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MPA513: Program Planning and Evaluation: Research Designs

Experimental Designs

Natural Experiments

Rich et al (2015), Differences in Birth Weight Associated with the 2008 Beijing Olympic Air Pollution Reduction: Results from a Natural Experiment, Environmental Health Perspectives.
Angrist & Lavy (1999), Using Maimonides' Rule to Estimate the Effect of Class Size on Scholastic Achievement, QJE.

Example Evaluation of EPA Wastewise Program

EPA Wastewise Program - Evaluation

Regression Discontinuity

Illustration of a Regression Discontinuity Design

Difference-in-Difference

Difference-in-Difference Estimation

Interrupted Time-Series

Gene v. Glass, pg. 4

Further Reading...

Impact Evaluation in Practice (from the World Bank) by Paul J. Gertler; Sebastian Martinez; Patrick Premand; Laura B. Rawlings; Christel Vermeersch; World Bank Staff
ISBN: 9781464807794
Publication Date: 2016-09-12