Markus Frölich, Stefan Sperlich

Impact Evaluation

Treatment Effects and Causal Analysis

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Encompasses the main concepts and approaches of quantitative impact evaluations, used to consider the effectiveness of programmes, policies, projects or interventions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 169mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 856g
• ISBN-13: 9781107616066
• ISBN-10: 1107616069
• Artikelnr.: 53167137

Autorenporträt

Markus Frölich is Director of the Center for Evaluation and Development (C4ED), Professor of Econometrics at the Universität Mannheim, Germany and J-PAL Affiliate. He has twenty years of experience in impact evaluations, including the development of new econometric methods and numerous applied impact evaluations for organisations such as Green Climate Fund, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), International Labour Organization (ILO), UNICEF, World Food Programme (WFP), and the World Bank.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Basic definitions, assumptions, and randomized experiments
2. An introduction to nonparametric identification and estimation
3. Selection on observables: matching, regression and propensity score estimators
4. Selection on unobservables: nonparametric IV and structural equation approaches
5. Difference-in-differences estimation: selection on observables and unobservables
6. Regression discontinuity design
7. Distributional policy analysis and quantile treatment effects
8. Dynamic treatment evaluation.