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Evaluating Effects of Developmental Education for College Students Using a Regression Discontinuity Design

Moss, Brian G.; Yeaton, William H. - In: Evaluation Review 37 (2013) 5, pp. 370-404

Background:Annually, American colleges and universities provide developmental education (DE) to millions of underprepared students; however, evaluation estimates of DE benefits have been mixed.Objectives:Using a prototypic exemplar of DE, our primary objective was to investigate the utility of a...

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Do Firms Benefit from Active Labour Market Policies?

Lechner, Michael; Scioch, Patrycja; Wunsch, Conny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This paper investigates the link between variation in the supply of workers who participate in specific types of active labour market policies (ALMPs) and firm performance using a new exceptionally informative German employer-employee data base. For identification we exploit that German local...

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Improving Generalizations From Experiments Using Propensity Score Subclassification

Tipton, Elizabeth - In: Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics 38 (2013) 3, pp. 239-266

As a result of the use of random assignment to treatment, randomized experiments typically have high internal validity. However, units are very rarely randomly selected from a well-defined population of interest into an experiment; this results in low external validity. Under nonrandom sampling,...

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Estimators for Clustered Education RCTs Using the Neyman Model for Causal Inference

Schochet, Peter Z. - In: Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics 38 (2013) 3, pp. 219-238

This article examines the estimation of two-stage clustered designs for education randomized control trials (RCTs) using the nonparametric Neyman causal inference framework that underlies experiments. The key distinction between the considered causal models is whether potential treatment and...

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The Welfare Impact of Land Redistribution: Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Initiative in Malawi

Mendola, Mariapia; Simtowe, Franklin - Dipartimento di Economia, Metodi Quantitativi e … - 2013

Even though land reform may be an effective means of reducing poverty, evidence on its causal effects is scant. This paper uses household panel data combined with a quasi- experimental program to assess the impact of a joint Malawi/World Bank land redistribution project on households’...

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Vouchers and caseworkers in training programs for the unemployed

Rinne, Ulf; Uhlendorff, Arne; Zhao, Zhong - In: Empirical Economics 45 (2013) 3, pp. 1089-1127

This paper studies the role of vouchers and caseworkers in training programs for the unemployed. We explore the unique features of the Hartz reform in Germany which simultaneously introduced training vouchers and imposed more selective criteria on participants. This allows us to go beyond the...

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Accreditation and standards-driven program evaluation: implications for program quality assurance and stakeholder professional development

Shawer, Saad - In: Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology 47 (2013) 5, pp. 2883-2913

This study evaluates a language education program and assesses the influence of this program evaluation on program … program evaluation improves program elements and faculty and program administration professional skills. The study therefore … recommends program evaluation as an effective program improvement strategy. Program evaluation is also an effective professional …

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The contextualist turn and schematics of institutional fit: Theory and a case study from Southern India

Lejano, Raul; Shankar, Savita - In: Policy Sciences 46 (2013) 1, pp. 83-102

The policy literature has long recognized the inherent need for a program to fit the unique conditions found in a certain context. We present a theory of institutional contextualism that focuses on the mechanisms by which actors adapt a policy design to fit a situation. We conceptualize...

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Family Planning and Women’s and Children’s Health: Long-Term Consequences of an Outreach Program in Matlab, Bangladesh

Joshi, Shareen; Schultz, T. - In: Demography 50 (2013) 1, pp. 149-180

We analyze the impact of an experimental maternal and child health and family planning program that was established in Matlab, Bangladesh, in 1977. Village data from 1974, 1982, and 1996 suggest that program villages experienced a decline in fertility of about 17 %. Household data from 1996...

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Workfare for the old and long-term unemployed

Bennmarker, Helge; Skans, Oskar Nordström; Vikman, Ulrika - In: Labour Economics 25 (2013) C, pp. 25-34

We estimate the effects of conditioning benefits on program participation among older long-term unemployed workers. We exploit a Swedish reform which reduced UI duration from 90 to 60weeks for a group of older unemployed workers in a setting where workers who exhausted their benefits received...

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