The IZA/DFID Program on Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries is sponsoring a conference on "Labor Markets in West Africa " on November 16 - 17, 2017. The conference will be held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The application deadline is September 15.
This will be followed by a two-day "IZA/DFID Short Course on Program Evaluation" on Saturday, November 18 and Sunday, November 19, 2017. The course is designed for postgraduate students, faculty members, and researchers in government and non-governmental organizations who would like to develop their skills in program evaluation using the latest econometric methods.
The course will consist of four half-day sessions and will cover the following topics: Design and analysis of randomized controlled trials; propensity score matching methods; difference-in-difference estimators; regression discontinuity designs. The focus will be on application of these methods to the evaluation of labor market related programs, including skills training programs.
Instructors:
Marco Caliendo (University of Potsdam and IZA)
Christopher Parsons (University of Western Australia and IZA)
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Please find last year's program here.
Participants who are accepted for the course will be provided with all travel expenses (for travel booked according to the IZA travel guidelines), accommodation including breakfast and all meals which are part of the program from Wednesday night November 15, 2017 through Monday morning November 20, 2017. Participants who are selected will be required to be in attendance for the full period, including the conference on Thursday and Friday November 16 - 17, 2017. The target class size is 40 participants. The course is intended for participants from low-income countries (the list of countries, see here). In particular, priority will be given to participants based in institutions in West African countries who are involved in the design, implementation, or analysis of training programs, or plan to be involved in the future. The course and the conference will be conducted in English.
Submission Deadline:
Applications should be uploaded via the online application form by September 15, 2017. The Program Committee will aim to communicate its decisions to the authors by October 1, 2017.