Alternative Approaches to Evaluation in Empirical Microeconomics
Alternative Approaches to Evaluation in Empirical Microeconomics
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DOI：
10.1353/jhr.2009.0009
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发表时间：
2009-06-01
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5.2
通讯作者：
Dias, Monica Costa
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作者：
Blundell, Richard;Dias, Monica Costa
本文回顾了经验微观经济学中最流行的几种政策评估方法：社会实验、自然实验。匹配、工具变量、不连续性设计。和控制功能。它讨论了传统上使用的平均参数和更复杂的分布参数的识别。充分性，假设和数据要求的每种方法进行了讨论，从教育和就业政策评估文献的经验证据。一个主力的教育和收入的模拟模型在整个文件中使用，讨论和说明每种方法。完整的STATA数据集和do文件可在网上免费获得，并可用于重现所有估算结果。
This paper reviews some of the most popular policy evaluation methods in empirical microeconomics: social experiments, natural experiments. matching, instrumental variables, discontinuity design. and control functions. It discusses identification of traditionally used average parameters and more complex distributional parameters. The adequacy, assumptions, and data requirements of each approach are discussed, drawing on empirical evidence from the education and employment policy evaluation literature. A workhorse simulation model of education and earnings is used throughout the paper to discuss and illustrate each approach. The full set of STATA data sets and do files are available free online and can be used to reproduce all estimation results.