Supporting policy with scientific evidence

The aim of this guidance material is to provide an accessible introduction to advanced counterfactual impact evaluation (CIE) methods. This guidance material builds on the previous publication ‘ Design and commissioning...

This paper analyzes the impact of advanced (up to 20 Mbps download, up to 1 Mbps upload) broadband accessibility on firm performance by exploiting a unique local policy of a staggered...

Using the economic complexity methodology on data for disease prevalence in 195 countries during the period of 1990-2016, we propose two new metrics for quantifying the relatedness between...

Are the incentives to expand expenditure before local elections affected by the composition of local governments' revenues? We explore this issue by exploiting the Italian government bill that in 2008 replaced...

This brochure reports highlights of activities in 2018 of the European Commission's Competence Centre on Microeconomic Evaluation (CC-ME). CC-ME was founded on May 19, 2016 to support the evaluation...

International student mobility is the most recognised element of Erasmus+, a major EU policy. Not enough is known about the causal effect of studying abroad on labour market...

International student mobility is the most recognised element of Erasmus+, a major EU policy. Not enough is known about the causal effect of studying abroad on labour market...

This paper examines the impact of introducing a Research Evaluation Exercise (REE) on Italian undergraduate students’ enrolment choices. We investigate whether subject groups in higher education...

Taxation policies can explain the differences in countries’ capacity to produce and export more sophisticated products. We develop a theoretical model considering elements from standard models...

The negative long-term effects of World War II on those directly exposed to it are well documented, but there is no evidence whether these effects extended...