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September 30, 2019

Faculty of Economics and Business hosts book discussion on Branko Milanovic’s new book “Capitalism, Alone”

The Faculty of Economics and Business and the Institutions and Political Economy Research Group (IPERG) at the University of Barcelona will host a book discussion on “Capitalism, Alone”, by Prof. Branko Milanovic. His new book is a provocative account of capitalism’s rise to global dominance, which combines analysis of globalisation and inequality to examine what the future may hold. The author is Visiting Presidential Professor and Core Faculty at the…

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September 30, 2019

A closer look at the MSc in Economics class of 2021

The UB School of Economics has welcomed 26 new students on the MSc in Economics. The large majority of our students come from Europe (58%), followed by South America (15%), Asia (11%), North America (8%) and Middle East (9%). Altogether, there are 11 nationalities represented in the class. The average age is 25 years old. This diverse group of people will now pursue a cutting-edge master’s degree programme, designed to…

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September 27, 2019

Judit Vall awarded Leonardo Grant by BBVA Foundation to study the effects of the economic crisis on work leaves in Spain

The UB School of Economics and Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) researcher, Judit Vall, has been awarded a Leonardo Grant 2019 by the BBVA Foundation. This grant will allow her to investigate the deterrent effects of the economic crisis on sick leaves and to determine what groups of workers are the most affected by this change of behaviour. The research project “Bajas laborales y ciclo económico” will be developed during…

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September 25, 2019

UB School of Economics researcher Lidia Farré awarded Best Paper Award published in Labour Economics in 2018

The UB School of Economics researcher Lidia Farré has been awarded the prize for the best paper published in Labour Economics in 2018 at the 31st European Association of Labour Economists (EALE) Conference 2019. Lidia Farre and her co-authors Ryuichi Tanaka and Francesc Ortega received the Best Paper Award for their research on “Immigration and the Public-Private School Choice”, published at Labour Economics (2018), Vol 51, 184-201 The conference took place in…

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September 18, 2019

Call for papers for “Workshop on Public Policies: Inequality of opportunity” is now open

The call for papers for the Workshop on Public Policies: Inequality of opportunity is now open. Contributed papers topics may focus on Taxation, Education, Health, Pension systems, Redistributive effects of fiscal policy, Political economy of tax and spending reforms, and Fiscal policy evaluation. Full papers should be in English and must be submitted electronically by 18 October 2019 using the Conference Maker and selecting the following submission topic: “Workshop on…

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September 13, 2019

IEB invites submission of papers for presentation at International Academic Symposium on Energy Efficiency Economics and Policy

The Chair of Energy Sustainability at the Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) invites the submission of papers for presentation at the VIII International Academic Symposium: Energy Efficiency Economics and Policy, which will be held in Barcelona on February 4th, 2020. Authors are invited to submit empirical papers on the energy policy implications regarding the economics of energy efficiency applied to oil, gas or electricity sector. Climate change is one of…

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September 6, 2019

UB School of Economics hiring three tenure-eligible lecturers

The UB School of Economics is recruiting three tenure-eligible lecturers in the Departments of Economics, Econometrics, Statistics and Applied Economics and Mathematics for Economics, Finance and Actuarial Sciences at the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Barcelona. The first two positions are in the field of Applied Economics, while the third position is in the area of Mathematical and Quantitative Methods. The international call for applications for…

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August 27, 2019

Department of Economics looking to hire an Assistant Professor in the field of Public Economics

The Department of Economics at the University of Barcelona invites applications for an Assistant Professor with a special interest in Public Economics to join the Faculty of Economics and Business in February 2020. Applicants are expected to show outstanding commitment to research and must be in possession of the corresponding favorable governmental accreditation. The successful candidate will be expected to teach in the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, to develop independent…

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August 1, 2019

UB School of Economics researchers embark on EU-funded project on sharing economy and inequalities across Europe

The University of Barcelona is a partner in the Jean Monnet Network SHINE, which has recently been awarded a total of €299,876 from the European Union to support the project Sharing Economy and Inequalities across Europe. With a total budget of nearly €400,000, the network will develop this EU-funded project at least well into 2022. The project will consist of university research, training and a joint work programme with institutions…

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July 25, 2019

New research from UB School of Economics contradicts claims that government formation deadlocks negatively affect economy

The results of a recent study co-authored by the UB School of Economics researchers Daniel Albalate and Germà Bel contradict frequent claims that long periods of government formation deadlock negatively affect an economy. The authors studied the impact of the delay in government formation in Belgium following the June 2010 election. This period of government formation impasse has been the longest ever recorded in history. However, the findings show that…

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