Programme evaluation with multiple treatments

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-224

  Frölich, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Covariate adjustment; Difference in difference; Evaluation; Matching; Treatment effect; Unobservables

Indexed keywords

LABOR POLICY; PLANNING METHOD; POLICY ANALYSIS; TRAINING;

EID: 16544392197     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0950-0804.2004.00001.x     Document Type: Article

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