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Performance assessment and league tables. Comparing like with like

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Nicholas Longford ()
D. B. Rubin
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We formulate performance assessment as a problem of causal analysis and outline an approach based on the missing data principle for its solution. It is particularly relevant in the context of so-called league tables for educational, health-care and other public-service institutions. The proposed solution avoids comparisons of institutions that have substantially different clientele (intake).

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Paper provided by Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra in its series Economics Working Papers with number 994.

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Keywords: Caliper matching causal analysis multiple imputation non-ignorable assignment performance indicators potential outcomes

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