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Evaluating the Impact of MEP Services on Establishment Performance: A Preliminary Empirical Investigation

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  • Christopher Ordowich
  • David Cheney
  • Jan Youtie
  • Andrea Fernández-Ribas
  • Philip Shapira

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This work examines the impact of manufacturing extension services on establishment productivity. It builds on an earlier study conducted by Jarmin in the 1990s, by matching the Census of Manufacturers (CMF) with the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) customer and activity datasets to generate treatment and comparison groups for analysis. The scope of the study is the period 1997 to 2002, which was a period of economic downturn in the manufacturing sector and budgetary challenges for the MEP. The paper presents some preliminary findings from this analysis. Both lagged dependent variable (LDV) and difference in difference (DiD) models are employed to estimate the relationship between manufacturing extension and labor productivity. The results presented are inconclusive and paint a mixed picture as they demonstrate the benefits and limitations of using Census microdata in program evaluation. They also point to the need to conduct analyses that could help to better understand the dynamic impact of MEP services.

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  • Christopher Ordowich & David Cheney & Jan Youtie & Andrea Fernández-Ribas & Philip Shapira, 2012. "Evaluating the Impact of MEP Services on Establishment Performance: A Preliminary Empirical Investigation," Working Papers 12-15, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.
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    1. Phillip A. Singerman & Kenneth P. Voytek, 2023. "Measuring What Matters in Business Support Programs," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 37(1), pages 106-114, February.
    2. Clifford A. Lipscomb & Jan Youtie & Philip Shapira & Sanjay Arora & Andy Krause, 2018. "Evaluating the Impact of Manufacturing Extension Services on Establishment Performance," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 32(1), pages 29-43, February.
    3. Whelan, Adele & McGuinness, Seamus & Barrett, Alan, 2021. "Review of International Approaches to Evaluating Rural and Community Development Investment and Supports," Research Series, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), number RS124, June.
    4. Fariha Kamal & Wei Ouyang, 2020. "Identifying U.S. Merchandise Traders: Integrating Customs Transactions with Business Administrative Data," Working Papers 20-28, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.
    5. Clifford A. Lipscomb & Jan Youtie & Sanjay Arora & Andy Krause & Philip Shapira, 2015. "Evaluating the Long-Term Effect of NIST MEP Services on Establishment Performance," Working Papers 15-09, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.
    6. C.J. Krizan, 2015. "Statistics on the International Trade Administration's Global Markets Program," Working Papers 15-17, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau.

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