Evaluation of Development Policy: Treatment versus Program Effects

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There is a growing interest, notably in development economics, in extending project evaluation methods to the evaluation of multiple interventions (“programs”). In program evaluations one is interested in the aggregate impact of a program rather than the effect on individual beneficiaries. In many situations randomized controlled trials cannot identify this impact. We propose a measure of program impact, the total program effect (TPE), which is a generalization of the treatment effect on the treated (ATET). We show how the TPE can be estimated.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper ; No. 09-073/2

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions ; Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models ; Project Analysis
• Thema: program evaluation ; randomized controlled trials ; policy evaluation ; treatment heterogeneity ; budget support ; sector-wide programs ; aid effectiveness ; Entwicklungshilfe ; Projektbewertung ; Entwicklungsfinanzierung ; Ökonomischer Anreiz ; Wirkungsanalyse ; Welt

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Elbers, Chris ; Gunning, Jan Willem
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Tinbergen Institute
• (wo): Amsterdam and Rotterdam
• (wann): 2009

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/86982
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ