The Econometric Society is now accepting papers for the 2021 European Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society to be held on December 16-18, 2021, hosted by the University of Barcelona School of Economics…
Dr Ció Patxot, professor of Economics at the Universitat de Barcelona School of Economics, considers that the Spanish pension system “has an internal contradiction: despite having certain redistributive elements such as contribution and pension ceilings, it is contributory (pensioners receive based on what they have paid during their working life). And as long as pensions are financed on a pay-as-you-go basis, with the contributions of the current workers, the available funds should not…
A recent study co-authored by the UB School of Economics and the Barcelona Economic Analysis Team (BEAT) researcher Sergi Basco concluded that the effect of the Spanish flu on daily real wages was large, negative, and broadly short-lived. The article The redistributive effects of pandemics: Evidence on the Spanish flu, published in World Development, reflected that the negative effects on real wages were exacerbated in more urbanized regions and stronger in occupations producing non-essential goods like…
The Spanish Economic Association and its Education Committee announced that the lectures of the 2nd PhD School in Economics will be given by Stephen Hansen (Imperial College Business School) and David Rossell…
Dr. Ana Moragues Faus, researcher at the UB School of Economics, has developed sustainable food manual for the Barcelona City Council. As an expert in sustainable food systems and urban food policies at the Universitat de Barcelona, she provides an accessible definition to sustainable food and identifies 9 areas of action to drive transformative change. Sustainable food involves feeding everyone in a way that benefits people, places and the planet. In order to achieve this, food must be produced, transformed, sold, bought…
The University of Barcelona has again improved its position in the prestigious QS World University Rankings. Our institution has been ranked the 168th best university in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2022 after climbing 15 places among more than 1,600 higher education institutions. Last year, it reached the 183rd position. With this result, the UB is listed among the top 13% universities worldwide, tanking 55th in Europe, and #1 in Spain where it is followed by the Autonomous University of Madrid (207), the Autonomous University of Barcelona (209),…
The UB School of Economics host the 46th Simposio de la Asociación Española de Economía-Spanish Economic Association (SAEe) on 16-18 December…
The Faculty of Economics and Business will receive total funding of 547,167.26 euros for four projects that the Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR) of the Government of Catalonia has selected among the 185 proposals submitted in the call PANDÈMIES 2020. Thirty-two projects applied to this funding which aim is to analyse the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the concept of pandemic in general on our society, as well as to propose new measures, models…
The UB School of Economics offers a crash course on both ecological and feminist macroeconomics. Moreover, it invites participants to reflect upon the convergence between the two. The intention is to contribute to macroeconomics able to face the challenges of the XXI Century. These are well reflected by the Sustainable Development Goals. Particular emphasis will be paid to ecological sustainability, gender equality, and their intersections. Key details Dates: 12-16 July…
Five alumni of the MSc in Economics class of 2020 were admitted to PhD programmes in different prestigious institutions and one of them is currently pursuing the 2-year Master’s in Economics and Finance at Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI). It is for us a great satisfaction knowing that thanks to their successful experience at the UB School of Economics, they were able to draw their future career path…