Econometría de evaluación de impacto

In recent years the program evaluation methods have become very popular in applied microeconomics. However, the variety of these methods responds to specific problems, which are normally determined by the data available and the impact the researcher tries to measure. This paper summarizes the main m...

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Autor: García Núñez, Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Perú
Institución:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/2676
Acceso en línea:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/economia/article/view/2676
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Causal Inference
Program Evaluation
Regression Discontinuity
Instrumental Variables
Matching
Inferencia Causal
Evaluación de Programas
Regresión Discontinua
Variables Instrumentales
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Sumario:In recent years the program evaluation methods have become very popular in applied microeconomics. However, the variety of these methods responds to specific problems, which are normally determined by the data available and the impact the researcher tries to measure. This paper summarizes the main methods in the current literature, emphasizing the assumptions under which the average treatment effect and the average treatment effect on the treated are identified. Additionally, after each section I briefly present some applications of these methods. This document is a didactic presentation for advanced students in economics and applied researchers who wish to learn the basics of these techniques