JILAEE is pleased to announce our Second eWorkshop on Field Experiments in Economics from 1 - 2 of February 2022.

The objective of the workshop is to provide an introduction to designing and implementing field experiments in economics. The first day is targeted at graduate students, postdocs, junior faculty, and other early career economists in Latin America. The second day (Feb. 2) is targeted at practitioners in firms, government, and NGOs.

Practitioners Workshop on Field Experiments (February 2nd):

Evidence-based policies and business practices are no longer an aspirational ‘gold-standard’ of public policy but are now considered the baseline standard for new and ongoing programs.The second day of the workshop will be devoted to practitioners in firms, government, and NGOs. We will show how field experiments can improve upon A/B testing to lend insights to best practices in public policy and businesses. Additionally, we will discuss how behavioral economics “nudges” that use knowledge of human psychology can be used to develop low-cost solutions for organizations. We will introduce JILAEE and talk about how organizations can benefit from working with our team in a research partnership. Participants will split up into break-out sessions to receive individual attention from our team, and brainstorm novel solutions to their organization’s problems. Finally, we will schedule one-on-one meetings with our researchers and interested practitioners. We aim to find organizations that are open to bold new ideas that will revolutionize the way they develop public policy or do business.

In the links below you can register for the workshop and learn more about our work through testimonies from existing partners and examples of successful partnerships between researchers and organizations.

Schedule

Day 2 - Feb. 2

11.00 - 12.00 ART / 08.00 - 09.00 CDT Nuts and bolts of field experiments for practitioners (John List)

12.00 - 12.45 ART / 09.00 - 09.45 CDT Practitioner workshops with firms/governments and NGOs (JILAEE Team)

12.45 - 13.15 ART / 09.45 - 10.15 CDT Q&A