Making the Most out of Programme Evaluations and Social Experiments : Accounting for Heterogeneity in Programme Impacts

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 487-535

  Heckman, James J ^a   Smith, Jeffrey ^a   Clements, Nancy ^a  

^a NONE

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; SOCIAL PLANNING;

EID: 0031428553     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2971729     Document Type: Article

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