Estimating Program Impacts for a Subgroup Defined by Post-Intervention Behavior: Why is it a Problem? What is the Solution?

Silvie Colman

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Abstract: This brief demonstrates why estimating program effectiveness for an endogenous subgroup leads to compositional differences between the treatment and control groups that may result in biased impact estimates.

Keywords: Post-Intervention Behavior; Teen Pregnancy Prevention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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