In this paper we investigate the size of the consumption drop in Russia We use micro data on the household consumption of food and non-durables collected during the survey of household welfare and participation in social programs (NOBUS) We use the regression discontinuity design and impose an...

This essay presents a brief review of the theory and empirical implementation of the discontinuity design for estimation of treatment effects of programs. Using published studies as examples, we consider the main difficulties in applications of the discontinuity design in practice and...