Experimental Impact Evaluation Design

Lesson Materials

Lesson slides

EG DIB baseline dataset

Stata code for examples in videos

Additional Resources

• Altman (1985) "Comparability of Randomised Groups" Journal of the Royal Statistical Society.

• Athey and Imbens (2016) "The Econometrics of Randomized Experiments" Working paper.

• Bruhn and McKenzie (2009) "In Pursuit of Balance: Randomization in Practice in Development Field Experiments" American Economic Journal: Applied Economics.

• Duflo, Glennerster, and Kremer (2007) "Using Randomization in Development Economics Research: A Toolkit" CEPR Discussion Paper No. 6059.

• McManus (2020) "Why you don't always need a baseline" and "When to collect baseline data" IDinsight blog.