Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/224026 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 13584
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
How well do program participants assess program performance ex-post? In this paper we compare participant evaluations based on survey responses to econometric impact estimates obtained using data from the experimental evaluation of the U.S. Job Training Partnership Act. We have two main findings: First, the participant evaluations are unrelated to the econometric impact estimates. Second, the participant evaluations do covary with impact proxies such as service intensity, outcome levels, and before-after outcome differences. Our results suggest that program participants behave as 'lay scientists' who seek to estimate the impact of the program but face cognitive challenges in doing so.
Subjects: 
program evaluation
participant evaluation
surveys
JEL: 
I28
J24
C83
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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