Ineligibles and eligible non-participants as a double comparison group in regression-discontinuity designs

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 715-730

  Battistin, Erich ^a,b   Rettore, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Programme evaluation; Second comparison group; Specification tests; Treatment effects

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE MATRIX; SPECIFICATIONS;

PROGRAMME EVALUATION; SECOND COMPARISON GROUP; SPECIFICATION TESTS; TREATMENT EFFECTS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 36849087313     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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