Chapter Eight - Old — Running Randomized Evaluations: A Practical Guide

This chapter covers how to analyze the data from a randomized evaluation
and make inferences about the impact of a program.

Module 8.1

PAPERS

Lifetime Earnings and the Vietnam Era Draft Lottery: Evidence from Social Security Administrative Records

Long-Term Consequences of Secondary School Vouchers: Evidence from Administrative Records in Colombia

Worms at Work: Long-run Impacts of Child Health Gains

Contracting for Health: Evidence from Cambodia

Experimental Design for Unit and Cluster Randomized Trials

Moving to Opportunity? Experimental Analysis of Neighborhood Effects

Reshaping Institutions: Evidence on Aid Impacts Using a Pre-Analysis Plan

EVALUATIONS

The GoBifo Project Evaluation Report: Assessing the Impacts of Community-Driven Development in Sierra Leone

DATA

Supplementary Data: GoBiFo Project

OTHER

Mostly Harmless Econometrics

Module 8.2

PAPERS

Trimming for Bounds on Treatment Effects with Missing Outcomes

Labor Market Returns to Early Childhood Stimulations: A 20-Year Follow-Up to the Jamaica Study

Worms: Identifying Impacts

Contracting for Health: Evidence from Cambodia

Experimental Design for Unit and Cluster Randomized Trials

Experimental Analysis of Neighborhood Effects

Multiple Inference and Gender Differences in the Effects of Early Intervention: A Reevaluation of the Abecedarian, Perry Preschool, and Early Training Projects

Module 8.3

REPORTS AND PRE-ANALYSIS PLANS

The GoBiFo Project Final Report: Assessing the Impacts of Community Driven Development in Sierra Leone
Pre-Analysis Plan

The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment: Evidence from the First Year
Pre-Analysis Plan

Generasi Pre-Analysis Plan

OTHER

Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences

Running Randomized Evaluations: A Practical Guide

This book provides a comprehensive yet accessible guide to running randomized impact evaluations of social programs. Drawing on the experience of researchers at the J-PAL, which has run hundreds of such evaluations in dozens of countries throughout the world, it offers practical insights on how to use this powerful technique, especially in resource-poor environments.