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Control groups for evaluation studies are mostly constructed by matching. Propensity score matching is the preferred method. With it a control group is constructed which has mean values of covariates close to that of the treated group. A summary statistic based on Cox regression was used when job centre schemes were evaluated. In that situation it is possible to use the centre of the covariates of the treatment group itself. This is elaborated here. Both methods are applied to a simulated data set mimicking the one which was used in the real evaluation.
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Schlittgen, R. (2015). Evaluation of Job Centre Schemes: Ideal Types Versus Statistical Twins. In: Beran, J., Feng, Y., Hebbel, H. (eds) Empirical Economic and Financial Research. Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics, vol 48. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03122-4_13
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