Spatial decentralization and program evaluation: Theory and an example from Indonesia

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This paper proposes a novel instrumental variable method for program evaluation that only requires a single cross-section of data on the spatial intensity of programs and outcomes. The instruments are derived from a simple theoretical model of government decision-making in which governments are responsive to the attributes of places and their populations, rather than to the attributes of individuals, in making allocation decisions across space, and have a social welfare function that is spatially weakly separable, that is, that the budgeting process is multi-stage with respect to administrative districts and sub-districts. The spatial instrumental variables model is then estimated and tested by GMM with a single cross-section of Indonesian census data. The results offer support to the identification strategy proposed.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 5208

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions ; Publicly Provided Goods: Mixed Markets ; Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; Econometric Modeling: General
• Thema: spatial decentralization, program evaluation, instrumental variables, Indonesia ; Regionalpolitik ; Dezentralisierung ; Wirkungsanalyse ; Theorie ; Instrumentalvariablen-Schätzmethode ; Schätzung ; Indonesien

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Pitt, Mark M. ; Menon, Nidhiya
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (wo): Bonn
• (wann): 2010

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/45999
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ