Data-driven policy impact evaluation : how access to microdata is transforming policy design
In the light of better and more detailed administrative databases, this open access book provides statistical tools for evaluating the effects of public policies advocated by governments and public institutions. Experts from academia, national statistics offices and various research centers present...
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| Main Authors | , |
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| Format | eBook Book |
| Language | English |
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Springer Open
2019
Springer Nature Springer International Publishing AG |
| Edition | 1 |
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| Online Access | Get full text |
| ISBN | 9783319784601 3319784609 |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-78461-8 |
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Table of Contents:
- 4 Methodology -- 5 Results -- 5.1 Negative Home Equity and Job-to-Job Mobility -- 5.2 Robustness -- 6 Summary -- 7 Policy Lessons -- References -- Microdata and Policy Evaluation at CPB -- 1 The Activities of CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis -- 2 Policy Evaluations with Microdata at CPB -- 2.1 The Pros and Cons of Policy Evaluation Studies and Structural Models -- 2.2 The Impact of Subsidies for Working Parents with Young Children on Labour Supply -- 2.3 Tax Shifting by Owners of Small Corporations -- 2.4 Teacher Quality and Student Achievement: Evidence from a Sample of Dutch Twins -- 2.5 Evaluation of Performance-Based Payment Schemes in Mental Health Care -- 3 Challenges and Solutions -- 3.1 Policy Questions -- 3.2 Data and Methodology -- 3.3 Results and Policy Implications -- References -- Long-Term Effects of a Social Intervention for Vulnerable Youth: A Register-Based Study -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Previous Literature -- 3 Data -- 4 Method -- 5 Effects -- 5.1 Education Outcomes -- 5.2 Employment and Welfare Dependency -- 5.3 Crime -- 5.4 Social Measures -- 6 Discussion -- References -- Does the Road to Happiness Depend on the Retirement Decision? Evidence from Italy -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Pension Reforms in Italy -- 3 Data -- 3.1 Survey Data: AVQ -- 3.2 Administrative Data: WHIP -- 4 Empirical Strategy -- 5 Results Using Survey Data: IV Estimates -- 6 The Two-Sample Instrumental Variables Estimator -- 7 Results Combining Administrative and Survey Data: TSIV Estimates -- 8 Conclusions -- Appendix: Asymptotic Variance Comparison Using Delta Method -- References -- The Impact of Age of Entry on Academic Progression -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Empirical Specification -- 3 Data and Variables -- 4 Results -- 4.1 Discontinuity in the Age at Entry -- 4.2 Impact of Age at Entry on Selected Outcomes -- 5 Conclusions -- References
- Part IV Use of Results -- Use of Administrative Data for Counterfactual Impact Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies in Europe: Country and Time Comparisons -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Data Collection -- 2.1 Definition of the Active Labour Market Policies Included in the Analysis -- 2.2 Search Strategy: Identification of the Literature Examining the Effect of Active Labour Market Policies -- 2.3 Article Coding: Collected Information -- 3 Findings -- 3.1 Active Labour Market Policies Subject to Counterfactual Impact Evaluation Studies, Target Groups and Outcome Indicators -- 3.2 Distribution of Counterfactual Impact Evaluation Studies Across EU Countries and Authorship -- 3.3 Time Patterns -- 3.4 Counterfactual Impact Evaluation Methods -- 3.5 Data Sources -- 3.6 Administrative Data and Completeness of Counterfactual Impact Evaluation Studies -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- Designing Evaluation of Modern Apprenticeships in Scotland -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Context -- 3 Scope of Evaluation -- 3.1 Units of Observation -- 3.2 Outcomes -- 3.3 Time Horizon -- 4 Data -- 4.1 Data on Individuals: Existing Self-Standing Surveys -- 4.2 Data on Individuals: Linked Administrative and Survey Data -- 4.3 Data on Individuals: Dedicated Survey -- 4.4 Data on Employers -- 5 Counterfactual Impact Evaluation (Individuals) -- 5.1 Control Groups -- 5.2 Evaluation Methods -- 6 Counterfactual Impact Evaluation (Employers) -- 6.1 Measuring Intensity of Participation in Modern Apprenticeships -- 6.2 Evaluation Methods -- 7 Examples of Past Evaluations -- 7.1 Impacts of Apprenticeships in England -- 7.2 Impacts of the Registered Apprenticeships in the United States -- 7.3 Impacts of the Youth in Action Programme in Colombia -- 8 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Pay for Performance in Primary Care: The Use of Administrative Data by Health Economists -- 1 Introduction
- 2 Pay for Performance in Primary Care
- Experimental and Longitudinal Data for Scientific and Policy Research: Open Access to Data Collected in the Longitudinal Internet Studies for the Social Sciences (LISS) Panel -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The LISS Infrastructure and Linkage with Other Sources -- 2.1 Longitudinal Core Study -- 2.2 Experimental Data -- 2.3 Innovations in Data Collection -- 2.4 Open-Access Data Policy -- 2.5 Linking to Administrative Data -- 3 Use of LISS Data for Policy-Relevant Research -- 3.1 Societal Challenges -- 3.2 Retirement Savings Adequacy -- 3.3 Retirement Expenditure Goals After the Crisis -- 3.4 Stated Preference Analyses to Guide Policies -- 4 Future Developments and Challenges -- References -- Part III Counterfactual Studies -- Public Policy, Big Data, and Counterfactual Evaluation: An Illustration from an Employment Activation Programme -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Convocatórias Programme -- 3 Data -- 4 The Regression Discontinuity Approach -- 5 Results -- 6 Lessons Drawn -- References -- The Use of Administrative Data to Evaluate the Impact of Active Labor Market Policies: The Case of the Italian Liste di Mobilità -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Basic Provisions of the Liste di Mobilità Program -- 3 The Evaluation Problem -- 4 How the Availability of Data Drove the Design of the Evaluations -- 4.1 Studies Based on the Liste di Mobilità Archive -- 4.2 Studies Based on the Archives of the Public Labor Exchange and the Social Security Agency -- 4.3 Disentangling the Roles of the Active and Passive Components -- 5 Conclusions -- A.1 Appendix: A 30-second Overview of the Econometrics of the LM Studies -- References -- Negative Home Equity and Job Mobility -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review and Theoretical Background -- 3 Dataset and Descriptive Statistics -- 3.1 Constructing the Dataset -- 3.2 Dependent Variable -- 3.3 Independent Variables -- 3.4 Descriptive Statistics
- 4.1 Indexing and Blocking -- 4.2 Privacy-preserving Record Linkage -- 5 Analysis of Linked Data -- References -- Privacy in Microdata Release: Challenges, Techniques, and Approaches -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Microdata Protection: Basic Concepts -- 2.1 Microdata Privacy -- 2.2 Protection Techniques -- 3 Microdata Protection Approaches -- 3.1 k-Anonymity -- 3.2 -Diversity and t-Closeness -- 3.3 Differential Privacy -- 4 Extensions for Advanced Scenarios -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Part II Microdata Access -- Access to European Statistical System Microdata -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The European Statistical System and European Statistics -- 3 Microdata Access Terms and Concepts -- 4 Elements of the Generic Microdata Access System -- 5 Use Case: Access to European Statistical System Microdata (European Microdata) -- 6 Conclusions -- Annex 1: European Microdatasets Available for Scientific Purposes -- Giving the International Scientific Community Access to German Labor Market Data: A Success Story -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Research Data Centre at the IAB and Its Data Resources -- 3 Data Access -- 4 Development of the Demand for Data Products -- 5 Innovative Infrastructure for Data Access -- 6 Research Activities -- 7 Conclusions -- References -- Hungary: A Case Study on Improving Access to Administrative Data in a Low-Trust Environment -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Initial Status Quo in Brief -- 3 Stakeholder Interests -- 4 Negotiation Process Leading to the Law on Accessing Microdata for Policy-Related Analysis -- 5 Reconciling the Requirements of Data Protection and Research -- 6 The Impact of the Law on Microdata-Based Social Science Research -- 7 Summary and Conclusions -- Appendix: Completed data-linking procedures between 2007 and 2015 -- References
- Intro -- Preface -- Microdata for Policy Research -- Microdata Access -- Counterfactual Studies -- Use of Results -- Final Remarks -- Contents -- The Power of Microdata: An Introduction -- 1 Data and Policy -- 2 Data Granularity -- 3 Administrative Data -- 4 Counterfactual Methods -- 5 Counterfactual Impact Evaluation Methods -- 5.1 Differences in Differences -- 5.2 Regression Discontinuity Design -- 5.3 Instrumental Variables -- 5.4 Propensity Score Matching -- 6 A Call to Action -- Appendix: A Short Glossary -- References -- Part I Microdata for Policy Research -- From `Intruders' to `Partners': The Evolution of the Relationship Between the Research Community and Sources of Official Administrative Data -- 1 Genesis -- 2 Official Data -- 3 Research as a Lawful Interference with Private and Family Lives -- 4 Research as a Necessary Interference with Private and Family Lives -- 5 A Future in Partnerships -- Microdata for Social Sciences and Policy Evaluation as a Public Good -- 1 Setting the Scene -- 2 Scientific Research: Intrinsic Needs and Societal Role -- 3 EU Legislation on Data Protection -- 4 A Cursory Review of Data Access for Research Purposes in the EU -- 5 The State of Affairs in the EU -- 6 Two Suggestions for Improvements -- References -- Overview of Data Linkage Methods for Policy Design and Evaluation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Deterministic (Exact) Matching Method -- 3 Probabilistic Data Linkage -- 3.1 Pre-linkage Stage -- 3.1.1 Data Standardisation -- 3.1.2 Phonetic Codes and String Comparators -- 3.1.3 Blocking Variables -- 3.2 Linkage Stage -- 3.2.1 Parameters of Data Linkage -- 3.2.2 Basic Concepts in Probabilistic Data Linkage -- 3.2.3 Setting Thresholds -- 3.2.4 Expectation-Maximisation Algorithm for Estimating Parameters -- 3.3 Post-linkage Stage and Evaluation Measures -- 3.4 Constraints on Matching -- 4 Recent Advances