Handbook on Impact Evaluation: Quantitative Methods and Practices
Year: 2009
Type: book
Abstract: This handbook "provides a practice and comprehensive overview of the latest methods for evaluating public programs, targeted toward researchers as well as policy makers. This book bridges the latest econometric research on impact evaluation with the field experience of program officials and evaluators. Experimental and nonexperimental approaches for designing and evaluating programs are covered, as well as methods for examinig distributional and structural impacts of programs. Discussions and recent case studies are presented for each chapter that draw on the practical experience of progam officials and researchers in implementing different initiatives, including policies on schooling, microfinance, health, and infrastructure." -- Back cover.
Language: English
Subfield: Statistics and Probability
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3108226336