S23-S3 Counterfactual Methods for Regional Policy Evaluation
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Special Sessions
| Wednesday, August 30, 2017 |
| 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
| AB A2 (0002) |
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Conveners: Elena Ragazzi, Marco Mariani, Lisa Sella / Chair: Elena Ragazzi
Speaker
Dr. Matthias Brachert
Halle Institute For Economic Research
Identifying the effects of place-based policies – Causal evidence from Germany
Author(s) - Presenters are indicated with (p)
Matthias Brachert (p), Mirko Titze, Eva Dettmann
Discussant for this paper
Marco Mariani
Abstract
The German government provides discretionary investment grants to structurally weak regions to reduce regional disparities. We use a regression discontinuity design that exploits an exogenous discrete jump in the probability of receiving investment grants, to identify the causal effects of the investment grant on regional outcomes. We find positive effects for regional gross value-added and productivity growth, but no effects for employment and gross wage growth.
Prof. Laura Resmini
Associate Professor
Università di Milano Bicocca - DiSEADE
Dr. Marco Mariani
Senior Researcher
IRPET
