Program evaluation and random program starts

Peter Fredriksson, Per Johansson

This paper discusses the evaluation problem using observational data when the timing of treatment is an outcome of a stochastic process. We show that, without additional assumptions, it is not possible to estimate the average treatment effect and treatment on the treated. It is, however, possible to estimate the effect of treatment on the treated up to a certain time point. We propose an estimator to estimate this effect and show that it is possible to test for an average treatment effect.

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Year of publication:	January 2003
Authors:	Fredriksson, Peter ; Johansson, Per-Olov
Publisher:	Munich : CESifo, Center for Economic Studies & Ifo Institute
Subject:	treatment effects \| dynamic treatment assignment \| program evaluation \| method of matching \| treatment effect \| Projektbewertung \| Project evaluation \| Mikroökonometrie \| Microeconometrics \| Theorie \| Theory \| Matching

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 34 Seiten) Illustrationen
Series:	CESifo working papers. - München : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 2364-1428, ZDB-ID 2065232-X. - Vol. no. 844
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/76279 [Handle]
Classification:	C14 - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods ; C41 - Duration Analysis
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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