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Table 2 Balancing test for the estimation of treatment effects a,b

From: Short-term training programs for immigrants in the German welfare system: do effects differ from natives and why?

  

p >.1

p >.05

p >.01

#

Aptitude tests

Quarter 1

Natives

28

31

35

37

 

Immigrants

66

70

72

74

Quarter 2

Natives

50

54

56

58

 

Immigrants

36

36

38

40

Quarter 3

Natives

36

37

38

38

 

Immigrants

66

67

68

74

Quarter 4

Natives

30

31

33

35

 

Immigrants

45

48

53

55

Job search training

Quarter 1

Natives

58

61

63

65

 

Immigrants

51

54

59

66

Quarter 2

Natives

41

42

45

46

 

Immigrants

73

74

77

80

Quarter 3

Natives

23

24

24

26

 

Immigrants

/

/

/

/

Quarter 4

Natives

/

/

/

/

 

Immigrants

/

/

/

/

Skill provision

Quarter 1

Natives

48

51

52

54

 

Immigrants

55

55

60

62

Quarter 2

Natives

33

36

37

42

 

Immigrants

34

35

37

39

Quarter 3

Natives

57

58

61

68

 

Immigrants

32

32

32

33

Quarter 4

Natives

45

49

52

55

 

Immigrants

53

56

58

59

Combined training programs

Quarter 1

Natives

51

55

56

62

 

Immigrants

76

77

80

83

Quarter 2

Natives

50

53

54

57

 

Immigrants

43

43

44

44

Quarter 3

Natives

34

36

37

38

 

Immigrants

27

28

28

31

Quarter 4

Natives

36

36

38

39

 

Immigrants

/

/

/

/

  1. aFigures denote number of regressors for which the balancing test was passed on the respective significance level indicated by column. The number of regressors included in the respective propensity score specification is presented in column #.
  2. b/ indicates that the number of treated individuals in the respective cell was too low to estimate treatment effects.