Irvapp - The Research Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies - Trento, Italy

the institute for the impact evaluation of public policies (irvapp) is a research centre specialized in the evaluation, carried out in a counterfactual perspective, of government’s actions implemented to influence the life conditions or the behaviour of specific groups of subjects (organizations, social groups or individuals) across various social fields. in particular, irvapp deals with the impact evaluation of: - active and passive labour policies; - educational policies; - family policies; - healthcare policies; - immigrant integration policies; - policies to contrast poverty and social exclusion; - industrial policies; - policies for the economic development of developing countries. irvapp generally conducts ex-post evaluations, though, recently it has been engaged as well in ex ante evaluation through micro simulations and experimental economics. along with its research activity, irvapp deals with the training of researchers and public administrators on impact evaluation issues an