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Table 5.2 Summary statistics for attrition effects in the final sample ................... 158
Table 5.3 Summary statistics of attrition effects, for comparison and treated SYETP
................................................................................................................................ 162
Table 5.4 Difference between treatment group and comparison group before and
after sample reduction............................................................................................ 166
Table 5.5 Summary statistics for attrition effects by source of sample loss.......... 170
Table 5.6: Effect of selection/response weight on 1984 survey respondents ........ 175
Table 5.7 How the observations reduce to 1283 from those who respond to the 1986
survey..................................................................................................................... 177
Table 5.5a Summary statistics by source of sample loss due to analytical selection
................................................................................................................................ 181
Table 5.8 Probit of SYETP participation, showing sample reduction effects ....... 184
Table 5.9: Probit results used for construction of attrition weights....................... 194
Table 5.10: Performance of attrition weight as measured by unweighted and
weighted profile ..................................................................................................... 198
Table 6.1, part A Employment equation from bivariate probit.............................. 201
Table 6.1, Part B Selection/participation equation of the bivariate probit............. 204
Table 6.2 Weighting protocol steps ....................................................................... 207
Table 6.3 Weighted probit used to estimate propensity score for propensity score
matching................................................................................................................. 211
Table 6.5 Summary statistics for distribution of weighted propensity scores,
comparison group and SYETP............................................................................... 215
Figure 6.6 Kernel density plot of attrition weighted propensity scores, before
matching................................................................................................................. 216
Table 6.7 Matching results, single nearest neighbour with replacement, within
caliper, weighting the propensity with combined weights for attrition, non-response
and design .............................................................................................................. 217
Figure 6.8 Propensity Distribution after matching, 0.001 Caliper......................... 218
Table 6.9 Employment effects of Heckman versus PSM ...................................... 220
Table 7.1, Part A Employment equation from bivariate probit, showing effect of
standard error estimate........................................................................................... 225
Table 7.1, Part B Selection/participation equation of the bivariate probit, showing
effect of standard error estimate ............................................................................ 228
Table 7.2 summary of changes to exclusion restriction of Heckman specification235
Table 7.3 Weighted Probit used to estimate propensity score for propensity score
matching, exclude CEP referrals............................................................................ 238
Table 7.4 Summary of distribution of propensity, exclude CEP referrals............. 241
Table 7.5 Matching results, Single nearest neighbour with replacement, within
caliper, weighting the propensity with combined weights: vary specification...... 242
Table 7.6 Weighted Probit used to estimate propensity score for propensity score
matching, new specification................................................................................... 249
Table 7.7 Summary of distribution of propensity, new specification.................... 251
Figure 7.8 Histograms of the propensity scores for the new specification............ 251
Figure 7.9 Kernel densities of the propensities estimated for new specification... 252
Table A2.0a Univariate probit for employment in 1986, as estimated in the bivariate
probit replication of Richardson (1998)................................................................. 264
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