 2011, 38, (12), 2881-2899 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper Testing for covariate balance using quantile regression and resampling methods, University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2010 (2010) View citations (2) (2010)

Software Items

2014

1. RADIUSMATCH: Stata module to perform distance-weighted radius matching with bias adjustment
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (2)