Outputs (4)

Using double-debiased machine learning to estimate the impact of Covid-19 vaccination on mortality and staff absences in elderly care homes (2024)
Journal Article
Girma, S., & Paton, D. (2024). Using double-debiased machine learning to estimate the impact of Covid-19 vaccination on mortality and staff absences in elderly care homes. European Economic Review, 170, Article 104882. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2024.104882

Machine learning approaches provide an alternative to traditional fixed effects estimators in causal inference. In particular, double-debiased machine learning (DDML) can control for confounders without making subjective judgements about appropriate... Read More about Using double-debiased machine learning to estimate the impact of Covid-19 vaccination on mortality and staff absences in elderly care homes.

Covid-19 Vaccines As a Condition of Employment: Impact on Uptake, Staffing, and Mortality in Elderly Care Homes (2023)
Journal Article
Girma, S., & Paton, D. (2024). Covid-19 Vaccines As a Condition of Employment: Impact on Uptake, Staffing, and Mortality in Elderly Care Homes. Management Science, 70(5), 2882-2899. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.4832

Laws mandating vaccination against Covid-19 as a condition of employment in health and care sectors were commonplace during the pandemic. Using weekly data at the local authority level, we examine the impact of the vaccine mandate for elderly care ho... Read More about Covid-19 Vaccines As a Condition of Employment: Impact on Uptake, Staffing, and Mortality in Elderly Care Homes.

Is assisted suicide a substitute for unassisted suicide? (2022)
Journal Article
Girma, S., & Paton, D. (2022). Is assisted suicide a substitute for unassisted suicide?. European Economic Review, 145, Article 104113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2022.104113

Posner hypothesised that the legalisation of assisted suicide may substitute for unassisted (unregulated) suicide. We test predictions arising from this hypothesis using data from US states that have legalised assisted suicide. Event study regression... Read More about Is assisted suicide a substitute for unassisted suicide?.

The Wage and Employment Consequences of Ownership Change (2013)
Journal Article
Amess, K., Girma, S., & Wright, M. (2014). The Wage and Employment Consequences of Ownership Change. Managerial and Decision Economics, 35(2), 161-171. https://doi.org/10.1002/mde.2650

This paper provides a comparative examination of the consequences of leveraged buyouts (LBOs) and corporate takeovers on employment growth and wage growth. Employing both difference-in-differences combined with propensity score matching and the contr... Read More about The Wage and Employment Consequences of Ownership Change.