9-10/11/2016 - Autumn School “Evidence from Regression Discontinuity Design Based Methods” (Luxembourg)

The autumn school ‘Theory and practice of programme evaluation: evidence from regression discontinuity design based methods’ aims at advancing the knowledge and expertise of PhD students as well as junior researchers in the field of programme evaluation, with a focus on social and labour market policies for long-term unemployed and other vulnerable groups (such as women and young people).

A two-day training session on causal inference and programme evaluation will be provided on November 9th-10th 2016, by Fabrizia Mealli and Alessandra Mattei, Professors of Statistics at the ‘Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications Giuseppe Parenti’ of the University of Florence. The format of the training will comprise both lectures and practical sessions.

This autumn school is part of the InGRID project, a large research infrastructure network aimed at integrating existing research resources in the area of ‘Poverty and living conditions’ and ‘Working conditions and vulnerability’ by providing transnational data access, organising mutual knowledge exchange activities and improving methods and tools for comparative research.

Eligibility:
- PhD students as well as junior researchers in the field of programme evaluation who wish to advance their knowledge and expertise.

Costs:
- Registration fee: Attendance at the autumn school is free-of-charge.

Deadline: 16 October 2016.

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