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174 The greatest effect of the weight on the profile is for those interviewed in Queensland in 1984. It seems that slightly lower response or selection was associated with individuals in Queensland.
175 Table 5.6: Effect of selection/response weight on 1984 survey respondents Mean 1984 unadjusted profile 1984 weighted to sampled population profile Age at 1984 survey 20.00 19.88 Gender=female 0.41 0.39 Work limited by health 1984 0.11 0.11 Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander 0.03 0.04 Other ethnic minority 0.08 0.08 Married 1984 0.11 0.11 State interviewed in 1984 Victoria 0.24 0.24 Queensland 0.14 0.16 South Australia/Northern Territory 0.11 0.10 Western Australia/Tasmania 0.12 0.11 New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory 0.39 0.39 Area of residence in 1984 Capital city 0.49 0.49 Other city 0.23 0.23 Country town 0.21 0.22 Rural area 0.06 0.06 Highest qualification in 1984 Degree/diploma 0.11 0.11 Apprenticeship 0.08 0.07 Other post-school qualification 0.07 0.07 Year 12 of school 0.16 0.15 Year 11 of school 0.13 0.13 Year 10 of school 0.31 0.31 Year 9 of school 0.14 0.14 Average recorded Pre-June 1984 unemployment 120 0.63 0.62 Observations 2368 2368 NOTE 1: for a 0-1 indicator variable, the mean gives the proportion. For example, the mean in the population, column 1, for gender=female is the proportion of females in the population. 120 Average recorded Pre-June 1984 unemployment is missing for 27 observations, and has a base of 2341.
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i Evaluation of the Australian Wage
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v Declaration I hereby declare that
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in method and assumptions. The orth
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3.3 Data and variables used for est
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List of Tables and Figures Figure 1
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xv Abstract The job subsidy Special
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1 1: Wage subsidy theory and evalua
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3 programs of providing benefits an
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11 Real Wage Employment Figure 1.1:
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13 are two types of unemployment, s
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17 Vella (1998), Heckman, Lalonde a
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25 Table 1.3 collects together some
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27 Table 1.3 Brief overview of rece
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39 differences in characteristics t
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41 Matching methods are theoretical
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43 2.2 SYETP implementation As SYET
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45 In July1978, the subsidy was cal
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47 In January 1979, variations were
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49 benefits were paid at a slightly
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51 2.2.3 SYETP operation Earlier re
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55 Award Conditions for employment
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57 Harris (2001) claims that during
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59 display boards listed details of
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63 to the end of the 1980’s. An o
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69 training, can provide a form of
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73 provisions for SYETP and extende
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75 withdrawals occurred at similar
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77 Table 2.17 State usage of progra
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79 2.3.1 Stretton (1982, 1984) 53 S
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89 Table 2.21 Richardson (1998) Est
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91 2.3.5 General discussion Some ge
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93 Controlling for differences in i
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99 suitability of the underlying as
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101 Heckman, Lalonde and Smith (199
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103 effect on employment relative t
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105 Table 3.1, Part A Employment eq
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107 (-1.80) (-1.80) Tradesperson -0
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109 duration of Pre-June 1984 unemp
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111 4: Study 2 Propensity score mat
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113 Propensity score matching provi
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115 4.2 Propensity score matching m
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117 covariates that influence the a
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119 (7) E(Y c | D=1) = E P(X) {E[Y
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121 For CIA to be plausible, a ‘r
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Page 199 and 200: 183 5.6.1.2 Effects of the non-resp
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Page 217 and 218: 201 Table 6.1, part A Employment eq
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Page 221 and 222: 205 CEP referrals 1984 0.143* 0.128
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225 Table 7.1, Part A Employment eq
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227 (1.26) (1.28) (1.16) Mothers oc
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229 Other Post-School qualification
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231 7.1.2 Exclusion restriction in
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235 Table 7.2 summary of changes to
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237 schooling that was statisticall
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239 (0.25) (0.21) 3 years + -0.50 -
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241 Table 7.4 Summary of distributi
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243 7.2.2 Propensity score matching
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249 Table 7.6 Weighted Probit used
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251 Table 7.7 Summary of distributi
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253 8: Summary and Conclusions The
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255 over which it ran, the review m
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257 the Heckman and PSM methods wer
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261 Description Derivation and deta
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2 years 0.28 0.07 (1.70) (1.70) 3 y
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273 Table A2.1 Continued Means and
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289 Table A2.6 Part A Employment eq
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