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A Brief Introduction to Encouragement Design Methodology
Alexis Diamond (IFC & Harvard), & Jens Hainmueller (Harvard & IFC)
September 2007.
Encouragement designs are attracting renewed attention because they are rigorous, randomization-based frameworks for evaluation that do not require denial of treatment to a control group. This brief paper explains how this design works using simple language and examples from business enabling environment and access to finance programs.
Synthetic Control Methods for Comparative Case Studies
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Technical Working Paper
Alberto Abadie (Harvard & NBER), Alexis Diamond (IFC & Harvard), & Jens Hainmueller (Harvard & IFC). June 2007.
This paper describes a quantitative method of program evaluation specifically designed for cases in which an event or intervention (e.g., a legal reform, or a business-enabling environment project) is experienced by a city, state, or country. Examples include estimating the effect of a California smoking ban, and the effect of German reunification on West German GDP. Winner, 2007 Gosnell Prize, for best methodology paper by the American Political Science Association. |
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