Business environment, managerial strategies, and the allocation of decision-making authorities in Swiss Firms [PDF]
The allocation of decision-making authorities may be seen as the last link in a causal relationship starting from changes in environment and continuing to business strategy.
Kathrin Armbruster, Michael Beckmann
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Investments Abroad and Performance at Home Evidence from Italian Multinationals [PDF]
Foreign activities of MNEs have important effects on home economies. The debate is ambiguous: concerns that foreign investments deplete domestic economies are often coupled with the pride for doing good business in foreign countries. This paper addresses
Davide Castellani +1 more
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Is there a wage premium or wage discount for flexible hours? [PDF]
With flexible work time arrangements firms can quickly adjust to demand fluctuations, while employees may benefit from more time sovereignty. Depending on the specific type of arrangement the accompanying wage effects are ambiguous and have rarely been ...
Beblo, Miriam, Heinze, Anja, Wolf, Elke
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Outcome of preterm infants (<30 weeks) born to mothers who smoked: propensity score matching study. [PDF]
BMJ Paediatr OpenKannan Loganathan P +5 more
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Imposed Benefit Sanctions and the Unemployment-to-Employment Transition: The German Experience [PDF]
We analyze the effect of imposed benefit sanctions on the unemployment-to-employment transition of unemployed people entitled to unemployment compensation on the basis of register data from the German Federal Employment Agency.
Kai-Uwe Müller, Viktor Steiner
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Evaluating the sampling effect of propensity score matching for reducing selection bias in medical data. [PDF]
Front Public HealthRoh M, Yum S, Joo G, Jang JW, Im H.
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Using Matching, Instrumental Variables and Control Functions to Estimate Economic Choice Models [PDF]
This paper investigates four topics. (1) It examines the different roles played by the propensity score (probability of selection) in matching, instrumental variable and control functions methods.
James J. Heckman +1 more
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Methodological guidance on implementing propensity score matching in observational studies of kidney transplantation. [PDF]
Sci RepGomez-Montero A +4 more
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Effectiveness of the Semi-Automated Post-ANaesthesia Discharge Assessment Tool: A Pre-Post Study Using Propensity Score Matching. [PDF]
Nurs Crit CareAlbiez B +6 more
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Estimating the Return to College in Britain Using Regression and Propensity Score Matching [PDF]
College graduates tend to earn more than non-graduates but it is difficult to ascertain how much of this empirical association between wages and college degree is due to the causal effect of a college degree and how much is due to unobserved factors that
Wen Fan
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