Matching As An Econometric Evaluation Estimator: Evidence from Evaluating a Job Training Programme
匹配作为计量评估估计量:职业培训项目的证据
This paper considers whether it is possible to devise a nonexperimental procedure for evaluating a prototypical job training programme. Using rich nonexperimental data, we examine the performance of a two-stage evaluation methodology that (a) estimates the probability that a person participates in a programme and (b) uses the estimated probability in extensions of the classical method of matching. We decompose the conventional measure of programme evaluation bias into…