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.