Not logged in.

Contribution Details

Type Working Paper
Scope Discipline-based scholarship
Title The Success of Job Applications: A New Approach to Program Evaluation
Organization Unit
Authors
  • Armin Falk
  • Rafael Lalive
  • Josef Zweimüller
Language
  • English
Institution University of Zurich
Series Name Working paper series / Institute for Empirical Research in Economics
Number No. 131
ISSN 1424-0459
Date 2002
Abstract Text In this paper, we suggest a novel approach to program evaluation that allows identification of the causal effect of a training program on the likelihood of being invited to a job interview under weak assumptions. The idea is to measure the program-effects by pre- and post-treatment data that are very close in time for the same individual. Our approach provides useful information on both, average effects of the program as well as information on the effects of the program for each individual. Evidence on individual treatment effects is helpful as it can be used to improve the targeting of programs.
Official URL http://www.econ.uzh.ch/wp.html
PDF File Download from ZORA
Export BibTeX
EP3 XML (ZORA)