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There is a long discussion in the econometric literature on how identification of causal effects in training evaluation studies could be achieved in cases when no data from a social experiment is available. As has been pointed out in Sections I.4 and II.1.4, when the assignment to the treatment and control group is not random, knowledge of the assignment mechanism is necessary to adjust estimates of the mean effects accordingly. In practice, for many cases complete information on this mechanism is not available. Then there are several other ways to proceed.
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Lechner, M. (1998). Bounds for the Effects of Training. In: Training the East German Labour Force. Studies in Contemporary Economics. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59009-2_3
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