This chapter relates the literature on the econometric evaluation of social programs to the literature in statistics on … “causal inference”. In it, we develop a general evaluation framework that addresses well-posed economic questions and analyzes … causality that build on Cowles Commission econometrics. These models anticipate and extend the literature on causal inference in …

explain the need for evaluation on the micro- and macroeconomic level, introduce the fundamental evaluation problem and … solutions to it, give an overview of the newer developments in evaluation literature and finally take a look on empirical …

approach should create the possibilities of current state observation, progress evaluation and forecasts formulation. The … schools) up to tertiary education institutions. The evaluation of education quality and accessibility ought to be associated …

evaluation of social programs. The marginal treatment effect is a choice-theoretic parameter that can be interpreted as a … marginal treatment effect. All of the estimation methods used in the applied evaluation literature, such as matching …

This paper reviews the main identification and estimation strategies for microeconomic policy evaluation. Particular …