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Efficacy of programmes for the unemployed: discrete time modelling of duration data from a matched‐comparison study
Author(s) -
Firth D.,
Payne C.,
Payne J.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series a (statistics in society)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.103
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1467-985X
pISSN - 0964-1998
DOI - 10.1111/1467-985x.00124
Subject(s) - duration (music) , random effects model , hazard , term (time) , econometrics , government (linguistics) , selection (genetic algorithm) , selection bias , discrete choice , statistics , unemployment , control (management) , event (particle physics) , discrete time and continuous time , demographic economics , economics , computer science , mathematics , meta analysis , medicine , economic growth , art , philosophy , artificial intelligence , linguistics , chemistry , literature , management , quantum mechanics , physics , organic chemistry
An evaluation is described of two UK Government programmes for the long‐term unemployed in Great Britain, Employment Training and Employment Action, using discrete time hazard modelling of event histories. The study design employed a closely matched comparison group and carefully chosen control variables to minimize the effect of selection bias on conclusions. The effect of unobserved heterogeneity is investigated by using some standard random effect model formulations.