Sökning: "regression discontinuity"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 45 avhandlingar innehållade orden regression discontinuity.

  1. 11. Incumbency, divided government, partisan politics and council size : Essays in local political economics

    Författare :Ronny Freier; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis comprises four empirical papers, each devoted to a specific topic in local political economics. Paper one and two evaluate the importance of the mayor position to the future electoral success of the mayor’s party. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Job Loss: Consequences and Labor Market Policy

    Författare :Jonas Cederlöf; Peter Fredriksson; David Seim; Alexandre Mas; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Essay I: This paper takes a novel approach to estimating the effects of involuntary job loss on future earnings, wages and employment. Whereas the previous literature has relied on mass layoffs and plant closures for exogenous variation in displacement, I use the fact that who is laid off is often determined by a seniority rule, specifically the last-in-first-out (LIFO) rule. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Essays on Educational Choices and Integration

    Författare :Elisabet Olme; David Seim; Jonas Vlachos; Robert McMillan; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; School Choice; School Segregation; Information; Refugees; Human Capital; Immigration; Language Training; Performance Bonuses; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Are Parents Uninformed? The Impact of School Performance Information on School Choices and School Assignments. We study the impact of providing information about schools' performances on households' choice of school. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Assessing the effects of societal injury control interventions

    Författare :Carl Bonander; Ragnar Andersson; Sven Bremberg; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; causal inference; epidemiology; injury; time series analysis; impact evaluation; Risk and Environmental Studies; Risk- och Miljöstudier;

    Sammanfattning : Injuries have emerged as one of the biggest public health issues of the 21th century. Yet, the causal effects of injury control strategies are often questioned due to a lack of randomized experiments. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Caring, Sharing, and Childbearing : Essays on Labor Supply, Infant Health, and Family Policies

    Författare :Anna Norén; Erik Grönqvist; Matz Dahlberg; Katarina Steen Carlsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Informal care; Elderly; Labor supply; Alcohol prevention; Brief intervention; AUDIT; Antenatal care; Child health; Childcare; Parental leave; Gender equality; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Essay I: I study the consequences on labor market outcomes and sick leave of having an elderly parent in need of care. Caring for an elderly parent may be associated with opportunity costs such as productivity loss on the labor market if informal caregivers are of working age. LÄS MER