Thursday, 01 October 2026
12:30 - 19:00

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. 

Program

14:30 - 15:15 The Value of Surnames: Evaluating a Marriage-Name Reform in Switzerland Jinfeng Xu - University of Lausanne
15:15 - 16:00 What drives recruiter's choices? Discovering Direct Causes in Online Labour Markets Emma Bacci - Unidistance Suisse
16:30 - 17:15 Opportunity, taste or ignorance? Why the unemployed search outside their occupation Mattis Gilbert - Sciences Po Paris
17:15 - 18:00 Gender Discrimination and Job Search Outcomes Kristina Schüpbach - ETH Zürich
18:30 - 19:15 Partial Identification of Welfare Effects in the Presence of Demand Frictions Tommaso Coen - Unidistance Suisse

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