Econometric Methods for Program Evaluation

Program evaluation methods are widely applied in economics to assess the effects of policy interventions and other treatments of interest. In this article, we describe the main methodological frameworks of the econometrics of program evaluation. In the process, we delineate some of the directions al...

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Main Authors: Abadie, Alberto (Author), Cattaneo, Matias D. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Annual Reviews, 2021-01-20T19:55:43Z.
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