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References for The usefulness of experiments
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Further reading
- Gueron, J. M., Rolston, H. Fighting for Reliable Evidence. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2013.
- Heckman, J. J., Smith, J. A. "Assessing the case for social experiments." Journal of Economic Perspectives 9:2 (1995): 85–110.
- Rothstein, J., von Wachter, T. "Social experiments in the labor market." In: Banerjee, A., Duflo, E. (eds). Handbook of Economic Field Experiments, Volume 2. Amsterdam: North-Holland, 2017.
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Key references
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Barnow, B. "The impact of CETA
programs on earnings: A review of the literature." Journal of Human
Resources 22:2 (1987): 157–193. Key reference: [1]
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Burtless, G. "The case for
randomized field trials in economic and policy research." Journal of
Economic Perspectives 9:2 (1995): 63–84. Key reference: [2]
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Heckman, J. J., Smith, J. A. "The pre-programme
earnings dip and the determinants of participation in a social
programme: Implications for simple programme evaluation
strategies." Economic
Journal 109:457 (1999): 313–348. Key reference: [3]
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Heckman, J., Hohmann, N., Smith, J., Khoo, M. "Substitution and
dropout bias in social experiments: A study of an influential
social experiment." Quarterly Journal
of Economics 115:2 (2000): 651–694. Key reference: [4]
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Sianesi, B. "Evidence of
randomisation bias in a large-scale social experiment: The case
of ERA." Journal of
Econometrics 198:1 (2017): 41–64. Key reference: [5]
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Frölich, M., Lechner, M., Steiger, H. "Statistically
assisted programme selection—International experiences and
potential benefits for Switzerland." Swiss Journal of
Economics and Statistics 139:3 (2003): 311–331. Key reference: [6]
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Doolittle, F., Traeger, L. Implementing the
National JTPA Study. New York: Manpower Demonstration Research Corp, 1990. Key reference: [7]
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Lise, J., Seitz, S., Smith, J. Equilibrium Policy
Experiments and the Evaluation of Social Programs. NBER Working
Paper No.10283, 2004. Key reference: [8]
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Crépon, B., Duflo, E., Gurgand, M., Rathelot, R., Zamora, P. "Do labor market
policies have displacement effects? Evidence from a clustered
randomized experiment." Quarterly Journal
of Economics 128:2 (2013): 531–580. Key reference: [9]
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Djebbari, H., Smith, J. "Heterogeneous
impacts in PROGRESA." Journal of
Econometrics 145:1–2 (2008): 64–80. Key reference: [10]
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Black, D. A., Smith, J. A., Berger, M. C., Noel, B. J. "Is the threat of
reemployment services more effective than the services
themselves? Evidence from random assignment in the UI
system." American Economic
Review 93:4 (2003): 1313–1327. Key reference: [11]
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Burtless, G., Orr, L. "Are classical
experiments needed for manpower policy?" Journal of Human
Resources 21:4 (1986): 606–639. Key reference: [12]
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Barnow, B. "The impact of CETA
programs on earnings: A review of the literature." Journal of Human
Resources 22:2 (1987): 157–193.
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Additional References
- Barnow, B. S. "Setting up social experiments: The good, the bad and the ugly." Journal for Labour Market Research 43:2 (2010): 91–105.
- Deaton, A. "Instruments, randomization, and learning about development." Journal of Economic Literature 48:2 (2010): 424–455.
- Ferber, R., Hirsch, W. Social Experimentation and Economic Policy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982.
- Heckman, J. J. "Building bridges between structural and program evaluation approaches to evaluating policy." Journal of Economic Literature 48:2 (2010): 356–398.
- Heckman, J. J., LaLonde, R., Smith, J. "The economics and econometrics of active labor market programs." In: Ashenfelter, O., Layard, R., Card, D. (eds). Handbook of Labor Economics, Volume 3A. Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1999.
- Heckman, J. J., Smith, J. "The sensitivity of experimental impact estimates: Evidence from the national JTPA study." In: Blanchflower, D. G., Freeman , R. B. (eds). Youth Employment and Joblessness in Advanced Countries. Chicago: University of Chicago Press for NBER, 2000.
- Imbens, G. W. "Better LATE than nothing: Some comments on Deaton (2009) and Heckman and Urzua (2009)." Journal of Economic Literature 48:2 (2010): 399–423.
- Kline, P., Walters, C. R. "Evaluating public programs with close substitutes: The case of head start." Quarterly Journal of Economics 131:4 (2016): 1795–1848.
- Levitt, S. D., List, J. A. "Field experiments in economics: The past, the present, and the future." European Economic Review 53:1 (2009): 1–18.
- Orr, L. L. Social Experiments: Evaluating Public Programs with Experimental Methods. New York: Sage Publications, 1998.