Open AccessCredible Methods for Evaluating the Impacts of Amil Programs
Author(s) -
Muhamad Said Fathurrohman
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international conference of zakat proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2655-6251
DOI - 10.37706/iconz.2018.128
Subject(s) - simple (philosophy) , selection (genetic algorithm) , randomized experiment , selection bias , computer science , difference in differences , econometrics , significant difference , operations research , economics , engineering , statistics , mathematics , machine learning , philosophy , epistemology
Existing studies on the impacts of amil programs are still rare and potentially contain bias in their impact estimates. This paper explains the selection problem common to simple difference method employed by these studies. Then this paper introduces two evaluation designs, difference-indifferences and randomized experiment, that can more credibly estimate program impacts, and still simple enough to be independently conducted by amil institutions.