• Research interests
• Relevant publications
• Teaching
• Education
• Curriculum Vitae

 

• Jordi Guilera Rafecas
• Assistant Lecturer (Universitat de Barcelona)
• Faculty of Economics and Business
• Espai de Recerca en Economia
• Avda. Diagonal, 690
• 08034 Barcelona
• Teléfono: 93 403 72 32
• E-mail: jguilera@ub.edu

• Projects and Research interests
• Research interests
  • Spanish and Portuguese Economic History
  • Economic inequality, Wage inequality, top income shares. The Kuznets curve
  • Economic growth, Impact of inequality on growth, Impact of economic growth on economic inequality
  • Economic polarization and social conflict. Political transition and inequality. Economic causes of the Spanish Civil War
  • Regional inequality and economic growth
• Current projects
  • Regional Economic Growth factors in Spain and Portugal, 1850-2008: an analysis from the Economic History
  • History and economic development (industry, business and sustainability)

• Relevant publications
• Journal publications:
  • "The evolution of top income and wealth shares in Portugal since 1936", Revista de Historia Económica–Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 28-1, 2010, pp. 139-171.
• Working Papers:
  • Top income shares in Portugal over the twentieth century, Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona, 2008, (working paper E08/195)
  • (with P. Lains and E. Gomes): Are Dictatorships More Unequal? Economic Growth and Wage Inequality during Portugal's Estado Novo, 1944-1974, Working paper in Economic History de la Universidad Carlos III, Maig 2008

• Teaching
• Undergraduate studies:
  • Economic History (Business Administration and Management)

• Education
• Engineer of Agricultural and Food Industries (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2000)
• B.A. Economics (Universitat de Barcelona, 2004)
• Master in Economic History (Universitat de Barcelona, 2006)
• Curriculum Vitae (PDF)