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Competence Centre on Microeconomic Evaluation (CC-ME)

We advise and support EU policy making through ex-post causal evaluation and data-driven microeconomic analysis.

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Case studies in Microeconomic Evaluation 2020

Series of webinars on case studies in evaluation of EU policies on November 24, December 2 and 9, 2020

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Objective

The aim of the training is to share good practice in evaluation of impacts of EU policies. The focus is on how to use causal methodologies to inform the evaluation process, from the design to the choice of data, to the analysis and to the interpretation of results.

 

When

Three webinars, on Nov 24,  Dec 2 and Dec 9, 2020.

 

Where

Online – Details to access the web event will be shared the day before each event.

Participants should register through EU Learn. (Keywords: “Case studies” and “Microeconomic evaluation”)

 

What

 

Nov 24, 2020h 14.30-16:00Method: Regression Discontinuity Design
  Case study 1: “Academic Career Effects of Participating in the Erasmus Programme: Evidence from Administrative Data on Students' Applications”
  Partner: DG EAC
  Case study 2: “The Impact of EU Grants for Research and Innovation on Private Firms’ Performance”
  

Partner: DG RTD

EU learn:

https://eulearn.europa.eu/ilp/pages/description.jsf#/users/@self/catalogues/115358/courses/37766049/description   

 

   
Dec 2, 2020h 15-16:00Method: Difference-in-Differences
  Case study: “Indirect Cost Compensation under the EU ETS: A Firm-level Analysis”
  

Partner: DG COMP

EU learn:

https://eulearn.europa.eu/ilp/pages/description.jsf#/users/@self/catalogues/115358/courses/37815266/description

 

   
Dec 9, 2020 h 15-16:00Method: Matching
  Case study: “Matching using sequences: the evaluation of the Irish JobsPlus wage subsidy scheme”
  

Partner: DG EMPL

EU learn:

https://eulearn.europa.eu/ilp/pages/description.jsf#/users/@self/catalogues/115358/courses/37828838/description

 

How: Each webinar is focused on a different methodology and it is divided in 3 sections:

  • Section 1: Brief introduction to the method (15 minutes)
  • Section 2: Case study (30 minutes)
  • Section 3: Discussion (15 minutes)

 

Presentations will be given by JRC- I.1.CC-ME; discussants come from the Partner DG