Meghir, C;
(2006)
Dynamic models for policy evaluation.
(IFS Working Papers
W06/08).
Institute for Fiscal Studies: London, UK.
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Abstract
The evaluation of interventions has become a commonly used policy tool, which is frequently adopted to improve the transparency and effectiveness of public policy. However, evaluation methods based on comparing treatment and control groups in small scale trials are not capable of providing a complete picture of the likely effects of a policy and do not provide a framework which allows issues relating to the design of the programme to be addressed. The longer term effects relate to decisions by individuals to change aspects of their life-cycle behavior not directly targeted by the intervention, so as to best take into account of its presence. They also relate to possible changes in prices that may change or even reverse the incentives designed by the programme. In this paper we show how experimental data from field trials can be used to enhance the evaluation of interventions and we also illustrate the potential importance of allowing for longer term incentive and General Equilibrium effects.
| Type: | Working / discussion paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | Dynamic models for policy evaluation |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1920/wp.ifs.2006.0608 |
| Publisher version: | http://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/3589 |
| Language: | English |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Economics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/2688 |
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