I argue for thinking of program evaluation as a decision problem. In the context of California's GAIN experiment (a … is not statistically significant. I also argue for incorporating the post-evaluation assignment mechanism for the program … under consideration into the evaluation process. I show that if policies, such as allowing a career counselor to choose …

A standard methodology in program evaluation is to use time series variation to compare pre- and post-program outcomes … instability provide a flexible framework for testing a range of hypotheses commonly posed in program evaluation. These tests help … test of parameter instability is applied to the evaluation of the Boston Gun Project, a comprehensive effort to reduce …

The effect of evaluation on employee performance is traditionally studied in the context of the principal-agent problem …. Evaluation can, however, also be characterized as an investment in the evaluated employee's human capital. We study a sample of … mid-career public school teachers where we can consider these two types of evaluation effect separately. Employee …

advances in the estimation and evaluation of DSGE models, discusses current challenges, and provides avenues for future …