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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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Competition Policy and Firm Outcomes

Study on the effectiveness of COVID-aid on firms

Data

Bureau Van Dijk balance-sheet data; Administrative National Registries on State Aid

Country

IT, ES, PL

Assessing the impact of the EU late payments directive on firm’s survival and business-to-business (B2B) commercial transactions

Data

Bureau Van Dijk balance-sheet data; Eurostat data; WIOD

Country

BE, DE, ES, FI, FR, GB,  HU,  IT, NL

Link

Infographic 

An evaluation of the impact of RDI State aid in Slovenia on firms' performance 

Data

Firm-level data from Slovenian Business; Administrative National Registry on State Aid

Country

SI

 

Agricultural Policy

Analysing the Feasibility of Counterfactual Methods for Estimating Environmental Effects of the CAP

Data

Farm-level survey data (FADN)

Country

EU

An evaluation of the (Common Agricultural Policy) CAP impact: A discrete policy mix analysis

Data

DG AGRI data on CAP funds at NUTS3 level for the EU; Eurostat data at NUTS 3 level

Country

EU

Causal estimates of Geographical Indications’ effects on territorial development: feasibility and application

Data

Data on geographical indications from DG AGRI electronic register eAmbrosia; municipal level data from Portuguese national statistical office (Instituto Nacional de Estatística)

Country

PT

The causal effect of crop diversification obligations on crop diversity: An EU-level analysis

Data

Farm-level survey data (FADN)

Country

EU

New Administrative Geospatial Data for Agricultural Policy Evaluation: An Application to EU Crop Diversity Obligations

Data

Administrative, parcel-level data from Spanish farms' yearly declarations (2022 CAP campaign)

Country

ES

Organic Transition in EU Agriculture: An Analysis of Environmental and Economic Outcomes

Data

Farm-level survey data (FADN)

Country

EU

 

Employment and Education

The effect of online learning on students' academic performance in Italy

Data

National standardised students' tests administered by the Italian National Institute for the Educational Evaluation of Instruction and Training (INVALSI)

Country

IT

Impact Evaluation of Ireland's Active Labour Market Policies 

Data

Several data sources from the Irish Department of social Protection (DSP). In collaboration with DSP, OECD, DG EMPL

Country

IE

Evaluation a the Youth Employment Initiative, a higher education grant system for less privileged students in Portugal

Data

Administrative data from the Portuguese public employment service (IEFP); Social Security (SS) register data

Country

PT

The evaluation of the Youth Employment Initiative in Portugal using Counterfactual Impact Evaluation methods

Data

Administrative data from the Portuguese public employment service (IEFP); Social Security (SS) register data

Country

PT

Assessing the impact of the Work Experience for Graduates (WELL) intervention on participant’s employability

Data

EC administrative data; Compulsory Communication Database (CCD) of the Italian Ministry of Labour

Country

IT

Evaluating the impact of a vocational training programme (Youth Guarantee) on participant's labour market outcomes in Latvia

Data

Administrative data from the State Employment Agency of Latvia, Latvian State Revenue Service data

Country

LV

Active Labour Market Policies in Flanders. Evaluation of the ESF “Work Experience for Young Persons” programme 

Data

Administrative data from the Flemish Public Employment Service

Country

BE

Evaluation of the Support to Schools Project in Czech Republic

Data

Administrative data from schools' registries; survey data provided by Czech managing authorities

Country

CZ

Assessing the effectiveness of JobsPlus (employment program for long-term unemployed)

Data

Jobseekers Longitudinal Dataset (JLD) administrative data from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection (DEASP)

Country

IE

The Effect of Online Learning Mandates on Students' Academic Performance in Italy

Data

INVALSI

Country

IT

The Pandemic, Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Learning Outcomes:Cross-National Impact Analyses of Education Policy Reforms [Launch of the book on 23 April in Brussels]

Data

Book, focusing on 6 European countries

Country

D, NLD, England, ITA, HUN, BEL

The effect of the end of hiring incentives on job and employment security

Data

Regional administrative data on the population of labor market flows

Country

IT

 

Communications Networks, Content and Technology

The Impact of the roaming regulation on Consumer Surplus and Operator Profits

Data

BEREC operator-level data collected by the European Commission

Country

All EU Member States

 

Health and Ageing

Does the time spent in retirement improve health? An IV-Poisson assessment on the incidence of cardiovascular diseases

Data

Italian Longitudinal Study, Hospitalizations and Mortality Registers

Country

IT

The effect of the 2012 Italian pension reform on health and labour market outcomes

Data

Italian Social Security Data, Hospitalizations Registers, and SHARE

Country

IT

The effect of the 2012 Italian pension reform on injuries at work [work in progress]

Data

Italian Social Security Data

Country

IT

Long-term unemployment subsidies and middle-aged disadvantaged workers’ health

Data

Spanish Social Security Data, Hospitalization Registers

Country

ES

How to increase COVID-19 vaccination among a population with persistently suboptimal vaccine uptake? Evidence from the North Macedonia mobile vaccination and public health advice caravan

Data

Vaccination data

Country

North Macedonia

 

Other

Evaluation of the scientific impacts of research and innovation initiatives for researchers

Data

CORDA data on FP7 ERC applicants + Scopus data on publications

Country

All EU Member States

Multidimensional Inequalities in the European Union

Data

Statistics Netherlands (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, CBS)

Country

NL