Does welfare spending reduce poverty? Does the minimum wage destroy jobs? Does trade liberalisation increase inequality? Does development aid really help poor countries? Do longer sentences reduce crime? Policy makers around the globe are confronted with these questions on a daily basis and effective policy interventions can only be designed with good answers. Measuring and understanding the effect of policies is now more important than ever in any field, from development to labour, from finance to education and beyond. The Geneva Summer School in %E2%80%9CEvaluating Policy Interventions%E2%80%9D offers students a comprehensive understanding of the most advanced techniques of policy evaluation through a powerful combination of theoretical classes and applied examples. The faculty is a mix of internationally renowned academics and policy analysts working in the most influential international organisations and public administrations from around the globe.

Course leader
Michele Pellizzari (UniGe), Stefan Sperlich (UniGe), Salvatore di Falco (UniGe), Giacomo De Giorgi (New York Federal Reserve Bank), Michael Lechner (UniSg), Jean-Luis Arcand (IHEID), Rafael Lalive (UniL). To be confirmed.

Target group
The target students would be graduate students (both Master and Phd) and professionals from the policy making world with an interest in understanding or producing studies aimed at evaluating the causal effects of policy interventions.

Credits info
6 ECTS Each summer school will indicate its equivalence in ECTS credits in its description. Participants will be provided with a Certificate of Completion of the course if they satisfy attendance and evaluation requirements. It is the participant's responsibility to verify the validity of the course and validate it at their home university prior to participating in the course.

Fee info
CHF 2000: Tuition fees do not include housing or travel.

Scholarships
A limited number of competitive excellence scholarships are available.

University of Geneva
Address: Blvd du Pont d%5C'Arve 40 R 050
Postal code: CH-1211 Geneva 4
City: Geneva
Country: Switzerland
Website: http://genevasummerschools.ch/
E-mail: gss@unige.ch
Phone: +41 22 379 80 90