Data-Driven Policy Impact Evaluation : : How Access to Microdata Is Transforming Policy Design.

• Author: Crato, Nuno.
• TeilnehmendeR: Paruolo, Paolo.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2018.; ©2019.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 pages)

Table of Contents

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.

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.

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 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.