Publications - Working Papers IER SAS

Submitted article presents evidence for a particular training measure in Slovakia. This measure was implemented with positive impact in 2008 and negative impact in 2011 – 2012. Here we apply a routine to estimate the dose response function, considering the continuous nature of the treatment, by following the length of the trainings in days. Working income during 2 years after the training is used to construct the outcome indicator. Results are estimated separately for male training participants of 2008 and 2011 – 2012. A rich administrative dataset is employed in the analysis. Estimations rely on the concept of generalized propensity score and take advantage of recently introduced estimation methods. The results show substantial differences in the dose response function between the two selected periods. For 2008 participants the function has a U shape, while for 2011 – 2012 participants an inverted U is clearly observable.