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J‐PALEurope&EESCMay18th,2011
SocialExperimenta@oninAc@on
HélèneGiacobinoDirector
J‐PALEurope
SocialExperimenta@oninAc@on
HélèneGiacobinoDirector
J‐PALEurope
J‐PALEurope,EESC‐Brussels‐May18,2011
• Anetworkofresearchersatuniversi@esaroundtheworld
• Focusedonrandomizedevalua@ons
• Foundedin2003byEstherDufloandAbhijitBanerjee,MITProfessorsofEconomics
J‐PAL:JameelPovertyAc@onLab
• Rigor:producingclearresults,easytocommunicate
• Lessonlearning:findingthemosteffec@veprogramtoachieveapolicygoal
• Accountability:givingdonorsandpolicymakersevidencetoselectbe]erprograms
Improvepublicpolicies
Whyrandomizedevalua@ons?
• Whenweansweraprocessques@on,weneedtodescribewhathappened.
• Whenweansweranimpactques@on,weneedtocomparewhathappenedtowhatwouldhavehappenedwithouttheprogram
Howimpactdiffersfromprocess?
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• Whatwouldhavehappenedintheabsenceoftheprogram?
• Takethedifferencebetweenwhathappened(withtheprogram)…and
– whatwouldhavehappened(withouttheprogram)=IMPACToftheprogram
Howdeterminethe"impact"?
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Randomassignmentintotwogroups
Randomassignmentintothetreatmentorcomparisongroup
2006
Average test scores
1000
500
0
1457 1442
Treatment Comparison
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BasedonOrr(1999)
TargetPopulation
Not in evaluation
Sample Population
Random Assignment
Treatment Group
Control Group
Basicsetupofarandomizedevalua@on