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Evaluating a Program of Public Funding of Scientific Activity. A Case Study of FONCYT in Argentina

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Daniel Chudnovsky (Centro de Investigaciones para la Transformación (CENIT).)
Andrés López () (Centro de Investigaciones para la Transformación (CENIT).)
Martín Rossi () (Universidad de San Andrés)
Diego Ubfal () (Inter-American Development Bank)

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The paper contains an impact evaluation of research subsidies on the academic performance of researchers in Argentina.

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Paper provided by Inter-American Development Bank, Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) in its series OVE Working Papers with number 1206.

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Keywords: scientific research; program evaluation; propensity score matching; Latin America; Argentina.;

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H50 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - General
O38 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change - - - Government Policy

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  1. José Miguel Benavente & Gustavo Crespi & Alessandro Maffioli, 2007. "The Impact of National Research Funds: An Evaluation of the Chilean FONDECYT," OVE Working Papers 0307, Inter-American Development Bank, Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE). [Downloadable!]
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