Statistical Tools for Program Evaluation Methods and Applications to Economic Policy, Public Health, and Education /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Josselin, Jean-Michel (Συγγραφέας), Le Maux, Benoît (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Θέματα: Public policy.; Public health.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Statistics.; Public finance.; Economics.; Public Economics.; Public Health.; Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance.; Public Policy.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.; Educational Policy and Politics.

This book provides a self-contained presentation of the statistical tools required for evaluating public programs, as advocated by many governments, the World Bank, the European Union, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. After introducing the methodological framework of pr...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Statistical Tools for Program Evaluation: introduction and overview
• Part I: Identifying the context of the program. Description of problems and needs, assessment of relationships among variables
• Sampling and construction of variables
• Descriptive statistics and interval estimation
• Measuring and visualizing associations
• Econometric analysis
• Estimation of welfare changes
• Part II: Ex ante evaluation. Assessment of different policy strategies that might solve the problems
• Financial appraisal
• Budget impact analysis
• Cost benefit analysis
• Cost effectiveness analysis
• Multi-criteria decision analysis
• Part III: Ex post evaluation. Assessment of the effects of a strategy after its implementation
• Follow-up by benchmarking
• Randomized controlled experiments
• Quasi-experiments.