How Good Are Ex Ante Program Evaluation Techniques? : The Case of School Enrollment in PROGRESA /

This paper evaluates a microsimulation technique by comparing the simulated outcome of a program with its actual effect. The ex ante evaluation is carried out for a conditional cash transfer program, where poor households were given money if the children attended school. A model of occupational choi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bornhorst, Fabian
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/187
Online Access:Full text available on IMF