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May 7, 2018

UB School of Economics research shows that bilingualism at school increases the returns to schooling

The 1983 reform that introduced bilingualism in Catalan schools increases the earnings return to each additional year of schooling, according to a recent study by Lorenzo Cappellari (Catholic University of Milan) and Antonio Di Paolo (University of Barcelona School of Economics). The authors exploits the implementation of the Language Normalization Act of 1983 –which established Catalan as a medium of instruction in primary and compulsory secondary schools alongside Spanish– in…

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April 25, 2018

XXXIII Jornadas de Economía Industrial invites the submission of papers

The Universitat de Barcelona School of Economics will host the XXXIII Jornadas de Economía Industrial on September 6-7, 2018. The call for papers is now available with a submission deadline of May 18th, 2018. A Young Economist Prize will be awarded to an exceptionally original and high-quality paper written by a young researcher. The Jornadas de Economía Industrial is an annual meeting of researchers in theoretical and empirical Industrial Economics…

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April 20, 2018

David Castells-Quintana and Maria Sánchez Vidal receive prize for outstanding PhD research in Economics

PhD alumni of the UB School of Economics David Castells-Quintana and Maria Sánchez Vidal have each received an UB Extraordinary Doctoral Prize for their outstanding PhD thesis in Economics at the award ceremony that took place in the main hall of the Historic Building of the University of Barcelona on April 19th, 2018. David Castells-Quintana is the award winner for the 2014/15 academic year, while Maria Sánchez Vidal is the…

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March 21, 2018

Four PhD students at the UB School of Economics awarded SEBAP mobility grants

Four PhD students at the UB School of Economics have each been awarded a researcher mobility grant by the Barcelona Economic Society of Friends of the Country (SEBAP). The four recipients of the €4.200 award are Niclas Frederic Poitiers, Marc Puigmulé Solà, Moisés Obaco and Pierre Magontier. The grant scheme provides funding to undertake an academic stay at a foreign institution. UB School of Economics grantees will be visiting students…

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March 19, 2018

UB School of Economics at the Futura Master’s and Post-graduate Exhibition 2018

The Universitat de Barcelona School of Economics took part in the Futura Master’s and Post-graduate Exhibition for the fourth consecutive year. The school showed its offering for the academic year 2018-2019, including the MSc in Economics, the PhD in Economics and the Summer School on Big Data for Economics. Many students approached the UB School of Economics team in the Faculty of Economics and Business stand. Visitors were provided with…

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March 8, 2018

Two projects led by UB School of Economics researchers awarded RecerCaixa grants

The RecerCaixa programme has awarded two grants to fund the research projects led by UB School of Economics researchers Josep Oriol Escardíbul and Xavier Fageda, which focus on professional training and road congestion in urban areas. The project led by Josep Oriol Escardíbul in collaboration with Antoni Josep Mora from the International University of Catalonia (UIC) will study the future needs of the professional training system in Catalonia and the…

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