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Policy Evaluation Difference-in-Differences

Policy Evaluation DiD applies the difference-in-differences estimator specifically to assess the causal impact of government programs, regulations, or policy reforms. It compares outcome changes in a group exposed to the policy against a comparable untreated group, before and after the policy took effect, isolating the net policy effect from pre-existing trends and time-common shocks.

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Difference-in-Differences for Policy Evaluation
Taxonomic method record · regression-model / causal-inference
  • Imbens, G. W., & Wooldridge, J. M. (2009). Recent Developments in the Econometrics of Program Evaluation. Journal of Economic Literature, 47(1), 5-86. · DOI 10.1257/jel.47.1.5
  • Heckman, J. J., LaLonde, R. J., & Smith, J. A. (1999). The Economics and Econometrics of Active Labor Market Programs. In O. Ashenfelter & D. Card (Eds.), Handbook of Labor Economics, Vol. 3A (pp. 1865-2097). Elsevier. · DOI 10.1016/S1573-4463(99)03012-6
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