question archive Suppose you want to evaluate impacts of job-training program
Suppose you want to evaluate impacts of job-training program
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Suppose you want to evaluate impacts of job-training program. Unfortunately,
the program was already implemented, and you could not use RCT. Followings are the weekly income of the participants and non-participants, before the training.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Participants
12
15
16
13
10
14
Non-participants
10
8
10
12
11
5
3-1. Suppose you want to conduct difference-in-differences to estimate the impact of the training program. In an ideal situation, what kind of data do you need to use diff-in-diff?
3-2. (10%) Suppose you have an ideal data, that you discussed in 3-1. You got following income distribution after the training. What is the estimated impact of the training, using the idea of difference-in-differences?
1
2
3
4
5
6
Participants
15
14
22
17
12
17
Non-participants
12
6
13
14
14
6
(Note: when we rigorously implement diff-in-diff, we need to think about statistical inference. We do not have to consider statistical features in this problem, as the main aim of this problem set is tobecome familiarwith the methodology)
