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What Methods May Be Used in Impact Evaluations of Humanitarian Assistance?
Puri, Jyotsna - 2015
the extent to which scientific impact evaluation methods can provide evidence to improve the effectiveness and efficiency … drawing on real-life examples from the small but growing academic literature, we demonstrate how impact evaluation methods can … limited resources is a key challenge for humanitarian assistance and impact evaluation is one way of achieving this …
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Evaluation of Language Training Programs in Luxembourg Using Principal Stratification
Bia, Michela - 2018
In a world increasingly globalized, multiple language skills can create more employment opportunities. Several …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012906497
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Program Evaluation and Spillover Effects
Angelucci, Manuela - 2015
evaluation. The paper defines spillover effects and discusses why it is important to measure them. It explains how to design a … such that they explain the cause of these effects and whom they affect. Such an evaluation design is necessary to avoid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013023001
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What is at Stake Without High-Stakes Exams? Students' Evaluation and Admission to College at the Time of Covid-19
Arenas, Andreu; Calsamiglia, Caterina; Loviglio, Annalisa - 2021
The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 inhibited face-to-face education and constrained exam taking. In many countries worldwide, high-stakes exams happening at the end of the school year determine college admissions. This paper investigates the impact of using historical data of school and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315022
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School Responsiveness to Quality Rankings : An Empirical Analysis of Secondary Education in the Netherlands
Koning, Pierre - 2010
This paper analyzes the response of secondary schools to changes in their quality ratings. The current analysis is the first to address the impact of quality scores that have been published by a newspaper (Trouw), rather than public interventions. Our research design exploits the substantial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141751
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Alternative Approaches to Evaluation in Empirical Microeconomics
Blundell, Richard W.; Costa Dias, Monica - 2021
This paper reviews some of the most popular policy evaluation methods in empirical microeconomics: social experiments … evaluation literature. A workhorse simulation model of education returns is used throughout the paper to discuss and illustrate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324816
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Institutions and Economic Performance : What Can Be Explained?
Commander, Simon John - 2010
Institutions are now widely believed to be important in explaining performance. In this paper, we analyze whether commonly used measures of institutions have any significant, measurable impact on performance, whether of countries or firms. We look at three 'levels' of institutions and associated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136777
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Impact of Duration of Primary Education on School Outcomes : A Cross-Country Analysis
Diaz-Serrano, Luis - 2013
Using panel data for non-OECD countries covering the period 1970-2012, this paper analyzes the impact of the duration of primary education on school enrollment, drop-outs and completion rates. The empirical results show that for children in elementary school one additional grade of primary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071745
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Thresholds in the Process of International Financial Integration
Kose, M. Ayhan - 2009
The financial crisis has re-ignited the fierce debate about the merits of financial globalization and its implications for growth, especially for developing countries. The empirical literature has not been able to conclusively establish the presumed growth benefits of financial integration....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013160313
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Six-Country Survey on Covid-19
Belot, Michele - 2020
This paper presents a new data set collected on representative samples across 6 countries: China, South Korea, Japan, Italy, the UK and the four largest states in the US. The information collected relates to work and living situations, income, behavior (such as social-distancing, hand-washing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012834526