Search Results - subject:"Comparison groups"

On Equal Footing: The Importance of Baseline Equivalence in Measuring Program Effectiveness

Avellar, Sarah A.; Thomas, Jaime - Mathematica Policy Research - 2014

How important is baseline equivalence for measuring a program's effectiveness? The Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE) team has created this new brief to explain why establishing baseline equivalence is critical for estimating the effect of a program.

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More on recent evidence on the effects of minimum wages in the United States

Neumark, David; Salas, J. M. Ian; Wascher, William - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-26

regarding some key issues regarding choosing comparison groups for estimating minimum wage effects. We explain these issues and …

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More on recent evidence on the effects of minimum wages in the United States

Neumark, David; Salas, J. M. Ian; Wascher, William L. - In: IZA journal of labor policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-26

regarding some key issues regarding choosing comparison groups for estimating minimum wage effects. We explain these issues and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010480173