Knowing what works: the case for rigorous program evaluation

Since interventions by the public sector generally commit substantial societal resources, the evaluation of effects and costs of policy interventions is imperative. This paper outlines why program evaluation should follow well-respected scientific standards and why it should be performed by independ...

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Main Author:	Schmidt, Christoph M. (Author)
Format:	Book/Monograph Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	Bonn Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) 1999
Series:	IZA Discussion paper series 77
In:	Discussion paper series (77)
Subjects:	Graue Literatur Arbeitspapier
Online Access:	Resolving-System, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20911
Author Notes:	Christoph M. Schmidt