Alla conferenza Espanet a Torino Antonina Mazara e Francesco Ottaviani hanno presentato due lavori: "Effects of a Matched Saving Program to Tackle School Dropout in Italy"; "Do Partisan Politics Affect Higher Education Policy? Evidence from Scholarship Allocation in Italy".

Venerdì 26 settembre parteciperemo alla Notte della Ricerca con “Mondi paralleli”: uno spazio dove protrai partecipare a un quiz e stimare le tue possibilità occupazionali. Scopri di più: nottedellaricerca.tn.it Non dimenticare di prenotare il tuo posto 👇 www.ticketlandia.com/m/event/ndr2...

We are proud to contribute to EVIDALI, a European initiative that connects research and real classrooms. The project will deliver a free MOOC, practical resources, and policy recommendations to build data capacity and empower educators across Europe. ➡️ Find out more: evidali.eun.org

Alessio Tomelleri presented the work “Are unions good for temporary workers in the new digital workplace?”, co-authored with Andrea Signoretti and Giorgio Cutuli, at the ILERA2025 Conference at @durham-university.bsky.social

@mircotonin.bsky.social coordina la sessione “La valutazione controfattuale delle politiche regionali” alla XLVI Conferenza scientifica annuale dell'Associazione Italiana di Scienze Regionali dal tema: "Le disuguaglianze territoriali: prospettive per regioni e città". www.fbk.eu/.../la-valut...

📣 Il 25 ottobre Davide Azzolini @dazzolini.bsky.social presenterà all'edizione trentina di Didacta Italia 2025 l'intervento: "Valutare gli effetti degli interventi scolastici. Applicazioni e lezioni apprese nel contrasto alle povertà educative." 💡 Scopri di più: www.fbk.eu/it/event/339...

Dominique Cappelletti, ospite a Focus ESG, ha parlato di PolicyAId: uno strumento sviluppato da FBK-IRVAPP e DH@DigiS per supportare la PA nelle scelte di policy basate sull'evidenza scientifica. Guarda l'intervista: www.italpress.com/policyaid-le...

📣 IRVAPP seminars are back! Don't forget to register to our first hybrid seminar of the academic year taking place on the 16th of September! Further details and registration link here: irvapp.fbk.eu/events/detai...

📣 New paper by Federico Podestà: 'The Conventional Emptiness of Human Beings: Reviewing Archer’s Theory of Agency through Nāgārjuna’s Looking Glass.' The article creates a dialogue between Archer’s critical realism and Nagarjuna’s Middle Way: scholarworks.sjsu.edu/comparativep...

🔍Il processo di selezione del personale è cruciale per il successo di un'impresa e ha ricadute su efficienza, produttività e competitività 📈 Leggi l'articolo completo di Alessio Tomelleri e Enrico Schena: www.tn.camcom.it/sites/defaul...

Annalisa Tassi e Adrien Bussy su Lavoce.info presentano i risultati del loro recente lavoro sull’evasione dell’ #IVA in #Europa. 💡Una sintesi chiara e utile per progettare politiche fiscali basate sulle evidenze: lavoce.info/.../evadere-... 📄 paper completo: sjes.springeropen.com/.../10.1186/...

📆 Deadline approaching! Apply by the 18/08 and be our next colleague! We are looking for a Researcher in Quantitative Public Policy Evaluation to conduct (quasi) experimental evaluation research, 2Y+ contract. More details: jobs.fbk.eu/Annunci/Offe...

🎉 New publication by Annalisa Tassi and Adrien Bussy: “Cross-border Value-Added Tax Fraud in the European Union” 💡 Their paper examines the impact of introducing the reverse-charge mechanism on domestic transactions to curb VAT fraud linked to intra-EU trade. sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10....

🏖️ Before taking a break from our seminars in August, we are pleased to announce our first seminar to kick-start the academic year in September! 'Wealth Distribution, Redistribution, and Predistribution' with @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social from @lmumuenchen.bsky.social ℹ️ irvapp.fbk.eu/it/events/de...

We are happy to announce that Niklas Jakobsson has joined us as an affiliate! Niklas is Professor of Economics at Karlstad University. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Gothenburg in 2010 and has previously worked at institutions such as NOVA (Norwegian Social Research).

To what extent are teachers receiving the right training to assess student learning effectively? A recent study by Pastore, Azzolini, Marzadro & Ottaviani sheds light on this question, 📖 Read the full article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Education #TeacherTraining #Literacy

We are very happy to welcome Clementina Crocè, who will be visiting us from July to December 2025. Clementina is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Padova @unipd.bsky.social and she holds a PhD in Development Economics. Welcome Clementina! 📰: irvapp.fbk.eu/news/detail/...

È possibile aiutare le famiglie a sostenere l'istruzione dei figli incentivando il risparmio? ✍️ Ne parla @dazzolini.bsky.social per Politiche Piemonte (IRES - Istituto Ricerche Socio Economiche del Piemonte) 🔗https://www.politichepiemonte.it/istruzione-e-formazione/risparmiare-per-studiare/

📚Our course “Panel Data for Causal Research Designs” co-organised with the Italian Econometric Association has come to an end! Thanks to all participants, instructors (Enrico Rettore, Erich Battistin, Alessio Tomelleri, Sergiu Burlacu), speakers (Felix Rausche, Caterina Pavese) and organisers.

We are delighted to announce that Ana Manzano (@universityofleeds.bsky.social ) has joined us as an affiliate. We look forward to working with Ana, drawing upon her expertise in realist evaluation methods to enhance our research projects. Welcome Ana! irvapp.fbk.eu/people/detai...

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📚 Our school 'Panel Data and Causal Research Designs' co-organised with SIDE (Italian Society of Econometrics) has kicked-off! Erich Battistin, Enrico Rettore, Sergiu Burlacu and Alessio Tomelleri will teach a comprehensive curriculum: side-iea.it/events/cours...

Annalisa Tassi , Enrico Rettore and Sergiu Burlacu represented FBK-IRVAPP at the NetCIEx workshop 2025, organised by the European Commission's Competence Centre on Microeconomic Evaluation (CC-ME), at JRC in Ispra. knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/event/netcie...

📺 Nella quarta puntata 2025 di “Progettiamo il Futuro –Sostenibilità” su Trentino TV Sonia Marzadro e Federico Podestà hanno parlato della ricerca che svolgiamo in FBK-IRVAPP. 🔗Rivedi la puntata per scoprire di più: trentinotv.it/.../progetti....

Olga Gorodetskaya and Federico Podestà recently presented their joint paper "Revitalising Communities: Evaluating Family Policies in Trentino through the Synthetic Difference-in-Differences Method" at the Population Days conference in Cagliari (June 4-6, 2025). AIxPA project: sites.fbk.eu/aixpa-it/

📢 We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming seminar: "What if you see it? Workers’ perceptions of and reactions to LLMs." With the participation of Massimo Anelli (Università Bocconi) Further details and link to register available at the link below ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ irvapp.fbk.eu/events/detai...

Our colleague Annalisa Tassi presented her paper, joint with Lieke Voorintholt, “The effects of monetary compensation on paid volunteers: Evidence from Germany” at The Young Economists Workshop on Social Economy @unibo.bsky.social

📢 We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming seminar: 'Fast-Tracked Jobs Help Asylum Seekers Integrate Faster.' With the participation of Erich Battistin, University of Maryland Further details and link to register ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ irvapp.fbk.eu/events/detai...

🎓 What happens when financial aid falls short? A study by Elena Vettoretto Davide Azzolini, and Loris Vergolini found that the risk of dropping out increased for students just above the income threshold. Full article: tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Annalisa Tassi was invited to present her paper, “VAT collection only at the retail stage: Evidence on #tax #compliance,” at the two-day seminar organised by the @nhhecon.bsky.social ‪ in Bergen.

📢 New publication alert! “Enforcement spillovers under different networks: The case of quotas for persons with disabilities in Brazil” by Jessica Gagete Miranda co-authored with Samuel Berlinski 📄full paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Olga Gorodetskaya, Luigina Jessica Montano and Federico Podestà participated in an exciting three-day capacity-building event "Ready for the Future", organised by the OECD Trento Centre & Fondazione Dolomiti-UNESCO, focused on sustainable development in mountain areas.

📢 #CallForPapers | Sessione “Valutazione di impatto delle politiche pubbliche” a #EspanetItalia2025 ( Torino, 16–18/9), coordinata da @dazzolini.bsky.social , Loris Vergolini e Francesca Carimando ( @unibo.bsky.social ) 📄 Abstract entro il 15/6 🔗info: tinyurl.com/3xy6cpdb

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We are pleased to invite you to our upcoming seminar "Rhomolo in Action: Assessing Regional and Economic Impacts of EU Policies on Innovation and Sustainability" with Simone Salotti. Details and instructions to register: irvapp.fbk.eu/events/detai...

Keynote di Davide Azzolini @dazzolini.bsky.social al convegno Didattica e inclusione scolastica organizzato da Centro di Competenza per l’Inclusione Scolastica di @unibz.bsky.social #politichepubbliche #valutazione #scuola #povertàeducativa #PolicyMaking #PovertàEducativa

Annalisa Tassi presented her paper, “VAT collection only at the retail stage: Evidence on tax compliance,” at the 2nd Ghent Conference on International Taxation. The study investigates whether limiting #VAT collection to B2C increases #tax evasion.

📢 New #WorkingPaper! "Social Networks and Labor Market Outcomes: Occupation Matters" by Giovanna d’Adda, Jessica Gagete Miranda & Giovanni Righetto 📄 Read the full paper: irvapp.fbk.eu/.../social-n... @FBK_research

📢 New paper out in Economic Modelling! ‘Spatial interactions and micro-enterprises’ uptake of COVID-19 financial aid: Evidence from a spatial hurdle probit model’, by Alessio Tomelleri and Anna Gloria Billé. 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...

⏳ Last few days to to submit your paper for a chance to be awarded our 'Best Paper in Public Policy Evaluation' prize! ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

We are pleased to invite you to our upcoming seminar "Rhomolo in Action: Assessing Regional and Economic Impacts of EU Policies on Innovation and Sustainability" with Simone Salotti. Details and instructions to register: irvapp.fbk.eu/events/detai...

🚀 New paper in Technovation! RCT with 190 SMEs in 7 EU countries: Design Sprint contests boost knowledge (+19%) and perceived ability (+12%) to innovate. But structural barriers remain. 📖full paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.te... 🔗project: www.200smechallenge.eu

‼️ Deadline approaching: May 1, 2025 📢 Call for Papers – Best Paper in Public Policy Evaluation 🔹€1,000 cash prize!

Happy to share that our colleagues Davide Azzolini (@dazzolini.bsky.social ) and Federico Podesta' will be contributing to this important capacity-building initiative organised by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions & Cities (@oecdlocal.bsky.social).

Don't miss our seminar tomorrow!

@davideazzaroni.bsky.social parteciperà al convegno “Didattica e inclusione scolastica – Inklusion im Bildungsbereich: equità e sostenibilità – Kontexte und Kontraste” a Bressanone (@unibz.bsky.social ) il 9 e 10 maggio. Programma e iscrizioni : didatticainclusione.events.unibz.it?page_id=1466

📚Gli interventi di diritto allo studio in Italia sono sotto-finanziati, hanno procedure lente ed esistono pochi dati per poterli valutare. Articolo di @davideazzaroni.bsky.social e Federica Laudisa su lavoce.info lavoce.info/archives/107... #abbandonoscolastico #dirittoallostudio

📣 We are pleased to invite you to our upcoming seminar with Giorgio Brunello (Università degli Studi di Padova) Further details & instructions to register can be found at the link below: irvapp.fbk.eu/.../future-w... irvapp.fbk.eu/it/events/de...

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