Description of the event

The NetCIEx workshop 2025, organized by the European Commission's Competence Centre on Microeconomic Evaluation (CC-ME), will take place at the Joint Research Centre, Ispra.

As part of the CIE Summer week 2025 event, the workshop on June 19-20, 2025, will bring together practitioners and academics to discuss recent advances in Counterfactual Impact Evaluation (CIE) methods.

Selected papers will be presented and discussed, offering an opportunity for researchers to receive feedback and engage in critical reflections on both methodological developments and empirical applications.

The event aims to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange among experts in the field, strengthening the application of causal policy evaluation in research and practice.

Programme Committee

Registration

PLEASE NOTE: Registrations are now closed

Conference Fees: The event is free of charge (no registration fees), but participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation.

Transport and Hotel Information

Arrival and Departure from the Workshop
A bus service will operate from specific locations (Milano Malpensa Airport, Sesto Calende Train Station), at designated times. If you are coming from abroad or a distant region, please submit your travel details by updating your information through the workshop registration link by the end of May. We will do our best to arrange additional pick-up services from Malpensa Airport. The bus timetable is available below on this webpage.

Hotel
All participants are responsible for booking their own hotel accommodation. A number of rooms have been pre-booked in Angera (VA) at the hotels listed below. Participants can contact the hotels directly by e-mail, mentioning that they are attending the CIE Summer Week at the JRC.

Transport from Hotel to Campus
Our bus service will be available from Angera (VA) town to the JRC campus, ensuring easy access to the Workshop venue (see bus timetable below). Please note that transport to and from the campus will be available only from Angera (VA).

We recommend booking your accommodation as soon as possible, as the season tends to be busy.

Feel free to get in touch with us at ec-cc-me@ec.europa.eu if you have any questions or need further assistance.

Venue

Building 36, 004 Amphitheatre (JRC, Ispra).

Agenda

Programme Day 1: June 19, 2025

09:00 - 09:15 Welcome & registration

09:15 - 09:45 Opening: Jolita BUTKEVICIENE (Director of Innovation in Science and Policymaking, JRC.S.3)

10:40 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 12:00 Keynote: Bas van der Klaauw – "Using Principal Stratification to Analyze Repeated Treatment Assignment"

15:20 - 15.50 Coffee break

16:40 - 16.50 Coffee break

18:30 - 22:00* Social gathering & dinner

*Bus leaving at 18.15

Programme Day 2: June 20, 2025

10:15 - 10:45 Coffee break

10:45 - 12:45 Roundtable on "Useful causal impact evaluation requires a combination of methods, access to data, and a willingness to learn"

Chairperson	Michaela Saisana, JRC.S.3 Science for Modelling, Monitoring and Evaluation
Panelists	Massimiliano Bratti, University of Milan Francesco Gianola, AGRI.A.3 - Policy performance Marek Havrda, EC Regulatory Scrutiny Board Tillmann Heidelk, REGIO.B.1 - Policy Development and Evaluation Bas van der Klaauw, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Roberto Volpe, RTD G.2 - Common Programme Analysis & Regulatory Reform

12:45 - 14:15 Lunch & Meeting of NetCIEx representatives

15:30-15:45 Farewell

Ardito, Berton, Pacelli, Zanatta	The Effect of the End of Hiring Incentives on Job and Employment Security
Burlacu, Piazzalunga, Rettore	The Effect of Temporary Employment on Labour Market Outcomes

Baggetta, Bottasso, Cerruti, Conti	The Power of Representation: Investigating the Impact of Female Mayors on Women’s Turnout in Italy
Brutti, Freo	Evaluations of the CAP Green Architecture
Caceres, Calzada, Duch-Brown, Martinez-Santos	Has PSD2 Favoured Investments in the European PayTech Companies?
Figari, Matranga, Rossi, Sonedda, Vernasca	Levelling up? Targeted Students of University Grants based on Wealth and Skills
Colagrossi, Granato, Mazzarella, Meroni	The effect of grading leniency on future academic outcomes: a machine learning approach
Canzian, Crivellaro, Duso, Ferrara, Sasso, Verzillo	The Impact of Financial Support to Firms During Crises: The Case of Covid Aid in the EU
Zhong	Export Credit Insurance and Firm Export Performance: Evidence from China’s Export Promotion Program

Cecchetti, Landi, Stefani	Diversification Actually Achieved? Toward a Broader 2 Economic, Environmental, and Land-Use Assessment
Tinnefeld	Effects of the European Emissions Trading Scheme on the Directions of Technological Change

Bratti, Brunetti, Corvasce, Maida, Ricci	Work-from-Home Job Creation as a Health-Risk Mitigation Strategy: Firm-Level Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Liu, Lodigiani, Robone, Tosetti, Vittadin	The Effect of the Great Recession on the Mental Health Care of Immigrant and Native Workers: Evidence from Administrative Data in Italy

Albertini, Bakx, Mazzonna	Health and labor market consequences of low-value care: The role of practice style
Navarini, Nisticò, Passerini	Is Temporary Work a Safety Risk? Analyzing the Impact on Workplace Accidents

Giffoni, Caputo, Castelnovo, Delponte, Gereben	As good as gold? Benchmarking the impact of public support to private equity and venture capital
Vanino, Douch, Cakmak	Political, economic and research disintegration: The impact of geopolitical uncertainty on cross-border R&D collaborations and innovation
Tassi	VAT collection only at the retail stage: Evidence on tax compliance.

Caloffi, Caruso, Faraoni, Mariani, Mattei, Menchetti	Digitalization, Automation, and Job Positions: Causal Insights from a Regional R&D Policy
Carrieri, DeBlasio, Ferrara, Nisticò	Targeting and effectiveness of location-based policies
Pérez Navarro, Herrarte, Sánchez Mangas	Bringing qualified, long-term unemployed youth back into the labor market. Evidence from an ALMP in Madrid

Event date	19 Jun 2025 - 20 Jun 2025
Event location	JRC Ispra
Knowledge service \| Metadata	Microeconomic Evaluation (CC-ME)