Building Smarter Data for Evaluating Business Assistance Programs: A Guide for Practitioners

Date
4/13/2018Author
Nickerson, Cynthia; Park, Timothy; Pender, John; Wojan, Tim; Brown, J. David; Heflin, Christine; Helper, Susan; Ingram, Cassandra; Krizan, C.J.; Marck, Paul; Schasberger, Samantha; Voytek, Kenneth P.; Simonetta, Jonathan; Gramigna, Giuseppe; of U.S. Department of Agriculture; of U.S. Department of Commerce; of U.S. Department of Labor; of U.S. Small Business Administration
Abstract
Provides guidance to program managers and agencies on how to use existing administrative and secondary data sources to conduct lower-cost impact evaluations, with a focus on evaluating business technical assistance programs.