58th International Conference

The keynote speakers of the 58th international conference organized by the I.S.E.O. Institute in collaboration with the Faculty of Economics of the University of Brescia were Joshua Angrist (Nobel Laureate in Economics 2021) and Margherita Fort (University of Bologna).

The 58th public meeting was held in honor of Franco Modigliani, the esteemed founder of the I.S.E.O. Institute. The theme for this event was “Investing in Education – Investire in Educazione, sì ma come?”, and it aimed to explore effective strategies for investing in education.

Joshua Angrist and his collaborators develop and study innovative ways to harness the power of natural experiments to answer important economic questions. These new econometric tools help social scientists and policy-makers discover the causal effects of individual choices and government policy changes. In dozens of empirical studies, Angrist explores the economics of education and school reform; the impact of social programs on the labor market; and the labor market effects of immigration, regulation, and economic institutions.

Margherita Fort’s research deals mainly with applied micro-econometrics, specifically assessing the effects of public policies, with applications mainly in the field of the education economics and labor economics. In the recent years, her research is specifically focusing on the evidence-based investments in young children and their families.

During the international conference, Professor Enrico Minelli from the University of Brescia took the lead together with the Chairman of the I.S.E.O. Institute Riccardo Venchiarutti and was followed by online institutional greetings from the Rector Francesco Castelli. The event drew nearly 150 attendees, including academics, postgraduate students, entrepreneurs, journalists, and participants of the I.S.E.O. Summer School 2024 from various parts of the world.

If you wish to have a look at the best images taken by our photographer Federico Sbardolini you can find them in our photo-gallery.

All the articles published after the conference are uploaded in the Press area.

Here below you can also download the invitation to the conference.

The conference has been promoted with the support of several sponsors. The I.S.E.O. Institute is very grateful and really appreciates all the sponsors who are listed in the image here below.