Potencialidad y limitaciones del modelo de diferencias en diferencias aplicado con datos agregados a la evaluación de políticas públicas en el ámbito territorial

Julián Pérez García; Francisco Perez Hernández

doi:10.24965/gapp.v0i12.10204

Authors

Julián Pérez García Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Francisco Perez Hernández Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24965/gapp.v0i12.10204

Keywords:

Public policies, program evaluation, differences in differences model

Abstract

The aim of this paper is the illustration of the potential of the Differences in Differences Model (DiD) for the evaluation of various public policies in the territory and using aggregate data. For this purpose, has made an overview on alternative evaluation of public policies and reviewing the implementation possibilities of a wide range of policies implemented in the País Vasco. Herein are included, the basic methodology of the differences in differences models and two alternative applications, one being local, Programa Izartu and the other regional, Programa Euskadi to promote the information society in order to illustrate the potential and limitations of the methodology proposed. The article concludes with a section on the assessment of the results and a proposal for correction of identified major methodological problems associated with the fulfillment of the condition of parallel trend.

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Author Biographies

Julián Pérez García, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Profesor de Econometría de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Francisco Perez Hernández, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Profesor de Economía Financiera de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

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