Course Details
Country:
Netherlands
Institution:
Erasmus School of Economics
Course Title:
Impact Evaluation
Course Number:
FEB13066
Course Description:
This course will give a non-technical overview of the intuition behind the most frequently applied evaluation methods in economics. The students will learn the required steps in a valid evaluation, the distinction between correlation and causal effects, the assumptions of different methods and in which situation each method can be used.
The main concepts are introduced in the first five weeks. The second part of the course is devoted to a group assignment, which will consist of a critical assessment of an existing evaluation, providing suggestions for improvement, and implementing these suggestions yourself. The students will hand-in a written report.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
ECON ----
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