(IMAESCII521) Quantitative Research Paper Summary 1: Randomised experiment of an adult education voucher program

This and the succeeding reviews focuses on the quantitative paper summaries I read. With all fairness, I wished I could have the quantitative research skills to do these very interesting projects.

Quantitative Paper # 1:

Reference:

Schwerdt, G., Messer, D., Woessmann, L., & Wolter, S. C. (2012). The impact of an adult education voucher program: Evidence from a randomized field experiment. Journal of Public Economics, 96(7), 569–583. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco. 2012.03.001

Initial thoughts on the paper:

I became familiar with Randomised Controlled Trials as I have read a number of government and donor-sponsored programmes which utlised this method. I liked how the RCT in this study tested the various conditions for purposes of evaluating the most apt and effective voucher programme for the identified community. 

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