On the Contemporary History of Experimental Evaluations and Its Relevance for Policy Making

The Evidence Book: Concepts, Generating, and Use of Evidence Comparative Policy Evaluatioon, Volume 15

Volumn 15, Issue , 2017, Pages 11-26

  Leeuw, Frans L ^a,b  

^a Statistics and Information Center   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781351298049-8     Document Type: Chapter

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