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Type: Journal Articles Authors: Richard Blundell and Monica Costa Dias ISSN: Print: 0143-5671 Online: 1475-5890
Published in: Fiscal Studies, Vol. 21, No. 4, December 2000
Volume, issue, pages: Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 427-468
This paper presents a review of non-experimental methods for the evaluation of social programmes. We consider matching and selection methods and analyse each for cross-section, repeated cross-section and longitudinal data. The methods are assessed drawing on evidence from labour market programmes in the UK and in the US. Search |

