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May 7, 2018

Open call for papers for the IX Workshop on Economics of Education

The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) at the UB School of Economics welcomes the submission of papers for presentation at the IX Workshop on Economics of Education, due to take place in Barcelona on September 13th-14th. The aim of this workshop is to establish and share the theoretical and methodological knowledge frontier of economics of education and to access a diversity of applied studies in which different methodologies are used….

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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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March 8, 2018

UB School of Economics researcher Francesc Amat wins fellowship to continue his research at IPERG

The UB School of Economics researcher Francesc Amat has been awarded a Junior Leader La Caixa Fellowship to continue his research career at the Institutions and Political Economy Research Group (IPERG), a research group led by Professor Carles Boix. Francesc Amat will benefit from a three-year contract aimed at retaining talent within our country through the ‘Retaining’ subprogramme of this funding scheme by La Caixa Foundation. Francesc Amat is a research fellow at IPERG since 2017….

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March 7, 2018

Study co-authored by UB School of Economics researcher finds sizeable gender wage gap across Spanish regions

A recent research study co-authored by Ines P. Murillo Huertas (University of Extremadura), Raul Ramos (University of Barcelona) and Hipolito Simon (University of Alicante) has proven the existence of a sizeable gender wage gap across the Spanish regions. The article published in the scientific journal Social Indicators Research suggests that these variations cannot be fully explained by differences in the extent of discriminatory practices among Spanish regions and that a…

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March 6, 2018

University of Barcelona ranked 45th in Europe for Social Sciences and Management

The University of Barcelona has been ranked 45th in Europe for Social Sciences and Management after having climbed eight places over the last year, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018. The latest edition of this ranking has placed the university 110th in the world, having risen 25 places since last year. Although Social Sciences and Management is the general branch of knowledge in which the UB…

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