| November 27, 2014 | |
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| 09:00 to 10:45 | Plenary Session 1, Room A |
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| 11:15 to 13:00 | Parallel Sessions S01 and S02 , Rooms A and B |
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| 13:00 to 14:30 | Poster Session 1, Ground floor |
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| 14:30 to 16:15 | Parallel Sessions S03 and S04, Rooms A and B |
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| 16:45 to 18:30 | Parallel Sessions S05 and S06, Rooms A and B |
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| November 28, 2014 | |
| 09:00 to 10:45 | Plenary Session 2, Room A |
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| 11:15 to 13:00 | Parallel Sessions S07 and S08, Rooms A and B |
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| 13:00 to 14:30 | Poster Session 2, Ground floor |
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| 14:30 to 16:15 | Parallel Sessions S09 and S10, Rooms A and B |
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| 16:45 to 18:00 | Parallel Sessions S11 and S12 , Rooms A and B |
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| Plenary Session 1 Room A November 27, 2014 09:00 to 10:45 | |
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| Plenary Session 1 |
| Parallel Sessions S01 and S02 Rooms A and B November 27, 2014 11:15 to 13:00 | |
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| S01: Employment and social inclusion policies, Room A | |
| S02: Immigration policies, Room B |
| Poster Session 1 Ground floor November 27, 2014 13:00 to 14:30 | |
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| SP1: Poster Session 1, Ground floor |
| Parallel Sessions S03 and S04 Rooms A and B November 27, 2014 14:30 to 16:15 | |
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| S03: Active Labour Market policies 1, Room A | |
| S04: Gender issues, Room B |
| Parallel Sessions S05 and S06 Rooms A and B November 27, 2014 16:45 to 18:30 | |
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| S05: Active Labour Market policies 2, Room A | |
| S06: Social policies, Room B |
| Plenary Session 2 Room A November 28, 2014 09:00 to 10:45 | |
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| Plenary Session 2 |
| Parallel Sessions S07 and S08 Rooms A and B November 28, 2014 11:15 to 13:00 | |
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| S07: Active Labour Market policies 3, Room A | |
| S08: Counterfactual Methods, Room B |
| Poster Session 2 Ground floor November 28, 2014 13:00 to 14:30 | |
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| SP2: Poster Session 2, Ground floor |
| Parallel Sessions S09 and S10 Rooms A and B November 28, 2014 14:30 to 16:15 | |
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| S09: Education policies 1, Room A | |
| S10: Credit and taxation policies, Room B |
| Parallel Sessions S11 and S12 Rooms A and B November 28, 2014 16:45 to 18:00 | |
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| S11: Education policies 2, Room A | |
| S12: Competitiveness policies, Room B |
Summary of All Sessions |
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| # | Date/Time | Location | Type | Title | Papers |
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| 1 | November 27, 2014 9:00-10:45 | Room A | invited | Plenary Session 1 | 3 |
| 2 | November 27, 2014 11:15-13:00 | Room A | invited | S01: Employment and social inclusion policies | 3 |
| 3 | November 27, 2014 11:15-13:00 | Room B | contributed | S02: Immigration policies | 4 |
| 4 | November 27, 2014 13:00-14:30 | Ground floor | poster | SP1: Poster Session 1 | 6 |
| 5 | November 27, 2014 14:30-16:15 | Room A | contributed | S03: Active Labour Market policies 1 | 4 |
| 6 | November 27, 2014 14:30-16:15 | Room B | contributed | S04: Gender issues | 4 |
| 7 | November 27, 2014 16:45-18:30 | Room A | contributed | S05: Active Labour Market policies 2 | 4 |
| 8 | November 27, 2014 16:45-18:30 | Room B | contributed | S06: Social policies | 3 |
| 9 | November 28, 2014 9:00-10:45 | Room A | invited | Plenary Session 2 | 2 |
| 10 | November 28, 2014 11:15-13:00 | Room A | contributed | S07: Active Labour Market policies 3 | 4 |
| 11 | November 28, 2014 11:15-13:00 | Room B | contributed | S08: Counterfactual Methods | 4 |
| 12 | November 28, 2014 13:00-14:30 | Ground floor | poster | SP2: Poster Session 2 | 5 |
| 13 | November 28, 2014 14:30-16:15 | Room A | contributed | S09: Education policies 1 | 4 |
| 14 | November 28, 2014 14:30-16:15 | Room B | contributed | S10: Credit and taxation policies | 4 |
| 15 | November 28, 2014 16:45-18:00 | Room A | contributed | S11: Education policies 2 | 3 |
| 16 | November 28, 2014 16:45-18:00 | Room B | contributed | S12: Competitiveness policies | 3 |
16 sessions, 60 papers, and 0 presentations with no associated papers |
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Counterfactual Methods for Policy Impact Evaluation |
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Detailed List of Sessions |
| Session 1: Plenary Session 1 November 27, 2014 9:00 to 10:45 Room A |
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| Session Chair: Santiago Loranca Garcia, European Commission, DG EMPL |
| Session type: invited |
| Welcome by a representative of the Italian Government |
| By , |
| presented by: , |
| Introductory notes by Santiago Loranca-Garcia (EC DG EMPL) and Andrea Saltelli (EC DG JRC) |
| By Santiago Loranca Garcia; European Commission, DG EMPL Andrea Saltelli; European Commission, DG JRC |
| presented by: Santiago Loranca Garcia, European Commission, DG EMPL |
| Andrea Saltelli, European Commission, DG JRC |
| Lessons from Randomized Control Trials and other Evaluations of ALMPs |
| By Jochen Kluve; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| presented by: Jochen Kluve, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| Session 2: S01: Employment and social inclusion policies November 27, 2014 11:15 to 13:00 Room A |
| Session Chair: Santiago Loranca Garcia, European Commission, DG EMPL |
| Session type: invited |
| Post-secondary vocational training course: are they effective for Italian unemployed youth with a high school diploma? |
| By Paolo Severati; ISFOL |
| presented by: Paolo Severati, ISFOL |
| Reemployment and substitution effects from increased activation: Evidence from times of crisis |
| By Pedro Martins; Queen Mary, University of London |
| presented by: Pedro Martins, Queen Mary, University of London |
| Knowledge gaps in evaluating labour market and social inclusion policies. Use of counterfactual impact evaluations |
| By Cristina Bratu; Uppsala University Stefano Lombardi; Uppsala University Margarida Rodrigues Giulia Santangelo; European Commission - Joint Research Centre Anna Shaleva; European Commission, DG Joint Research Center |
| presented by: Giulia Santangelo, European Commission - Joint Research Centre |
| Cristina Bratu, Uppsala University |
| Session 3: S02: Immigration policies November 27, 2014 11:15 to 13:00 Room B |
| Session Chair: Peter Benczur, EC JRC Ispra |
| Session type: contributed |
| Mr. Rossi, Mr. Hu and politics. The role of immigration in shaping natives’ political preferences |
| By Paolo Naticchioni; University of Roma Tre |
| presented by: Paolo Naticchioni, University of Roma Tre |
| Clicking on Heaven's Door: The Effect of Immigrant Legalization on Crime |
| By Paolo Pinotti; Università Bocconi |
| presented by: Paolo Pinotti, Università Bocconi |
| Does access to free health insurance crowd-out remittances? Evidence from Mexico's Seguro Popular |
| By Pedro Paulo Orraca Romano; University of Sussex |
| presented by: Pedro Paulo Orraca Romano, University of Sussex |
| Directing remittances to education through soft and hard commitments: Evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment and new product take-up among Filipino migrants in Rome |
| By Giuseppe De Arcangelis; Sapienza University of Rome Majlinda Joxhe; IPA David McKenzie; World Bank Erwin Tiongson; The World Bank Dean Yang; University of Michigan |
| presented by: Giuseppe De Arcangelis, Sapienza University of Rome |
| Session 4: SP1: Poster Session 1 November 27, 2014 13:00 to 14:30 Ground floor |
| Session type: poster |
| Shall I Follow my Brother? Peer Effects in Living Arrangements |
| By Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll; Collegio Carlo Alberto Veruska Oppedisano; Economic Department |
| presented by: Ainhoa Aparicio Fenoll, Collegio Carlo Alberto |
| Impact Evaluation of Cereal Banking on Food and Livelihood Security of Rural Households in The Gambia |
| By Raymond Jatta; University of Cheikh Anta Diop |
| presented by: Raymond Jatta, University of Cheikh Anta Diop |
| The Impact of the ‘Free Choice’ Work/Family Reforms of France and Belgium A Synthetic Control Analysis |
| By Federico Podestà; Bruno Kessler Foundation |
| presented by: Federico Podestà, Bruno Kessler Foundation |
| Synthesizing Cash for Clunkers: Stabilizing the Car Market, Hurting the Environment |
| By Gregor Pfeifer; Saarland University Stefan Klossner |
| presented by: Gregor Pfeifer, Saarland University |
| Counterfactual impact evaluation of EU funded enterprise support in Portugal |
| By Ricardo Mamede; ISCTE- IUL and Dinâmia'CET |
| presented by: Ricardo Mamede, ISCTE- IUL and Dinâmia'CET |
| Use of Genetic and Coarsened Exact matching to evaluate the effect of university scholarships |
| By Grazia Graziosi; University of Trieste |
| presented by: Grazia Graziosi, University of Trieste |
| Session 5: S03: Active Labour Market policies 1 November 27, 2014 14:30 to 16:15 Room A |
| Session Chair: Marco Caliendo, University of Potsdam |
| Session type: contributed |
| The impacts of training-intensive labour market policies on NEETs’ labour and educational prospects: evidence from Catalonia (Spain) |
| By Federico Todeschini; Catalan Instute of Public Policy Evaluation - Ivalua |
| presented by: Federico Todeschini, Catalan Instute of Public Policy Evaluation - Ivalua |
| Evaluating a Danish welfare-to-work experiment: Long-term outcomes |
| By Sofie Brodersen; Aarhus University |
| presented by: Sofie Brodersen, Aarhus University |
| Competing Policies? The Effectiveness of Early Vacancy Information and its Effects on ALMP Use |
| By Ricarda Schmidl; University of Mannheim, IZA |
| presented by: Ricarda Schmidl, University of Mannheim, IZA |
| Why do tougher caseworkers increase employment? The role of programme assignment as a causal mechanism |
| By Martin Huber; University of St. Gallen Michael Lechner; University of St Gallen Giovanni Mellace; University of Southern Denmark |
| presented by: Giovanni Mellace, University of Southern Denmark |
| Session 6: S04: Gender issues November 27, 2014 14:30 to 16:15 Room B |
| Session Chair: Beatrice d'Hombres, |
| Session type: contributed |
| Parental Benefits and Mothers’ Labor Market Outcomes in the Medium Run |
| By Jochen Kluve; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Sebastian Schmitz; Freie Universität Berlin |
| presented by: Sebastian Schmitz, Freie Universität Berlin |
| Effects of Early Childhood Intervention on Maternal Employment, Fertility and Well-Being. Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial |
| By Malte Sandner; Lower Saxony Institute for Economic Research |
| presented by: Malte Sandner, Lower Saxony Institute for Economic Research |
| The evolution of the gender wage gap: 1968-2008 |
| By Blaise Melly; Univerity of Bern Giulia Santangelo; European Commission - Joint Research Centre |
| presented by: Blaise Melly, Bern University |
| Do partial disability pensions close the earnings gap? |
| By Miguel Malo; University of Salamanca Begoña Cueto; University of Oviedo |
| presented by: Miguel Malo, University of Salamanca |
| Begoña Cueto, University of Oviedo |
| Session 7: S05: Active Labour Market policies 2 November 27, 2014 16:45 to 18:30 Room A |
| Session Chair: Michael Rosholm, Aarhus University |
| Session type: contributed |
| Effectiveness of Sequences of Classroom Trainings: What works best in West Germany? |
| By Katharina Dengler; Institute for Employment Research |
| presented by: Katharina Dengler, Institute for Employment Research |
| The Role of Sickness in the Evaluation of Job Search Assistance and Sanctions |
| By Gerard van den Berg; University of Mannheim Barbara Hofmann; University of Mannheim and IAB Arne Uhlendorff; University of Mannheim |
| presented by: Barbara Hofmann, University of Mannheim and IAB |
| Does housing tenure affect the response of claimants to stricter job search requirements? Evidence from the UK Jobseeker's Allowance |
| By Andrea Morescalchi; European Commission - DG JRC Paolo Paruolo; European Commission, DG JRC IPSC |
| presented by: Andrea Morescalchi, European Commission - DG JRC |
| When the Going Gets Tough...Reducing Benefits in the Aftermath of the Great Recession |
| By Yolanda F. Rebollo-Sanz; Universidad Pablo de Olavide Nuria Rodriguez-Planas; IZA Bonn |
| presented by: Yolanda F. Rebollo-Sanz, Universidad Pablo de Olavide |
| Session 8: S06: Social policies November 27, 2014 16:45 to 18:30 Room B |
| Session Chair: Paolo Naticchioni, University of Roma Tre |
| Session type: contributed |
| Equalization of opportunity: Definitions, implementable conditions and application to early-childhood policy evaluation |
| By Francesco Andreoli; CEPS/INSTEAD and University of Verona Tarjei Havnes; University of Oslo Arnaud Lefranc; Université de Cergy-Pontoise |
| presented by: Francesco Andreoli, CEPS/INSTEAD and University of Verona |
| Nudges at the Dentist |
| By Christian Traxler; Hertie School of Governance |
| presented by: Christian Traxler, Hertie School of Governance |
| Breaking down the wall between Nature and Nurture: An exploration of gendered work preferences in East and West Germany |
| By Miriam Beblo; University of Hamburg Luise Goerges; Universitaet Hamburg |
| presented by: Luise Goerges, Universitaet Hamburg |
| Session 9: Plenary Session 2 November 28, 2014 9:00 to 10:45 Room A |
| Session Chair: Georg Fischer, European Commission, DG EMPL |
| Session type: invited |
| Counterfactual impact evaluation is crucial for employment programmes |
| By Georg Fischer; European Commission, DG EMPL |
| presented by: Georg Fischer, European Commission, DG EMPL |
| Poorly Measured Confounders are More Useful on the Left Than on the Right |
| By Joern-Steffen Pischke; London School of Economics |
| presented by: Joern-Steffen Pischke, London School of Economics |
| Session 10: S07: Active Labour Market policies 3 November 28, 2014 11:15 to 13:00 Room A |
| Session Chair: Georg Fischer, European Commission, DG EMPL |
| Session type: contributed |
| The Minimum Guaranteed Income in the Province of Trento: Evidence from an Impact Evaluation. |
| By Loris Vergolini; Bruno Kessler Foundation |
| presented by: Loris Vergolini, Bruno Kessler Foundation |
| The Labour Market Lessons from Youth Guarantee - Evidence from a Finnish reform |
| By Ulla Hämäläinen; Social Insurance Institution Finland Kari Hämäläinen; Government Institute for Economic Research Juha Tuomala; Government Institute for Economic Resear |
| presented by: Ulla Hämäläinen, Social Insurance Institution Finland |
| The effect of a mixed passive and active labour market policy: Evidence from an Italian programme for dismissed workers |
| By Enrico Rettore; Università degli Studi di Padova |
| presented by: Enrico Rettore, Università degli Studi di Padova |
| Evaluating the Effects of Lengths of Participation in the Workforce Investment Act Adult Program via Decomposition Analysis |
| By Wallice Ao; Institute for Defense Analyses Sebastian Calonico; University of Miami Ying-Ying Lee; University of Oxford |
| presented by: Ying-Ying Lee, University of Oxford |
| Session 11: S08: Counterfactual Methods November 28, 2014 11:15 to 13:00 Room B |
| Session Chair: Andrea Morescalchi, European Commission - DG JRC |
| Session type: contributed |
| Unobservable, but Unimportant? The Influence of Personality Traits (and Other Usually Unobserved Variables) for the Estimation of Treatment Effects |
| By Marco Caliendo; University of Potsdam Robert Mahlstedt; IZA Bonn Oscar Mitnik; FDIC |
| presented by: Marco Caliendo, University of Potsdam |
| Bias of Causal Effect Estimators Using Pre-Policy Outcomes |
| By Sylvain Chabe-Ferret; Toulouse School of Economics |
| presented by: Sylvain Chabe-Ferret, Toulouse School of Economics |
| Randomization in Dynamic Settings: Estimating Ex-Ante and Ex-Post Treatment Effects |
| By Stephen Kastoryano; University of Mannheim Bas van der Klaauw; VU |
| presented by: Stephen Kastoryano, University of Mannheim |
| Identification and Estimation of Treatment Effects in the Presence of Neighbourhood Interactions |
| By Giovanni Cerulli; CNR |
| presented by: Giovanni Cerulli, CNR |
| Session 12: SP2: Poster Session 2 November 28, 2014 13:00 to 14:30 Ground floor |
| Session type: poster |
| Assessing the Lisbon Strategy. A Macro difference-in-difference approach. |
| By Sergio Destefanis; University of Salerno |
| presented by: Sergio Destefanis, University of Salerno |
| High-Speed Internet and Firm Productivity – Quasi-Experimental Evidence from the Province of Trento |
| By Simone Schüller; IRVAPP-FBK Giulia Canzian; IRVAPP Samuele Poy; FBK-IRVAPP |
| presented by: Simone Schüller, IRVAPP-FBK and IZA |
| The relationship between panel and synthetic control estimators of the effect of civil war |
| By Vincenzo Bove; University of Warwick Leandro Elia; European Commission Ron Smith; Birkbeck College |
| presented by: Leandro Elia, European Commission |
| Students well being and family involment in schools . Challenges in designing an experimental action based on Family Group Conference approach |
| By Gianluca Argentin; University of Milan Bicocca |
| presented by: Gianluca Argentin, University of Milan Bicocca |
| Educational mismatch: Is overeducation persistent or temporary? |
| By Elena Meroni; DG Joint Research Centre Stefano Lombardi; DG Joint Research Centre Esperanza Vera-Toscano; DG Joint Research Centre |
| presented by: Stefano Lombardi, DG Joint Research Centre |
| Session 13: S09: Education policies 1 November 28, 2014 14:30 to 16:15 Room A |
| Session Chair: Sylke Schnepf, European Commission |
| Session type: contributed |
| In a Small Moment:Class Size and Moral Hazard in the Mezzogiorno |
| By Joshua Angrist; Massachusetts Institute of Technology Erich Battistin; Queen Mary University of London Daniela Vuri; University of Rome Tor Vergata |
| presented by: Daniela Vuri, University of Rome Tor Vergata |
| Trying to raise (low) math achievement and to promote (rigorous) policy evaluation in Italy. Evidence from a large scale randomized trial |
| By Giovanni Abbiati |
| presented by: Giovanni Abbiati, |
| New Evidence on the Effects of the Shortened School Duration in Germany - An Evaluation of Post-School Education Decisions |
| By Tobias Meyer; NIW Hannover Stephan Thomsen; NIW Hannover |
| presented by: Tobias Meyer, NIW Hannover |
| Adverse effects of increased education efficiency? The impact of shortening high school tenure on graduation age, grade repetitions and graduation rates |
| By Mathias Huebener; DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research Jan Marcus; DIW Berlin |
| presented by: Mathias Huebener, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research |
| Session 14: S10: Credit and taxation policies November 28, 2014 14:30 to 16:15 Room B |
| Session Chair: Daniele Bondonio, University of Piemonte Orientale |
| Session type: contributed |
| Public Guarantees to SME Borrowing. An RDD Evaluation |
| By Alessio D'Ignazio; Bank of Italy Guido de Blasio; Bank of Italy Paolo Finaldi Russo; banca d'italia Lavinia Stoppani; Università di Milano Bicocca |
| presented by: Alessio D'Ignazio, Bank of Italy |
| Internal Migration and Financing Availability: Evidence from Thailand |
| By Cecilia Poggi; University of Sussex |
| presented by: Cecilia Poggi, University of Sussex |
| Employment Tax Credits and Job Creation Trends in SMEs: Evidence from a Policy Intervention in Italy |
| By Maria Teresa Monteduro; Finance Department (Ministry of Economy and Finance) Marco Manzo; Finance Department (Ministry of Economy and Finance) Federica Alivernini; Soluzioni per il Sistema Economico S.p.A. Daniela Bucci; Soluzioni per il Sistema Economico S.p.A. Jacopo Canello; Soluzioni per il Sistema Economico S.p.A. Fabrizio De Grandis; Soluzioni per il Sistema Economico Marco Mastracci; Soluzioni per il Sistema Economico S.p.A. Paolo Pavone; Soluzioni per il Sistema Economico S.p.A. |
| presented by: Jacopo Canello, Soluzioni per il Sistema Economico S.p.A. |
| Income Taxation, Transfers and Labour Supply at the Extensive Margin |
| By Peter Benczur; EC JRC Ispra Gábor Kátay; Banque de France Aron Kiss; European Commission Oliver Racz; Central European University |
| presented by: Peter Benczur, EC JRC Ispra |
| Session 15: S11: Education policies 2 November 28, 2014 16:45 to 18:00 Room A |
| Session Chair: Enrico Rettore, Università degli Studi di Padova |
| Session type: contributed |
| Educational Attainment of Second-Generation Immigrants: A U.S. - Canada Comparison |
| By Xingfei Liu; IZA Bon Germany |
| presented by: Xingfei Liu, IZA Bon Germany |
| Selecting University Professors in Italy: much ‘ado’ about nothing? |
| By Daniele Checchi; University of Milan Stefano Verzillo; University of Milan |
| presented by: Daniele Checchi, University of Milan |
| The Mirage of Elite Schools: Evidence from Lottery-based School Admissions in China |
| By Hongliang Zhang; The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| presented by: Hongliang Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Session 16: S12: Competitiveness policies November 28, 2014 16:45 to 18:00 Room B |
| Session Chair: Leandro Elia, European Commission |
| Session type: contributed |
| Beyond the SUTVA: how policy evaluations change when we allow for interactions among firms |
| By Augusto Cerqua; University of Westminster Guido Pellegrini; Department of Economic and Social Analyses |
| presented by: Augusto Cerqua, University of Westminster |
| Employment Effect of Innovation |
| By d'Artis Kancs; European Commission Boriss Siliverstovs; ETH Zurich |
| presented by: d'Artis Kancs, European Commission |
| Is it profitable to be green? Preliminary results of an econometric evaluetaion using Coarsened Exact Matching on survey data |
| By Cesare Riillo; STATEC |
| presented by: Cesare Riillo, STATEC |
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