In this second edition of Counterfactuals and Causal Inference, completely revised and
expanded, the essential features of the counterfactual approach to observational data …

International migrant remittances can increase household budget and reduce liquidity
constraint problems, generating consumption and investment opportunities for recipient …

It is often said that youth are society's future; individuals need to prepare and nurture them if
they desire that future to be bright and productive. Yet, with the spotlight currently on slow …

This paper investigates dynamic effects of remittances on households' poverty and income
distribution. Using state-of-the-art matching techniques, we measure impacts based on …

Recent labour market research has shown that a good education comprises investment in
both cognitive and non-cognitive skills. We examine the impact of a long-term programme …

Standard economic models suggest that individuals participate in migration to improve their
well-being, whether those decisions are made at the individual or the household level …

Pay for performance (P4P) incentives for physicians are generally designed as additional
payments that can be paired with any existing payment mechanism such as a salary, fee‐for …

This paper studies the effects of occupational licensing in Canada on the earnings of
immigrants and non-immigrants. The econometric model is estimated for immigrants and …

Using a sample of banks from 56 countries, this paper investigates the lending behavior of
government banks during the crisis of 2008, and its association with bank performance and …

In this paper, we estimate wage gains due to geographic mobility of Italian university
graduates three years after graduation. By means of a matching procedure we quantify …