An exercise to evaluate an anti-poverty program with multiple outcomes using program evaluation

To measure the effectiveness of programs with multiple outcomes, I combine multidimensional poverty measures with difference-in-difference matching estimators. I apply this technique on an anti-poverty program and show it is a more comprehensive measure of poverty reduction than a unidimensional measure.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Tonmoy Islam, T.M.
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 122.2014, 2, p. 365-369
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Program evaluation \| Multidimensional poverty index

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	I31 - General Welfare; Basic Needs; Quality of Life ; I32 - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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