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dc.contributor.authorSchlotter, Martinen
dc.contributor.authorSchwerdt, Guidoen
dc.contributor.authorWoessmann, Ludgeren
dc.date.accessioned2010-03-03-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T12:06:53Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T12:06:53Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/36206-
dc.description.abstractEducation policy-makers and practitioners want to know which policies and practices can best achieve their goals. But research that can inform evidence-based policy often requires complex methods to distinguish causation from accidental association. Avoiding econometric jargon and technical detail, this paper explains the main idea and intuition of leading empirical strategies devised to identify causal impacts and illustrates their use with real-world examples. It covers six evaluation methods: controlled experiments, lotteries of oversubscribed programs, instrumental variables, regression discontinuities, differences-in-differences, and panel-data techniques. Illustrating applications include evaluations of early-childhood interventions, voucher lotteries, funding programs for disadvantaged, and compulsory-school and tracking reforms.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x4725en
dc.subject.jelI20en
dc.subject.jelC01en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordCausal effectsen
dc.subject.keywordeducationen
dc.subject.keywordpolicy evaluationen
dc.subject.keywordnon-technical guideen
dc.subject.stwBildungspolitiken
dc.subject.stwWirkungsanalyseen
dc.subject.stwKausalanalyseen
dc.subject.stwÖkonometrieen
dc.titleEconometric methods for causal evaluation of education policies and practices: a non-technical guide-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn620125845en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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