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May 23, 2022

Four UB School of Economics PhD graduates awarded extraordinary doctoral prize

The Paranimf of the Historical Building hosted on May 10, for the first time in three years, the award ceremony of the last third editions of the extraordinary doctoral prize for the 2017-2018, 2018-2019, and 2019-2020 academic years. Four PhD graduates in Economics of the UB School of Economics have been awarded this prize. The decision was taken by the Governing Council of the Universitat de Barcelona among the theses…

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May 18, 2022

Presentation of the Barcelona Chair for Housing Studies at the UB

On May 17, the UB held the presentation of the Barcelona Chair for Housing Studies, launched by the Barcelona City Council, the Catalan Government, the Spanish Government, the Technical University of Catalonia and Pompeu Fabra University. The event, presided over by the rector of the UB, Joan Guàrdia, included the participation of the university lecturers Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway and Juli Ponce, co-directors of the chair on behalf of the UB; Javier…

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May 16, 2022

The UB School of Economics hosts a conference by Seema Jayachandran on gender equality and development

On Tuesday, May 24 at 14:30, Seema Jayachandran will give a conference at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the UB entitled «The Power and the Limits of Economic Development as a Pathway to Gender Equality». Gender gaps that disadvantage women and girls – in employment, education, health, and more – tend to be bigger in lower-income countries than in higher-income countries. This lecture will discuss why economic progress…

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March 30, 2022

Five UB School of Economics PhD students awarded SEBAP movility grants

From a total of 13 mobility scholarships, 5 research mobility grant by the Barcelona Economic Society of Friends of the Country (SEBAP) have been awarded to UB School of economics. The recipients are Akin Ayberk Cilekoglu, Marie Beigelman, Liliana Cuccu, Marianna Magagnoli, Ghizlen Ouasbaa, and Claudia Serra.  The grant provides 4.200 euros in funding for a visiting period at a foreign institution. In this case, the students have chosen the University of…

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March 22, 2022

II Workshop on Public Policies: Education and Health in resilient times

The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) will host its second Workshop on Public Policies: Education and Health in resilient times. It will take place in person in Barcelona on June 9th and 10th, 2022. The aim of the workshop is to explore both the interactions between education and health as well as issues related to the impact of shocks (broadly defined) on the provision of education and health care. Researchers…

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March 7, 2022

“Experimental and behavioural economics are fundamental for any professional economist” 

The Summer School 2022 at the UB School of Economics will focus on Behavioural and Experimental Economics. Prof. Friederike Mengel  (University of Essex) and Pol Campos-Mercade (Lund University) are both experts in these fields and will be the guest lecturers of our summer course, which will take place on June 27th to July 1st, 2022 at the University of Barcelona. We have recently interviewed them in order to find out more about behavioural and experimental economics…

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February 28, 2022

The energy transition in your electricity bill

Many countries are revamping electricity-pricing systems to guarantee fixed-cost recovery, often by raising the fixed charge of two-part tariff schemes. The article “Major Reforms in Electricity Pricing: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment“, co-authored by our researcher Jordi Teixidó and published in the scientific journal “The Economic Journal”, finds robust evidence that consumers fail to distinguish between fixed and marginal costs. After conducting a quasi-experiment with data from a major electricity price…

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February 28, 2022

First study on food insecurity in Spanish households

Researchers of the University of Barcelona Ana Moragues and Claudia Rocío Magaña have presented the report “Alimentando un futuro sostenible“, which measures for the first time the levels of food insecurity in Spanish households before COVID-19 and during the pandemic. The study reveals the problem of food insecurity in Spain, the lack of access to a healthy and sustainable nutrition. Also, it supports the need to promote measures and policies…

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February 28, 2022

UB School of Economics participates in the master’s and postgraduate fair Saló Futura 2022

For the sixth year, the UB School of Economics will be present at the master’s and postgraduate fair Saló Futura. This not-to-be-missed event in the world of education will be held at Fira Barcelona on March 18th to 19th. Our school staff will showcase the existing portfolio of degrees, namely the MSc in Economics, the PhD in Economics and the Summer School  programme. Future students will be able to approach the UB School of Economics team…

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February 18, 2022

Fundación Mapfre provides funding for two research projects on the insurance sector

Two projects led by researchers at the UB School of Economics have been awarded funding by the grant programme fostered by Fundación Mapfre. François Cohen will carry out a project to evaluate the impact of universal health care in Mexico. On the other hand, David Moriña will conduct research that will focus on analysing  the impact of the pandemic on health insurance claims. This year, Fundación Mapfre has selected 5…

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