Site Selection Bias in Program Evaluation

Allcott, H. (2015). Site Selection Bias in Program Evaluation. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 130(3), 1117-1165.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

2015

Volume

130

Issue

3

Pages

1117-1165

DOI

10.1093/qje/qjv015

DOI registrant

Oxford University Press

Link

https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjv015

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  • Its central failure mode is a self-selected pilot

    This sourceShows that positively selected early evaluation sites can overstate program efficacy in later sites.

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