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Randomized control trials in an imperfect world

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  • Zahra Siddique

    (University of Reading, UK, and IZA, Germany)

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Randomized control trials (RCTs) have become increasingly important as an evidence-based method to evaluate interventions such as government programs and policy initiatives. Frequently, however, RCTs are characterized by "imperfect compliance," in that not all the subjects who are randomly assigned to take a treatment choose to do so. This could result in a failure to identify the treatment effect, or the impact of the treatment on the population. However, useful information on treatment effectiveness can still be recovered by estimating "bounds," or a range of values in which treatment effectiveness can lie.

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  • Zahra Siddique, 2014. "Randomized control trials in an imperfect world," IZA World of Labor, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), pages 110-110, December.
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    Keywords

    experiments; field experiments; treatment effects; bound analysis;
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    • C83 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Survey Methods; Sampling Methods

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