19 - 20 june 2025, JRC Ispra (va), Italy
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
- Josep Amer Mestre
- Chiara Ardito
- Luca Barbaglia
- Fabio Berton
- Juliana Bernhofer
- Zelda Brutti
- Sara Flisi
- Marzia Freo
- Silvia Granato
- Tobias Haepp
- Fernando Martinez Santos
- Elena Meroni
- Paolo Paruolo (Chair)
- Alessandro Sasso
- Manuel Serrano Alarcon
- Stefano Verzillo
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
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).
CIE Summer Week 2025 – Bus Timetable
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.
Download the Info Pack
To help you prepare for the 2025 CIE Summer Week and make the most of your time with us, we've put together a comprehensive Info Pack.
This pack includes the program for the training, bus and navette meeting points, useful contacts, maps, and other useful information.
Agenda
Programme Day 1: June 19, 2025
09:00 - 09:15 Welcome & registration
09:15 - 09:45 Opening
| 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 |
| Cerqua, Giannantoni, Letta, Pinto | Dead Man Working’: A Place-based Approach to Workplace Fatalities |
11:00 - 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 - 12:30 Keynote: Bas van der Klaauw – "Using Principal Stratification to Analyze Repeated Treatment Assignment"
| Baggetta, Bottasso, Cerruti, Conti | The Power of Representation: Investigating the Impact of Female Mayors on Women’s Turnout in Italy |
| Brutti, Freo | CC-ME 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 |
15:20 - 15.50 Coffee break
| 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 |
16:40 - 16.50 Coffee break
| 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 |
18:30 - 22:00* Social gathering & dinner
*Bus leaving at 18.15
Programme Day 2: June 20, 2025
| 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. |
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
| 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 |
15:30-15:45 Farewell
| Event date | 19 Jun 2025 - 20 Jun 2025 |
| Event location | JRC Ispra |
| Knowledge service | Metadata | Microeconomic Evaluation |
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