TY  - JOUR
AU  - Imbens,Guido M.
AU  - Wooldridge,Jeffrey M.
TI  - Recent Developments in the Econometrics of Program Evaluation
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 14251
PY  - 2008
Y2  - August 2008
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w14251
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w14251.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Guido Imbens
Graduate School of Business
Stanford University
655 Knight Way
Stanford, CA 94305
Tel: 617/384-7485
Fax: 617/495-7730
E-Mail: Imbens@stanford.edu

Jeffrey Wooldridge
Department of Economics, Michigan State
University.
E-Mail: wooldri1@msu.edu
AB  - Many empirical questions in economics and other social sciences depend on causal effects of programs or policiy interventions. In the last two decades much research has been done on the econometric and statistical analysis of the effects of such programs or treatments. This recent theoretical literature has built on, and combined features of, earlier work in both the statistics and econometrics literatures. It has by now reached a level of maturity that makes it an important tool in many areas of empirical research in economics, including labor economics, public finance, development economics, industrial organization and other areas of empirical micro-economics. In this review we discuss some of the recent developments. We focus primarily on practical issues for empirical researchers, as well as provide a historical overview of the area and give references to more technical research.
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