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📢 Next seminar at UAB Dep of Applied Economics:
📅 Thursday, March 26
🕜 13:30
👨🏫 Davide Luca (Cambridge)
📃 “Progressive nurture. Early-life exposure to urbanisation shapes long-term individual outlooks”
📌 Sala de Graus, Faculty of Economics, @uab.cat
www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/directory/da...
📢 Next seminar at UAB’s Dep. of Applied Economics:
📅 Thursday, March 19
🕜 13:30
👩🏫 Núria Rodríguez-Planas (City University of New York)
📃“Alcohol, Peers, and Intimate Partner Violence”
📌 Sala de Graus, Faculty of Economics, @uab.cat
sites.google.com/site/nuriaro...
📢 Next seminar at UAB’s Dep. of Applied Economics:
📅 Tuesday, March 17
🕜 13:30
👩🏫 Helena M. Hernández-Pizarro (TecnoCampus, UPF)
📃“Too Hot to Cope? The Role of Long-Term Care Against Heatwave Health Risks”
📌 Seminari A, Faculty of Economics,
@uab.cat
sites.google.com/site/hmherna...
looking forward to hosting @anarodriguezg.bsky.social tomorrow at UAB - DEA!
The EEA MinE Committee is launching a new mentoring programme for PhD students and ECRs who identify as a minority in economics. We are currently inviting MENTORS who are keen and able to mentor junior colleagues: eeassoc.org/mentor-survey
Deadline: Monday, March 23, 2026.
📢 Next seminar at UAB Dep of Applied Economics:
📅 Tuesday, March 10th
🕜 13:30
👨🏫 Pedro Luís Silva (UAB)
📃 “Income-Based Affirmative Action, Take-up Rate, and University Enrollment ”
📌 Seminari A, Faculty of Economics,
@uab.cat
sites.google.com/view/pedrolu...
📢 Next seminar at UAB Dep of Applied Economics:
📅 Tuesday, March 3
🕜 13:30
👨🏫 Simone Moriconi (IÉSEG) @simori.bsky.social
📃 “Migration policy backlash, identity and integration of second-generation migrants in France”
📌 Seminar A , Faculty of Economics,
@uab.cat
www.simone-moriconi.com
📢 Next seminar at UAB Dep of Applied Economics:
📅 Thursday, Feb. 26
🕜 13:30
👨🏫 Mathias Thoening (Lausanne)
📃 “Feeding the Tigers: Remittances and Conflict in Sri Lanka”
📌 Sala de Graus, Faculty of Economics,
@uab.cat
people.unil.ch/mathiasthoen...
🚨 Department Seminar Alert 🚨
🎙️ Marta Serra-Garcia (UC San Diego)
📌 The Attention–Information Tradeoff (paper enclosed)
📅 February 19th, 2026
🕜 13:30
📍 Sala de Graus
💡 How does information transmission change when it requires capturing attention?
#Economics #Seminar
Tomorrow at UAB Department of Applied Economics Seminar by Marta Serra-Garcia @martaserragarcia.bsky.social at 13:30 in Seminari A👇
¿Puede la competencia electoral mejorar la representación política de las mujeres sin cuotas de género? nadaesgratis.es/admin/puede-... Vía @nadaesgratis.bsky.social #Economía
Hoy en @nadaesgratis.bsky.social, @perisaygin.bsky.social y Pamela Campa nos cuentan si la competencia electoral puede aumentar la representación de las mujeres sin cuotas. En Turquía, cuando gana el partido kurdo, el AKP aumenta sus candidatas un 25-30% en la siguiente elección
Thank you for highlighting our work👇! @johnholbein1.bsky.social
Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name.
"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
Thank you for highlighting our work👇! @johnholbein1.bsky.social
Female presenters are interrupted 10% more
I wrote about the new seminar dynamics paper in the AER here: open.substack.com/pub/hanshenr...
#econsky
What is the impact of studying STEM vs. Humanities? We consider this in Romanian high schools, where otherwise identical kids can be assigned to STEM-focused or Humanities-focused curricula. Our key finding is that kids are malleable to what they study. This happens on 4 fronts:
📢 Next seminar at UAB Dep of Applied Economics:
📅 Thu, Nov. 27
🕜 13:30
👨🏫 Ciprian Domnisoru (Aalto)
@cipriandomnisoru.bsky.social
📃 “The role of firms in shaping the work, study, and graduation choices of student employees”
📌 Sala de Graus, Faculty of Economics,
@uab.cat
www.cipriandomnisoru.net
📢 Next seminar at UAB Dep of Applied Economics:
📅Tuesday, November 25
🕜 13:30
🧑🏫 Ece Yagman (UAB)
📃 “Gender Gaps in Socioemotional Skills: Evidence from the Classroom”
📌 Seminar A, Faculty of Economics,
@uab.cat
sites.google.com/view/eceyagm...
📢 Next seminar at UAB Dep of Applied Economics:
📅 Thursday, November 13
🕜 13:30
👨🏫 Jan Eeckhout (UPF & BSE) @janeeckhout.bsky.social
📃 “The (Un)fortunate Poor”
📌 Sala de Graus, Faculty of Economics, @uab.cat
www.janeeckhout.com
Great to see Ece on the market! She is a brillant PhD candidate from our Department!
Ece's research tackles relevant questions in education and development through rigorous impact evaluation. She brings hands-on experience designing RCTs, plus valuable policy expertise from her time at the WB.
📢 Next seminar at UAB Dep of Applied Economics:
📅 Thursday, November 6
🕜 13:30
👨🏫 Jordi Jofre (UB) @jofremonseny.bsky.social
📃 “When Leases get Longer: The Impact of Tenure Security in Rental Markets”
📌 Sala de Graus, Faculty of Economics, @uab.cat
sites.google.com/site/jordijo...
📢 Next seminar at UAB Dep of Applied Economics:
📅Tuesday, November 4
🕜 13:30
🧑🏫 Caroline Coly (UB)
📃 “The Bystander Issue: Understanding the Role of Beliefs in Workplace Sexual Harassment”
📌 Seminari A, Faculty of Economics,
@uab.cat
sites.google.com/view/carolin...
📢 Next seminar at UAB Dep of Applied Economics:
📅Thursday, October 30
🕜 13:30
🧑🏫 Rosa Ferrer (UPF & BSE)
📃 “Gender Differences in the Demand (and Supply?) of Broadcast Media Content"
📌 Sala de Graus, Faculty of Economics, @uab.cat
bse.eu/people/ferre...
📢 Next seminar at UAB Dep of Applied Economics:
📅Tuesday, October 28
🕜 13:30
🧑🏫 Marcela Carvalho (London Business School)
📃 “Who gets the benefit of the doubt? CEO gender and news about firm performance"
📌 Seminari A, Faculty of Economics,
@uab.cat
www.london.edu/faculty-and-...
🚀 Our Department keeps growing! We’re hiring new colleagues — and as a recent (and very happy!) arrival, I can confirm it’s an inspiring place, full of great people and fresh ideas.
Curious about the position or the department vibe? Feel free to reach out!
#AcademicJobs #EconSky
📢 Next seminar at UAB Dep of Applied Economics:
📅Thursday, October 23
🕜 13:30
👨🏫 Andrea Ichino (Bologna & EUI)
📃 “College, cognitive ability, and socioeconomic disadvantage: policy lessons from the UK in 1960-2004"
📌 Sala de Graus, Faculty of Economics,
@uab.cat
www.andreaichino.it/wp-content/u...
While some governments resist implementing gender quota laws, competition can still nudge parties. In a new policy brief, Pamela Campa (SITE) and I analyze data from Turkey, showing how the Kurdish party’s commitment to gender equality pushed Erdoğan’s AKP to field more female candidates.👇
