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    The Research Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies (IRVAPP) is a research centre primarily aimed at carrying out public policies analysis using counterfactual impact evaluation tools
     
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  • 12 February 2025
    Enrol Now: Panel Data for Causal Research Designs Course
    The Italian Econometric Association (SIdE-IEA) and the Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies (FBK-IRVAPP) are pleased to announce that enrolments are now open for the "Panel Data for Causal Research Designs" course.
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  • 12 February 2025
    Call for the Best Paper in Public Policy Evaluation-Third Edition
    We are pleased to announce the opening of the Third Edition of the Call for the Best Paper in Public Policy Evaluation, in conjunction with the course “Panel Data for Causal Research Designs” organised by the Italian Econometric Association (SIdE-IEA) and FBK-IRVAPP.
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  • 11 February 2025
    Welcoming Chiara Lari, Visiting Research Fellow at FBK-IRVAPP
    We are very happy to welcome Chiara Lari, who will be visiting FBK-IRVAPP for two months. Chiara is a researcher at Behavia – Behavioral Public Policy and Economics GmbH. She is visiting FBK-IRVAPP from January to February 2025.
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  • 30 January 2025
    Welcoming Jéssica Gagete-Miranda
    Jessica holds a PhD in Public Policy and Administration from Bocconi University. Her research focuses on the economics of education and labor economics, with a particular interest in the role of peers and networks in shaping students’ and workers’ outcomes.
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Upcoming events
  • 20 May 2025 | 12:00 — 13:00
    Virtual/Online
    Rhomolo in Action: Assessing Regional and Economic Impacts of EU Policies on Innovation and Sustainability | Simone Salotti (Joint Research Centre)
    This seminar explores the Rhomolo model, a spatial CGE framework for EU policy assessment, through three applications: the macroeconomic impact of EU digital investments, regional effects of Horizon 2020 innovation funding, and energy efficiency rebound effects across European regions.
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  • 29 June 2025 — 04 July 2025
    Panel Data for Causal Research Designs
    The Italian Econometric Association (SIdE-IEA) and FBK-IRVAPP are organizing a course on Panel Data for Causal Research Designs in Bertinoro, Italy. Designed for PhD students, researchers, and professionals, it covers panel data models, including Random and Fixed Effects, Two-way Fixed Effects as a bridge to Difference-in-Differences, Staggered and Block Designs, Synthetic Control Methods, and their combination with Difference-in-Differences. The course includes theoretical lectures, hands-on sessions using Stata, and applied econometrics exercises.
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