Identification of the effects of dynamic treatments by sequential conditional independence assumptions

Empirical Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 111-137

  Lechner, Michael ^a   Miquel, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Causal effects; Dynamic matching; Dynamic treatment regimes; Labor market effects of training programs; Nonparametric identification; Panel data; Program evaluation; Sequential randomization; Treatment effects

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; LABOR PARTICIPATION; PANEL DATA; TRAINING; UNEMPLOYMENT;

GERMANY;

EID: 77954540790     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-009-0297-3     Document Type: Article

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