Essays about: "Matched Difference-in-Difference"

Found 4 essays containing the words Matched Difference-in-Difference.

  1. 1. The Porter Hypothesis: Fact or Myth? - A Case Study on the EU Emissions Trading System

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Cecilia Sacklen; Tintin Wilsby; [2023]
    Keywords : Porter Hypothesis; Environmental policy; Eco-innovation; EU ETS; Firm performance;

    Abstract : This study investigates the Porter Hypothesis in the context of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), the world's largest cap-and-trade system within environmental regulations. The Porter Hypothesis posits that environmental regulations can stimulate eco-innovation and ultimately improve the financial performance of regulated firms. READ MORE

  3. 2. Child Labor as a Coping Mechanism: Children’s Time Use Responses to Community and Individual Shocks

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Theresa Pieper; [2023]
    Keywords : Child Labor; Chores; Household Shocks; Community Shocks; Informal Coping Mechanisms; Time Use Allocation; Ethiopia; Fixed Effects; Matched Difference-in-Difference; Panel Data; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the impact of community and individual shocks on children’s time use and aims to determine if and under what conditions households use child labor as a response to shocks. For this purpose, four survey rounds of a panel of Ethiopian children aged 5 to 15 are analysed. READ MORE

  4. 3. Mandatory ESG Disclosure and its Effect on Firm Performance

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    Author : Anton Ahlqvist; Nathalie Jonoska; [2021-06-23]
    Keywords : Financial Firm Performance; Firm Performance; ESG; Non-Financial Information; NFI; CSR; Directive 2014 95 EU; Difference-in-Difference;

    Abstract : With the intention to reach a more sustainable future, the EU implemented Directive 2014/95/EU in 2014, mandating large and public firms to start disclosing ESG information. The resulting changes are however first noticeable in the annual reports for 2017. READ MORE

  5. 4. Lower payroll taxes for young workers : Was the introduction of the payroll tax reductions for young employees an effective way to lower youth unemployment?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Carolina Johansson; [2016]
    Keywords : Payroll taxes; youth unemployment; difference-in-differences; proposition 2006 07:84; proposition 2008 09:7;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the effects on the unemployment rate and average income due to the payroll tax cuts for young workers in Sweden. The method that has been used is a difference-in-difference approach with two different control groups. READ MORE