Essays about: "Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design"
Found 5 essays containing the words Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Design.
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1. Education, Age Cohort, and The Status Quo of Microentrepreneurs: Evidence from Chinese "Double Innovation" Reform
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : This paper examines the effectiveness of the Chinese "Double Innovation" Reform and "Entrepreneurship Leading" Policy on labor outcomes using Chinese Family Panel Studies (CFPS) from 2010 to 2020. The study employs fuzzy regression discontinuity design and difference-in-difference models to analyze their effects on high educational degrees, self-employment, and salaried employment. READ MORE
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2. The Effect of a Universal Primary Education Reform on Gender Attitudes in Uganda
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : This thesis examines whether greater access to primary school education for girls and a decreased gender gap in primary school education affects gender attitudes, by studying a Universal Primary Education reform in Uganda that eliminated primary school fees. We conduct a Two-Stage Least Squares regression where we use exogenous variation in exposure to the reform as an instrumental variable to estimate the effect of educational attainment on gender attitudes. READ MORE
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3. The Effect of EU Funding on Income Inequality and Employment
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : An outspoken goal of the European Union is to decrease differences between member states and promote cohesion. To achieve this, the European Union provides funding to the regions with greatest development needs. However, during the last decades, the within-country income inequality level has risen in the European Union. READ MORE
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4. On the Effects of Temporary Residence Permits on the Socio-economic Incorporation of Immigrants : A Study of the Short-term Effects of a Swedish Reform
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The thesis addresses the debate about the impact of immigration policy on the socio-economic incorporation of immigrants. A distinction between rights-based and responsibility-based models of incorporation is made and the effect of a feature of the responsibility-based model, temporary residence permits, on socio-economic incorporation is studied. READ MORE
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5. Effects of a reduction in hours of work on labor productivity and labor costs in South Korea: Evidence from a regression discontinuity design
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This investigation aimed at estimating the effects of a reduction in hours worked on labor productivity and labor costs in South Korea. The treatment effect was measured by using the fuzzy RD design with micro data. The data were taken from the Workplace Panel Survey 2007 conducted by the Korea Labor Institute. READ MORE