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Kenneth N. Fortson
Senior Researcher
Kenneth Fortson is a senior researcher with expertise in the design and implementation of both experimental and nonexperimental evaluations. His work spans several topical areas, including labor, international development, and health research.
Fortson is directing a rigorous impact evaluation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC) Compact with Armenia and co-directing an evaluation of MCC's Compact with Moldova, both of which fund the rehabilitation of irrigation systems in rural areas as well as agricultural training programs.
His other current work includes evaluations of the Workforce Investment Act for the Department of Labor and adolescent pregnancy prevention approaches for the Department of Health and Human Services. He is also leading a methodological study of nonexperimental comparison group methods, funded by the Department of Education.
Fortson’s work includes publications in peer-reviewed journals, such as the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, the Journal of the European Economic Association, the Monthly Labor Review, and Computational Economics. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University.
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- Design and implementation of both experimental and nonexperimental evaluations
- Labor, international development, and health research
- Outstanding Evaluation Award from the American Evaluation Association (2009)
- Member, American Economic Association
- "Using an Experimental Evaluation of Charter Schools to Test Whether Nonexperimental Comparison Group Methods Can Replicate Experimental Impact Estimates" (April 2012)
- "Baseline Report on the Tertiary Canal Survey" (December 2010)
- "Impacts of Abstinence Education on Teen Sexual Activity, Risk of Pregnancy, and Risk of Sexually Transmitted Diseases." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (spring 2008)
- "Managing Customers' Training Choices: Findings from the Individual Training Account Experiment" (December 2006)