Micro-Econometrics for Policy Program and Treatment Effects

This is one of the first books to provide a textbook exposition of the literature on how to measure accurately the ''effects'' of a ''treatment'' such as a drug educational program or tax regime on a response variable like an illness GPA or income. The book focuses on non-experimental micro-economic estimation. About the SeriesAdvanced Texts in Econometrics is a distinguished and rapidly expanding series in which leading econometricians assess recent developments in such areas as stochastic probability panel and time series data analysis modeling and cointegration. In both hardback and affordable paperback each volume explains the nature and applicability of a topic in greater depth than possible in introductory textbooks or single journal articles. Each definitive work is formatted to be as accessible and convenient for those who are not familiar with the detailed primary literature.