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1st Valais Econometrics Workshop

Friday, 07 November 2025
11:45 - 18:30
UniDistance Suisse

Schinerstrasse 18

3900 Brigue

The workshop brings together econometricians from Switzerland and Europe for research presentations and discussions. The focus of the presentations is on causal inference, causal machine learning, and data science, with applications to policy-relevant topics such as labour and health. 

Program

11:45-12:45 Welcome at UniDistance Suisse  
12:45-13:30 Quantile Individualized Average Treatment Effects Johanna Kutz - University of St.Gallen
13:30-14:15 Participation in ICT Courses and Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from Causal Machine Learning Francesco La Russa - University of Basel
14:45-15:30 Quantile on Quantiles Martina Pons - University of Zurich
15:30-16:15 Causal Graphs for Conditional Parallel Trends Michael Knaus - University of Tübingen
16:45-17:30 Do Blood Levels Predict Employment in England for Male Workers Above Age 50? Longitudinal Evidence from OLS and Machine Learning Ridge Regressions Patrick Puhani - Leibniz University Hannover
17:30-18:15 Difference-in-Differences with Time-varying Continuous Treatments Using Double/Debiased Machine Learning Martin Huber - University of Fribourg
18:15-18:30 How much can targeting achieve? New metrics to inform decision making Anthony Strittmatter - UniDistance Suisse

Participation

If you’d like to attend the presentations, please contact Anthony Strittmatter.

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