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November 16 - 17, 2001 Westin Hotel, Ottawa
Friday November 16, 2001
| 7:30 - 8:45 | Continental Breakfast |
| 7:30 - 8:30 | Registration |
| 8:45 - 9:40 | Welcoming Remarks and Avrim Lazar, ADM Strategic Policy |
| 9:40 - 10:00 | Break |
| 10:00 - 11:30 | Session 1: Seminar on Research Designs
How do we deal with Selection Bias? Longitudinal Data?
- Presenters:
- Jeff Smith, University of Maryland
- Arthur Sweetman, Queen’s University School of Policy Studies
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| 11:30 - 12:45 | Lunch Buffet |
| 12:45 – 2:00 | Session 2: Seminar on Estimation Methods
Instrumental Variables Estimates of the Effect of Subsidized Training on the Quantiles of Trainee Earnings
- Presenter:
- Alberto Abadie, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
- Discussant:
- Peter Kuhn, University of California (Santa Barbara)
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| 2:00 - 3:15 | Session 3: Seminar on Pros, Cons and Limitations of Experimental vs. Non-Experimental Methods
Is Random Assignment Passé?
- Presenter:
- Walter Nicholson, Amherst College
- Discussant:
- Craig Riddell, University of British Columbia
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| 3:15 - 3:35 | Break |
| 3:35 - 4:50 | Session 4: Seminar on Qualitative versus Quantitative Research Strategies
So, why don't you just talk to people ?
- Presenter:
- Peter Kuhn, University of California (Santa Barbara)
- Discussant:
- Jeff Smith, University of Maryland
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| 5:00 - 6:00 | Cocktail reception |
Saturday November 17, 2001
| 7:30 - 8:45 | Healthy Breakfast |
| 8:45 - 10:00 | Session 5: Seminar on Measurement of Well-being, Cohesiveness, Effectiveness of Programs, etc.
Isn't it Well Being that we want to Improve ? The Metric of Evaluation
- Presenter:
- Lars Osberg, Dalhousie University
- Discussant:
- Arthur Sweetman, Queen’s University School of Policy Studies
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| 10:00 - 10:20 | Break |
| 10:20 – 11:30 | Session 6: Seminar on Alternative Measurement/Evaluation Techniques
Microsimulation for Program Evaluation
- Presenter:
- Steve Gribble, Statistics Canada
- Discussant:
- Alberto Abadie, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
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| 11:30 - 12:50 | Session 7: Panel Discussion on Evaluation Synthesis
Building on a Foundation of Knowledge
- Presenter:
- Henno Moenting, Former Audit Principal, Office of the Auditor General of Canada
- Presenter:
- Susan Labin, Temple University
- Yves Genest, Director, Office of the Auditor General of Canada
- Discussant:
- Lars Osberg, Dalhousie University
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| 1:00 - 3:00 | Lunch and Gary Burtless, Brookings Institution |
| 3:00 – 3:30 | Summary and wrap-up |
*To be confirmed
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