Feasibility Study on Measuring the Causal Impact of Erasmus+ Actions
Erasmus+ is a major and emblematic EU policy. It aims among others to contribute to the achievements of the Europe 2020 Strategy and the Strategic Framework for European Cooperation in Education and Training. A variety of studies exist aiming to evaluate Erasmus+ and its predecessor programs. However, the predominant part of existing research does not focus on the causal link of Erasmus+ and its expected outcomes. Therefore, the Directorate-General Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (DG EAC) approached the Competence Centre on Microeconomic Evaluation (CC-ME) to produce a feasibility report. This report answers to the request and the following questions: given the data requirements needed, how can the causal impact of Erasmus+ be evaluated? The report examines what could be done in the short and long term and which parts of Erasmus+ would be quite difficult to measure with counterfactual impact evaluation. The authors also provide a judgment on the value added of any counterfactual impact analysis for different Erasmus+ actions taking existing literature and policy characteristics (like duration, homogeneity of intervention and measures of objectives) into account.
Schnepf, S., Ghirelli, C. and Verzillo, S., Feasibility Study on Measuring the Causal Impact of Erasmus+ Actions, EUR 28597 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2017, ISBN 978-92-79-68821-8, doi:10.2760/262344, JRC105692.
2017-12-19
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC105692
978-92-79-68821-8
1831-9424
EUR 28597 EN , OP KJ-NA-28597-EN-N
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| ENG | Schnepf, S., Ghirelli, C. and Verzillo, S., Feasibility Study on Measuring the Causal Impact of Erasmus+ Actions, EUR 28597 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2017, ISBN 978-92-79-68821-8, doi:10.2760/262344, JRC105692. |
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