Economics of Policy Evaluation

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Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Experimental approaches to evaluating economic policies and programs in real-world settings; introduces field experimental methods used to identify causal effects of interventions implemented by firms, governments and NGOs; examines how individuals and organizations respond to changes in incentives across contexts such as education, labor, health, political economy and development; explores the design, implementation and interpretation of randomized evaluations; demonstrates how experimental evidence informs effective and evidence-based policy making in both developed and developing economies. Prerequisites: Grade of C or better in ECON 202 and ECMT 461 .