An introduction to impact assessment (join a waiting list)

Description:

This course is designed for those who design policy experiments or demonstration projects, those who commission or manage projects which undertake evaluations (or impact assessments), or make decisions on the basis of the estimated impact of policies. It will introduce participants to the various empirical methods that can be used to estimate the impact of a specific policy intervention. The intention is not to teach participants how to estimate the impact of a specific policy intervention or programme but to give an understanding of the suitability of these methods given the nature of the policy under consideration and the available data. 

Detailed statistical knowledge is not a pre-requisite.

Sessions will cover the following:

• The impact evaluation problem, and how randomized experiments "solve" it
• Methods that mimic an experiment: natural experiments, instrumental variables and the regression discontinuity design
• Methods that control for confounding factors: multiple regression, matching and taking advantage of longitudinal data.

There will also be a group session where participants will be asked to apply their knowledge to comment on the suitability of specific evaluation designs.

9:45      Registration

10:00    The Evaluation Problem

11:15    Break

11:30    Matching as a Strategy to Estimate Causal Impacts

12:45    Lunch

13:30    Quasi-Experimental Methods: The regression Discontinuity Design and Instrumental Variables

15:15    Break

15:30    The Differences-in-Differences Approach

16:45    Q&A and final remarks

http://www.ifs.org.uk/docs/ImpactAssessment_2014.pdf

Cost:

Students: £30.00, Academics/NFP/Public Sector: £60.00, Other: £220.00

Website and registration:

http://www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/booking/index.php?user=PEPA

Region:

Greater London

Keywords:

Evaluation Research, Programme Evaluation

Related publications and presentations:

Evaluation Research

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