Evaluating the Distributive Effects of a Development Intervention

Pushkar Maitra, Sandip Mitra (), Dilip Mookherjee and Sujata Visaria ()
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Sandip Mitra: Sampling and Official Statistics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute
Sujata Visaria: Department of Economics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Sujata Visaria and Sujata Visaria

No 202106, HKUST CEP Working Papers Series from HKUST Center for Economic Policy

Abstract: Most analyses of randomized controlled trials of development interventions estimate an average treatment effect. However, the aggregate impact on welfare also depends on distributional effects. We propose a simple approach to evaluate efficiency-equity trade-offs, that follow the utilitarian tradition of Atkinson (1970). The method does not impose additional assumptions or data requirements beyond those needed to estimate the average treatment effect. We illustrate the approach using data from a credit delivery experiment we implemented in West Bengal, India.

Keywords: Distributive Impacts; Program Evaluation; Agricultural Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 D82 H21 O16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-04
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dev, nep-exp and nep-mfd
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