Essays about: "Coarsened exact matching"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Coarsened exact matching.

  1. 1. The Role of Education in Shaping Migration Decisions: An Analysis of the Higher Education Reform of 1977 in Sweden

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Patrick Andersson; [2023]
    Keywords : migration; educational reforms; geography; causal effect; difference in differences;

    Abstract : This study examines whether or not Sweden’s education reform in 1977, which established new university colleges in selected urban municipalities, had a spillover effect on people’s migration decisions toward rural municipalities and, if so, how that effect varied across demographic groups. To test this, a difference-in-differences method with a fixed effect setting is used in combination with Coarsened Exact Matching to create the best-matched control group. READ MORE

  3. 2. Decomposition of wage gap between matched natives and refugees in Germany

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Qiuyu Yang; [2021]
    Keywords : wage gap; refugees; CEM; labour market integration;

    Abstract : Prolonged and new regional violent conflicts have resulted in the displacement of residents in several countries. The thesis focuses on the people who arrived and applied for asylum in Germany between 2013 and 2016. READ MORE

  4. 3. Machine Learning as a Data Driven Approach to Automate Multivariate Matching Methods

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Sebastian Schmidt; [2018]
    Keywords : Matching; Machine learning; Coarsened exact matching; Causal inference; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper introduces machine learning to automate the coarsening choices in coarsened exact matching (CEM) as a monotonic imbalance bounding matching class. I suggest to replace the otherwise arbitrary multivariate stratification process with a binary classification tree. This way, I can minimise potential bias caused by subjective preferences. READ MORE

  5. 4. Patents as Loan Collateral in Sweden : An empirical analysis of what patent characteristics matter for collateralization

    University essay from KTH/Industriell Management

    Author : Felix Bracht; [2017]
    Keywords : Patents; Loan Collateral; Coarsened Exact Matching;

    Abstract : This study analyses empirically what patent characteristics matter for collateralization. In accordance with the finance literature, loan collateral is determined by the liquidation value of the asset which in turn depends on the three factors "physical attributes of the asset", "number of alternative users" and "financial strength of alternative users". READ MORE

  6. 5. Innovation in Times of Crisis: An Analysis of Firm Performance During the Financial Crisis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Erik Corsman; [2015]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how innovation affects firm performance in the United States during the financial crisis in 2008. A difference-in-difference estimation combined with Coarsened Exact Matching is applied on a panel data set of 4,928 U.S. firms between 2004 and 2011. READ MORE