IEN (Impact Evaluation Network)
The Impact Evaluation Network (IEN) at LACEA is an initiative that aims to advance the state of knowledge and expertise regarding impact evaluation of different policies.
Fifth Meeting
The fifth annual meeting was hosted by the Center of Distributional, Labor and Social Studies at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, taking place on August 22 and 23, 2011, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The program included a one-day training course by Prof. Joshua Angrist (MIT) on recent methodological developments in program evaluation, as wellas a keynote address by Marco Manacorda (Queen Mary University of London; CEP, London School of Economics; CEPR; IZA). Participants attended the course during the mornings; during the afternoon nine papers, selected on the basis of academic merit, were presented.
Keynote Speakers
- Joshua Angrist (MIT)
- Marco Manacorda (Queen Mary University of London; CEP, London School of Economics; CEPR; IZA)
Selected Papers
- Carlos Leite Corseuil (IPEA)
by Edgar Villa (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana) - Patrick McEwan (Wellesley College)
by Guillermo Cruces (CEDLAS-CONICET) - Jose Rosero, University of Amsterdam
by Javier Baez (World Bank) - Edgar Villa, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
by Yuri Soares (IADB) - Muthoni Ngatia (Yale University)
by Maria Laura Alzua (CEDLAS-Universidad Nacional de La Plata) - Stanislao Maldonado (UC Berkeley)
by Oscar Mitnik (University of Miami) - Emily Conover (Hamilton College)
by Ana Santiago (IADB) - Jose Cuesta (J-Pal)
by Jorge Streb (UCEMA) - Juan Bonilla (University of Maryland)
by Adriana Camacho (Universidad de los Andes)
Fifth Meeting Organizing Committee
- María Laura Alzua (CEDLAS-Universidad Nacional de La Plata)
- Felipe Barrera-Osorio (Human Development Network-The World Bank)
- Guillermo Cruces (CEDLAS-Universidad Nacional de La Plata)
- Ana Santiago (Vice-Presidency of Sectors and Knowledge – Inter-American Development Bank)
