2nd PODER Summer School
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Call for Participation
Deadline: 1 May 2015
2nd PODER Summer School
"Recent Advances in Impact Evaluation for Development"
30 June-3 July, Paris School of Economics
Main Speakers
Esther Duflo (MIT and CEPR)
OrazioAttanasio (UCL and CEPR)
Martin Ravallion (Georgetown University)
General Description
The summer school is intended for PhD students, post-docs and junior faculty members. The aim is to provide young researchers with an overview of the recent advances in impact evaluation methods and applications in development economics. Participants will also have the opportunity to discuss their own research projects with leading researchers in a relaxed and open atmosphere, and receive advice and feedback.
Structure
The main components will be lectures by leading researchers and participants’ presentations.
Lecture topics include recent developments and challenges in randomized evaluations, the use of structural models in combination with experimental evidence, measurement questions, and the challenges and opportunities for nonexperimental evaluations of large interventions or policy changes.
Selected projects by participants will be presented and discussed during the day. We encourage all participants to submit either complete papers or detailed proposals that present empirical evidence on a development question.
Logistics
PODERResearchers who have an ITN contract at the time of the Summer School should pay for their travel directly and send the reimbursement claim to their host institution. For these researchers, accommodation will be covered by the network coordinator, Bocconi University.
Other students will be considered for full or partial funding, although neither can be guaranteed in advance. Please indicate in your application form whether you would require full, partial, or no funding in order to participate.
All participants are asked to stay for the entire duration of the Summer School.
Applications and deadlines
A completed application form should be submitted together with:
a) A short CV
b) An academic reference letter
c) An empirical research project or a completed paper (only in pdf)
All applications should be sent no later than 1May 2015to Nadine Clarke: [email protected].
Admission decisions will be announced by 15 May 2015. All applicants will be informed by email about the results.
Acknowledgement: This summer school is funded under the grant: “Policy Design and Evaluation Research in Developing Countries, PODER Marie Curie Initial Training Networks (ITN) Funded under the EU's Seventh Framework Programme, Contract Number: 608109