An Evaluation of the Performance of Regression Discontinuity Design on PROGRESA
While providing the most reliable method of evaluating social programs, randomized experiments in developing and developed countries alike are accompanied by political risks and ethical issues that jeopardize the chances of adopting them. In this...
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okr-10986-141532021-04-23T14:03:21Z An Evaluation of the Performance of Regression Discontinuity Design on PROGRESA Buddelmeyer, Hielke Skoufias, Emmanuel DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ESTIMATORS ETHICS EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS EXPERIMENTAL IMPACT ESTIMATES EXPERIMENTATION EXPERIMENTS FAMILIES GENDER GIRLS HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL INHABITANTS INTERVENTION LABOR MARKETS MEDIA MOTHERS NUTRITION PARENTS RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS RURAL COMMUNITIES SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL RESEARCH URBAN AREAS VILLAGES WEIGHT YOUTH TREATMENT EFFECTS While providing the most reliable method of evaluating social programs, randomized experiments in developing and developed countries alike are accompanied by political risks and ethical issues that jeopardize the chances of adopting them. In this paper the authors use a unique data set from rural Mexico collected for the purposes of evaluating the impact of the PROGRESA poverty alleviation program to examine the performance of a quasi-experimental estimator, the Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD). Using as a benchmark the impact estimates based on the experimental nature of the sample, we examine how estimates differ when we use the RDD as the estimator for evaluating program impact on two key indicators: child school attendance and child work. Overall the performance of the RDD was remarkably good. The RDD estimates of program impact agreed with the experimental estimates in 10 out of the 12 possible cases. The two cases in which the RDD method failed to reveal any significant program impact on the school attendance of boys and girls were in the first year of the program (round 3). RDD estimates comparable to the experimental estimates were obtained when we used as a comparison group children from non-eligible households in the control localities. 2013-06-24T18:29:35Z 2013-06-24T18:29:35Z 2004-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/5114458/evaluation-performance-regression-discontinuity-design-progresa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14153 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.3386 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Mexico |
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DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ESTIMATORS ETHICS EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS EXPERIMENTAL IMPACT ESTIMATES EXPERIMENTATION EXPERIMENTS FAMILIES GENDER GIRLS HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL INHABITANTS INTERVENTION LABOR MARKETS MEDIA MOTHERS NUTRITION PARENTS RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS RURAL COMMUNITIES SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL RESEARCH URBAN AREAS VILLAGES WEIGHT YOUTH TREATMENT EFFECTS |
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DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ESTIMATORS ETHICS EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS EXPERIMENTAL IMPACT ESTIMATES EXPERIMENTATION EXPERIMENTS FAMILIES GENDER GIRLS HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL INHABITANTS INTERVENTION LABOR MARKETS MEDIA MOTHERS NUTRITION PARENTS RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS RURAL COMMUNITIES SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL RESEARCH URBAN AREAS VILLAGES WEIGHT YOUTH TREATMENT EFFECTS Buddelmeyer, Hielke Skoufias, Emmanuel An Evaluation of the Performance of Regression Discontinuity Design on PROGRESA |
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While providing the most reliable method
of evaluating social programs, randomized experiments in
developing and developed countries alike are accompanied by
political risks and ethical issues that jeopardize the
chances of adopting them. In this paper the authors use a
unique data set from rural Mexico collected for the purposes
of evaluating the impact of the PROGRESA poverty alleviation
program to examine the performance of a quasi-experimental
estimator, the Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD). Using
as a benchmark the impact estimates based on the
experimental nature of the sample, we examine how estimates
differ when we use the RDD as the estimator for evaluating
program impact on two key indicators: child school
attendance and child work. Overall the performance of the
RDD was remarkably good. The RDD estimates of program
impact agreed with the experimental estimates in 10 out of
the 12 possible cases. The two cases in which the RDD
method failed to reveal any significant program impact on
the school attendance of boys and girls were in the first
year of the program (round 3). RDD estimates comparable to
the experimental estimates were obtained when we used as a
comparison group children from non-eligible households in
the control localities. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Buddelmeyer, Hielke Skoufias, Emmanuel |
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Buddelmeyer, Hielke Skoufias, Emmanuel |
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Buddelmeyer, Hielke |
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An Evaluation of the Performance of Regression Discontinuity Design on PROGRESA |
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An Evaluation of the Performance of Regression Discontinuity Design on PROGRESA |
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An Evaluation of the Performance of Regression Discontinuity Design on PROGRESA |
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An Evaluation of the Performance of Regression Discontinuity Design on PROGRESA |
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An Evaluation of the Performance of Regression Discontinuity Design on PROGRESA |
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evaluation of the performance of regression discontinuity design on progresa |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/5114458/evaluation-performance-regression-discontinuity-design-progresa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14153 |
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