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Propensity Score Matching and Policy Impact Analysis : A Demonstration in EViews

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dc.contributor.authorEssama-Nssah, B.
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-21T21:18:34Z
dc.date.available2012-06-21T21:18:34Z
dc.date.issued2006-04
dc.description.abstractEffective development policymaking creates a need for reliable methods of assessing effectiveness. There should be, therefore, an intimate relationship between effective policymaking and impact analysis. The goal of a development intervention defines the metric by which to assess its impact, while impact evaluation can produce reliable information on which policymakers may base decisions to modify or cancel ineffective programs and thus make the most of limited resources. This paper reviews the logic of propensity score matching (PSM) and, using data on the National Support Work Demonstration, compares that approach with other evaluation methods such as double difference, instrumental variable, and Heckman's method of selection bias correction. In addition, it demonstrates how to implement nearest-neighbor and kernel-based methods, and plot program incidence curves in E-Views. In the end, the plausibility of an evaluation method hinges critically on the correctness of the socioeconomic model underlying program design and implementation, and on the quality and quantity of available data. In any case, PSM can act as an effective adjuvant to other methods.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/04/6708043/propensity-score-matching-policy-impact-analysis-demonstration-eviews
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3877
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/8730
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 3877
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectALGORITHMS
dc.subjectCOMPARISON GROUPS
dc.subjectCOMPUTATION
dc.subjectCOUNTERFACTUAL
dc.subjectDESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
dc.subjectDUMMY VARIABLES
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectESTIMATORS
dc.subjectEVALUATION METHODS
dc.subjectIMPACT ANALYSIS
dc.subjectIMPACT EVALUATION
dc.subjectIMPACT INDICATORS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME GAINS
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES
dc.subjectINTERVENTION
dc.subjectINTERVENTIONS
dc.subjectMATCHING METHODS
dc.subjectMAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION
dc.subjectMISSING DATA
dc.subjectNONLINEARITY
dc.subjectORTHOGONALITY
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPROBABILITY
dc.subjectPROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS
dc.subjectPROGRAMS
dc.subjectPROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING
dc.subjectRANDOMIZATION
dc.subjectRATE OF CHANGE
dc.subjectREGRESSION ANALYSIS
dc.subjectRESEARCH WORKING PAPERS
dc.subjectSAMPLE SELECTION
dc.subjectSAMPLE SIZE
dc.subjectSELECTION BIAS
dc.subjectSOCIAL EXPERIMENTS
dc.subjectSTANDARD DEVIATION
dc.subjectTREATMENT EFFECTS
dc.subjectEVIEWS
dc.subjectDOUBLE DIFFERENCE
dc.subjectIMPACT ANALYSIS
dc.subjectINSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES
dc.subjectKERNEL FUNCTION
dc.subjectMATCHING
dc.subjectPROPENSITY SCORE
dc.subjectSAMPLE SELECTION
dc.titlePropensity Score Matching and Policy Impact Analysis : A Demonstration in EViewsen
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okr.crossref.titlePropensity Score Matching And Policy Impact Analysis - A Demonstration In Eviews
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okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/04/6708043/propensity-score-matching-policy-impact-analysis-demonstration-eviews
okr.globalpracticeEducation
okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.guid802731468135581892
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3877
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000012009_20060405111629
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum6708043
okr.identifier.reportWPS3877
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okr.topicStatistical and Mathematical Sciences
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Impact Evaluation
okr.topicPoverty Monitoring and Analysis
okr.topicScientific Research and Science Parks
okr.topicScience Education
okr.topicEducation
okr.topicScience and Technology Development
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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