An evaluation of the performance of regression discontinuity design on PROGRESA
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- Buddelmeyer, Hielke & Skoufias, Emmanuel, 2003. "An Evaluation of the Performance of Regression Discontinuity Design on PROGRESA," IZA Discussion Papers 827, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
Scientific Research&Science Parks; Public Health Promotion; Health Monitoring&Evaluation; Housing&Human Habitats; Anthropology; Scientific Research&Science Parks; Science Education; VN-Acb Mis -- IFC-00535908; Health Monitoring&Evaluation; Housing&Human Habitats;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
- I32 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2004-08-31 (Development)
- NEP-ECM-2004-08-31 (Econometrics)
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