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<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Apologies for cross-posting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>The
Research Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies (IRVAPP) </span></b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>&
<b> the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (IVSLA) <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> under
the partnership of the Centro Interuniversitario di Econometria (CIdE ) &
the Italian Econometric Association (SIdE) <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>organise
the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>Winter
School on “Fundamentals and Methods for Impact Evaluation of Public Policies” <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#4F6228'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'>14 -19
February 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=msotitle3 align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=msotitle3 align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Istituto
Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=msotitle3 align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><i><span
style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=msotitle3 align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Palazzo
Cavalli Franchetti<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=msotitle3 align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Campo
Santo Stefano<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=msotitle3 align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>Venice,
Italy<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>INSTRUCTORS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=msoaddress align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Erich Battistin<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=msoaddress align=center style='margin-bottom:2.0pt;text-align:center;
line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>IRVAPP
& Università degli Studi di Padova<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=msoaddress align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=msoaddress align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Enrico Rettore<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=msoaddress align=center style='margin-bottom:2.0pt;text-align:center;
line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>IRVAPP
& Università degli Studi di Padova<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=msoaddress align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=msoaddress align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ugo Trivellato<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=msoaddress align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>IRVAPP, IVSLA &
Università degli Studi di Padova<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=msoaddress align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=msoaddress align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TUTORS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=msoaddress align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Loris Vergolini<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=msoaddress align=center style='margin-bottom:2.0pt;text-align:center;
line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>IRVAPP<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=msoaddress align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=msoaddress align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Nadir Zanini<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=msoaddress align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>IRVAPP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=msoaddress align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=msoaddress align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>The course
is intended for a class of about 20-25 participants. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>It
will present (1) the fundamental principles of impact evaluation with a
specific focus on the counterfactual theory of causal inference and <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>(2)
a variety of statistical tools for counterfactual analysis (including
difference-in-difference and matching methods, regression discontinuity designs
and quasi experimenta</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F6228'>l</span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>
/natural experiments settings).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:14.0pt;
mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For further information about the programme,
location, tuition fees and accommodation, please see the attached file</span></i><i><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F6228'>,
</span></i><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>email
Silvia Girardi (<a href="mailto:girardisil@irvapp.it">girardisil@irvapp.it</a>)
or go to</span></i><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:#4F6228'>:</span></i><i><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a
href="http://irvapp.fbk.eu/en/winter_school">http://irvapp.fbk.eu/en/winter_school</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara","sans-serif";
color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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