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Trade-Offs in Designing a Social Program Experiment

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  • Dynarski, Mark, 1997. "Trade-Offs in Designing a Social Program Experiment," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 19(7), pages 525-540, November.
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    1. Gary Burtless, 1995. "The Case for Randomized Field Trials in Economic and Policy Research," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 9(2), pages 63-84, Spring.
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    1. Besharov, Douglas J. & Gardiner, Karen N., 1997. "Sex Education and Abstinence: Programs and Evaluation," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 19(7), pages 501-506, November.
    2. Knickman, James & Jellinek, Paul, 1997. "Epilogue: Four Lessons from Evaluating Controversial Programs," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 19(7), pages 607-614, November.

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