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100 1 0 _aChabé-Ferret, Sylvain
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700 1 0 _a Dupont-Courtade, Laura
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700 1 0 _a Treich, Nicolas
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245 0 0 _aEvaluating public policies: Randomised experiments and quasi-experimental methods
260 _c2017.
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520 _aIn this paper, we propose an introduction to experimental and quasi-experimental methods. The objective of these methods is to identify econometrically the causal effects of public policies. We present the concepts and the intuitions with the help of simple numerical examples, tables and figures, and without using advanced econometric techniques. We illustrate the discussion with some real world examples, including for instance the French Revenu de solidarité active (RSA – social inclusion benefit) policy, a dam construction project, professional training programmes and agro-environmental policies. We systematically discuss the main biases and possible problems associated with each method.
690 _aexperimental methods
690 _anatural experiments
690 _aevaluation of public policies
690 _aself-selection
690 _arandomisation
786 0 _nÉconomie & prévision | o 211-212 | 2 | 2017-12-18 | p. 1-34 | 0249-4744
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-economie-et-prevision-2017-2-page-1?lang=en
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