THE TIME DIMENSION IN POLICY EVALUATION: THE CASE OF THE NEW DEAL LAND-REFORM EXPERIMENTS

In: Public policy, Band 27, Heft 2, S. 129-183

Abstract

THIS ARTICLE SEEKS TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE POTENTIAL BIAS BUILT INTO POLICY EVALUATION BY THE LIMITED TIME FRAME USED IN MOST EVALUATION RESEARCH. THE ARTICLE IDENTIFIES 3 DISTINCT TYPES OF TIME-RELATED PROGRAM IMPACTS AND OFFERS A FRAMEWORK FOR PREDICTING THE TYPES OF PROGRAMS LIKELY TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH EACH. A NEW DEAL PROGRAM IS ANALYZED.