Recent developments in the econometrics of program evaluation

Journal of Economic Literature

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-86

  Imbens, Guido W ^b   Wooldridge, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 64849112179     PISSN: 00220515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jel.47.1.5     Document Type: Article

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