Varying Biases in the Matching Estimates: Evidence from Two Randomized Job Search Training Experiments

Kari Hämäläinen, Roope Uusitalo and Jukka Vuori

No 438, Discussion Papers from VATT Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: We compare various matching estimators to the results of two randomized field experiments that evaluate employment effects of job search training programs. We find that commonly used non-experimental matching estimators tend to over-estimate the program effects and that the bias differs between programs owing to different procedures used in selecting the program participants. The bias is larger when participation is voluntary than when caseworkers assign the applicants to training. JEL codes: C93

Keywords: Job search training; field experiments; matching; unemployment; Labour market; Työmarkkinat; Labor market and policies promoting economic growth; Työmarkkinat ja kasvua tukeva politiikka (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-lab
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (4)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/148425

Related works:
Journal Article: Varying biases in matching estimates: Evidence from two randomised job search training experiments (2008)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:fer:dpaper:438

Ordering information: This working paper can be ordered from

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Discussion Papers from VATT Institute for Economic Research Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Anita Niskanen ().