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September 1, 2015

Marc Teignier research on gender equality in The Economist

‘Sexism is not just wrong. It is also expensive’.  On August 22nd 2015 The Economist ran an article about Latin American workforce and its effects to the region’s GDP based on the paper ‘Aggregate Costs of Gender Gaps in the Labor Market’ written by Marc Teignier (University of Barcelona) and David Cuberes (University of Sheffield). This paper examines the quantitative efects of gender gaps in entrepreneurship and workforce participation. Authors conclude…

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August 25, 2015

Stefano Carattini, PhD in Economics at the UB, 2015 Heinz König Young Scholar Award of the ZEW

Stefano Carattini from Haute Ecole de Gestion de Genève (PhD in Economics 2015 at the University of Barcelona) is the 2015 recipient of the Heinz König Young Scholar Award of the Mannheim Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW). The jury’s decision indicates their recognition of the excellent research carried out by Carattini into the effect of a pay-per-bag tax on household waste on the produced amount of waste. By looking…

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July 24, 2015

Chair UAM-Accenture Award 2015

The Chair UAM – Accenture is announcing an award to the best unpublished research project in Economics and Management of Innovation in 2015. The general objective of the Chair in Economics and Management of Innovation  UAM-Acceneture is to promote teaching, research and knowledge diffusion and exchange in this field, as well as to support the Interuniversity Master and PhD Programs in the Economics and Management of Innovation. The projects can be submitted until…

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July 24, 2015

Royal Economic Society 2016 – Call for Papers

The 2016 Annual Conference of the Royal Economic Society will be held at The University of Sussex, Brighton, from Mon 21st March to Wed 23rd March 2016.  Submissions of papers and special sessions are invited from academic, government and business economists in any field of economics and econometrics. The deadlines for submissions of papers are October 11th and November 1st 2015. More information can be found at the conference webpage.

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July 17, 2015

Lecturer position at UNED

The Department of Economic Analysis II of UNED aims to cover a lecturer position: they are looking for an academic profile able to give lectures in Macroeconomics and to develop research in Economic Analyisis Foundations. Since this is a Spanish public service position, the requirements and application procedure will soon be published at Boletín Oficial del Estado. You can ask for more information sending an e-mail to Maria Teresa Garin (mgarin@cee.uned.es)  

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July 7, 2015

XVIIth World Economic History Congress

The XVIIth World Economic History Congress (WEHC 2015), which will be held in Kyoto in 3-7 August 2015, is the first congress in Asia in the history of the WEHC. You can find detailed information about this event HERE.

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July 2, 2015

Post-Doc Position at the University of Torino

The University of Torino has just posted two post doctoral fellowships, for young LABOUR/HEALTH/APPLIED ECONOMISTS. Candidates should be under 35 and should have a PhD in Economics or related fields & strong micro-econometric background. The project is on Health and Career paths during the economic downturn in Italy. Duration is 12 months and Gross Salary is € 19.367. Deadline for applications is July 8th 2015 . More information HERE (in…

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June 23, 2015

Empirics of Management: An Academic Excellence Programme at LSE

Empirics of Management: An Academic Excellence Programme at LSE´ in collaboration with the Fundación Rafael del Pino, taking place Monday 7th – Friday 11th September 2015, combines the best of LSE´s world class teaching and research in the field in a specially-designed format for young academics in Spain who have a strong background in economics, finance or other related social sciences. You must complete the registration form before Monday 13th July 2015. Further information…

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June 23, 2015

RSAI/ERSA 2015 Barcelona Workshop on Regional and Urban Economics – Call for papers

AQR-IREA is pleased to announce the RSAI/ERSA 2015 Barcelona Workshop on Regional and Urban Economics, to be held in Barcelona on November 26th-27th 2015. The workshop will be focused on Spatial Perspectives of Human Capital. Its aim is to bring together researchers in urban and regional economics who are working in topics where the broad concept of human capital plays a fundamental role.  More information can be found HERE. Papers…

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June 18, 2015

2nd IEB Meeting on transport economics and infrastructure – Call for papers

The aim of this IEB meeting is to discuss recent research in the area of transport and infrastructure economics. The meeting will focus on issues related to pricing, investment and competition, but research papers in other areas of transport economics and infrastructure analysis, both from empirical and theoretical perspectives, are also welcome. Papers should be sent to ieb.workshop@ub.edu by October 12, 2015. More information about this event HERE.

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