My pleasure to award Javi the 2024 International Tax and Public Finance award for the best paper presented by a PhD student at the IIPF - International Institute of Public Finance. His work on payments under the table shows that formally employed workers do informal work for their boss & this happens for high-income workers too.

Sébastien Laffitte (CYU & EU Tax Observatory) won one of the IIPF - International Institute of Public Finance Young Economist Awards at the #iipf2024 in Prague. He put together an amazing database on the history of tax havens to analyze the determinants and consequences of countries becoming tax havens.

Valeria Zurla (Valeria Zurla) won another of the IIPF - International Institute of Public Finance Young Economist Awards at the #iipf2024 in Prague. She studies a fascinating Italian setting were mothers could choose between different parental leave policies. The paper has the potential to inform policymakers about

Excited and humbled for being awarded the IIPF - International Institute of Public Finance Young Economist Award, joint with Jacopo Bassetto (and co-winner Valeria Zurla), after three full days of high-quality presentations and inspiring keynotes at #iipf2024 in beautiful Prague. Too bad I had to miss the final dinner!

The last of the IIPF - International Institute of Public Finance Young Economist Awards at the #iipf2024 in Prague went to Giuseppe Ippedico (UoNEconomics) and Jacopo Bassetto (University of Bologna). Their paper shows the effect of an Italian tax scheme incentivizing Italians living abroad to return to Italy.

The most important award of IIPF - International Institute of Public Finance is the Peggy and Richard Musgrave prize. At #iipf2024, David Leite won this award, for amazing work showing that tax evasion by using firms as consumption vehicles is a substantial issue - with a revenue loss of about 1% of GDP. 1/2

New composition of the IIPF Executive Committee since 24 August: President James R. Hines Jr. (University of Michigan) took over from Wojtek Kopczuk 🇵🇱🇺🇦 at #IIPF2024 👇, Vice Presidents Claus Thustrup Kreiner and Sara LaLumia. Full list of Board members iipf.org/mngmnt.htm Thanks to all and welcome new officers!

Call for Papers by Public Choice Society - submit by November 1 for conference in 2025:

My trip to Europe was enriching! I attended the IIPF - International Institute of Public Finance congress and board meeting in Prague, engaging with experts on integrating evidence into policy. Excited for Network of Impact Evaluation Researchers in Africa to host next year! Also reconnected with Joost at Utrecht University to scale impact evaluation work in Africa

We’re excited to collaborate and contribute to the success of the congress! Ping: Network of Impact Evaluation Researchers in Africa USIU-Africa

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📢 Super excited about the first edition of the World Bank ***Tax Data Analytics Week***, featuring the launch of our new #DaTaxWB Lab + research conf + policy event on business taxation in Africa. Event details and registration links👇🏻

More information: epcs2025.sseriga.edu For any questions: [email protected]

Join us for the 6th Annual World Bank Institute for Fiscal Studies ODI Public Finance Conference on September 26-27 2024, part of the World Bank's Data Analytics Week. ODI's Hazel Granger will be there, so do reach out! Find out more and register to watch here: buff.ly/4gnEsIS