Programme evaluation with micro-data: the use of FADN data to evaluate effects on the market situation of programme particians

Community legislation requires that the programme for rural development is evaluated. A detailed set of indicators was developed by the commission and member states are required to use them to measure program success. To make results comparable requires that the methodology by which indicators are measured is well defined. However, this is not the case in this evaluation task. We take a small set of indicators and use two different approaches using the same sample and show that the results are deviating. We conclude that the success of this programme can only be compared across measures/regions when both, indicators and method are the same.