Bounds analysis of competing risks : a non-parametric evaluation of the effect of unemployment benefits on migration
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
Empirical Economics
Publication Date
2-1-2014
Volume
46
Issue
1
First Page
199
Last Page
228
Publisher
Springer
Keywords
Administrative data, Cumulative incidence curve, Difference-in-differences
Abstract
By reexamining the effect of unemployment benefits on reemployment probabilities we make two contributions to the literature: first, we estimate separate effects for reemployment in the local or a distant region. Second, we address the problem of incomplete duration within a competing risks model. Our results confirm that missing data problems at first preclude anymeaningful result even though we have access to daily individual data on 50% of the male workforce in Germany. When we impose additional assumptions, we obtain evidence that the treatment effect depends on the household context, the treatment intensity and the destination state.
DOI
10.1007/s00181-012-0675-0
Print ISSN
03777332
E-ISSN
14358921
Funding Information
We thank two anonymous referees and the participants of numerous seminars and for helpful comments and Simon Lee for helpful discussions. Arntz gratefully acknowledges financial support by the German Research Foundation (DFG) through the research project
Publisher Statement
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Full-text Version
Publisher’s Version
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Arntz, M., Lo, S. M. S., & Wilke, R. A. (2014). Bounds analysis of competing risks: A non-parametric evaluation of the effect of unemployment benefits on migration. Empirical Economics, 46(1), 199-228. doi: 10.1007/s00181-012-0675-0