Building Bridges Between Structural and Program Evaluation Approaches to Evaluating Policy

James Heckman

No 16110, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: This paper compares the structural approach to economic policy analysis with the program evaluation approach. It offers a third way to do policy analysis that combines the best features of both approaches. We illustrate the value of this alternative approach by making the implicit economics of LATE explicit, thereby extending the interpretability and range of policy questions that LATE can answer.

JEL-codes: C21 D6 H43 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-06
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Published as James J. Heckman, 2010. "Building Bridges between Structural and Program Evaluation Approaches to Evaluating Policy," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 48(2), pages 356-98, June.

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