Handbook on impact evaluation : quantitative methods and practices /

Public programs are designed to reach certain goals and beneficiaries. Methods to understand whether such programs actually work, as well as the level and nature of impacts on intended beneficiaries, are main themes of this book. Has the Grameen Bank, for example, succeeded in lowering consumption p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Khandker, Shahidur R.
Otros Autores: Koolwal, Gayatri B., Samad, Hussain A., 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2010.
Colección:World Bank e-Library.
Temas:
Economic development projects > Evaluation.
Economic assistance > Evaluation.
Program Evaluation > methods
Projets de développement économique > Évaluation.
Aide économique > Évaluation.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
Economic assistance > Evaluation
Economic development projects > Evaluation
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Methods and Practices
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Basic Issues of Evaluation
  • 3. Randomization
  • 4. Propensity Score Matching
  • 5. Double Difference
  • 6. Instrumental Variable Estimation
  • 7. Regression Discontinuity and Pipeline Methods
  • 8. Measuring Distributional Program Effects
  • 9. Using Economic Models to Evaluate Policies
  • 10. Conclusions
  • pt. 2. Stata Exercises
  • 11. Introduction to Stata
  • 12. Randomized Impact Evaluation
  • 13. Propensity Score Matching Technique
  • 14. Double-Difference Method
  • 15. Instrumental Variable Method
  • 16. Regression Discontinuity Design
  • Answers to Chapter Questions
  • Appendix. Programs and .do Files for Chapter 12-16 Exercises.

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