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Felix Rusche, Economics PhD student from the University of Mannheim, has won the Best Paper Award 2025 with his study "Broadcasting Change: India's Community Radio Policy and Women's Empowerment", which analyzes the impact of community radio on women's empowerment in India.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Il corso illustrerà attraverso esempi concreti l’applicazione di diversi metodi (sperimentali, quasi-sperimentali, qualitativi) per la valutazione delle politiche pubbliche. In particolare, si focalizzerà sulle competenze necessarie per comprendere e utilizzare i risultati delle valutazioni d’impatto, nonché sui presupposti organizzativi che rendono una politica pubblica effettivamente valutabile.

Annalisa is an applied microeconomist with research interests in public and labor economics. In particular, she has specialized in taxation, tax evasion, and charitable behavior.

Led by the Competence Centre on Microeconomic Evaluation of the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC), NetCIEx fosters collaboration with universities and research institutions committed to advancing causal policy evaluation in Europe.

Are you a quantitative researcher with experience in the fields of education policy or fiscal policy? Join FBK-IRVAPP and contribute to impactful research. Learn more and apply today!

The 22th edition of the “Brucchi Luchino” Labour Economics Workshop is organized by the Research Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies (IRVAPP) of the Fondazione Bruno Kessler and will take place in Trento on Thursday, December 5 (full day), and Friday December 6 (half day), 2024. Those interested in participating are kindly invited to submit a full draft of their paper by September 22nd, 2024 to brucchi.luchino[at]unimi.it.

Il Senato della Repubblica Italiana ha reso pubblico il nostro contributo al Disegno di legge n.1066 "norme per lo sviluppo e per l'adozione di tecnologie di intelligenza artificiale".

Siamo lieti di annunciare che sono aperte le iscrizioni per il corso di “Valutazione di impatto delle politiche pubbliche” che si terrà online durante il mese di maggio. Il corso è finanziato da MEIEC con fondi MUSA e fruibile gratuitamente fino ad esaurimento posti.