Counterfactual Methods for Policy Impact Evaluation 2020 (COMPIE 2020)

The European Commission, in collaboration with the University of Mannheim and the Center for Evaluation and Development (C4ED) is organising in Germany the conference: "Counterfactual Methods for Policy Impact Evaluation 2020" (COMPIE 2020) Mannheim, Germany, 22-24 June, 2020.

Objectives

The aim of COMPIE is to bring together practitioners and academics to discuss developments in the theory and the applications of counterfactual methods for policy impact evaluation. Applications can cover a broad range of interventions, from labor and social policy to regulation and funding programmes, ideally with a focus on EU policies.

Important dates

• Paper submissions: from December 1, 2019 to February 28, 2020.
• Acceptance decision: April 30, 2020.
• Registration: May 1 to June 15, 2020. Authors of accepted papers need to register by June 1, 2020 to confirm participation. Conference fees: €150.
• Online programme: from June 15, 2020.

Programme

The conference will consist of plenary, contributed and poster sessions. Plenary sessions will host two keynote speakers; the contributed sessions and the poster sessions will include contributed papers submitted through the call for papers. The conference will start on June 22, 2020 at 1pm and will end on June 24, 2020 at 3.30pm. A link to the online program is given above.

Venue

Universität Mannheim, Department of Economics, Mannheim, Germany

Accommodation

Conference participants should book their accommodation directly.

Venue

Mannheim, DE