🎓 We are thrilled to host the next #Equalitas Workshop at @ucm.es on April 23–24!
Sharing knowledge is essential for advancing the field.
With over 30 attendees, 3 specialized sessions, and 2 keynote speakers (@pedrotrivin.bsky.social & Mariña Fernández-Salgado), we are ready for a deep dive.
📅 Scheduling of Equalitas seminars for May and June 2026
✒️Title: Database for the Study of Income and Wealth Distribution
- May 12 by Marina Romaguera & Dmitry Petrov
✒️Title: The Causal Effects of Mandatory Gender Equality Plans
- June 9 by Bernat Remolins (Predoctoral Research Fellow)
New ROIW paper with Gabriela Zapata. The (Shapley) contribution of inherited circumstances to labor market #inequality in Chile is 17-36%, depending on where in the distribution we put more emphasis, and has remained persistent: bit.ly/ineqop (New SSC Stata code: ineqop.ado, bit.ly/sineqop)
One of the most striking phenomena of the last few decades has been the rise of a new global middle class driven by fast economic growth in Asia. I address it in a new @redequalitas.bsky.social WP, endogenously defining current boundaries, looking at its long-term evolution #WIID bit.ly/midlcass
📢 A kind reminder!
Ángel Simón Marrero Llinares is presenting today.
Pedro Salas Rojo will be the discussant.
TODAY at 12:00 CET (Google Meet).
You’re welcome to join us. Just send a DM.
SEMINAR next week!
🗓️ Tuesday, March 3, at 12:00 (Google Meet)
🎤 Speaker: Ángel Simón Marrero Llinares, Universidad de La Laguna
Title: Predicting Educational Performance: Bridging Algorithmic Fairness and Inequality of Opportunity
💬 Discussant: Pedro Salas Rojo
DM to join!
#seminarioEQUALITAS
🚩 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 – 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 & 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽
We are excited to announce the II Early Career & PhD Workshop on Socioeconomic Mobility and Public Policies, taking place on October 22–23, 2026, at the University of Alcalá (Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain).
Join us!
📢 A kind reminder!
@samuellado.bsky.social is presenting “The causal impact of school-meal programmes on children in developed economies: A meta-analysis.”
@gmarrero1972.bsky.social will be the discussant.
TODAY at 12:00 CET (Google Meet)
You can join us. Just send a DM.
Avui per partida doble a la Jornada #FOESSA Catalunya per parlar de la transmissió intergeneracional de la pobresa a casa nostra... @redequalitas.bsky.social
SEMINAR: New Year, Same Vibes!
🗓️ Thursday, January 29, at 12:00 (Google Meet)
🎤Speaker: @samuellado.bsky.social, Universitat de Girona
Title: The causal impact of school-meal programmes on children in developed economies: A meta-analysis
💬Discussant: @gmarrero1972.bsky.social
#seminarioEQUALITAS
Don’t miss this post from two of our members!
(@samuellado.bsky.social & @ayllonsara.bsky.social)
New paper out!
Carlos Bethencourt & Daniel Santos study how gender-role identity in adolescence shapes women’s fertility in adulthood.
Published in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, you can find it here 👇
doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
Amb l' @albalanau.bsky.social hi hem contribuït amb un capítol per explicar com la pobresa s'hereta a Catalunya. Molta feina a fer encara! @redequalitas.bsky.social
📢 A kind reminder…
Joan Mut is presenting “Widowhood Policy in the US.”
Juan Gabriel Rodriguez will be the discussant.
TODAY at 12:00 CET (Google Meet)
You can still join us! Just send a DM.
#seminarioEQUALITAS
SEMINAR: Ready for round two!
🗓️ Wednesday, November 26, at 12:00 (Google Meet)
🎤Speaker: Joan Mut Benítez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Title: Widowhood policy in the US
💬Discussant: Juan Gabriel Rodríguez
DM us if you’d like to join!
#seminarioEQUALITAS
El Gobierno estudia una prestación universal por crianza que ya tiene la mayoría de países de la UE
elpais.com/sociedad/202...
@ayllonsara.bsky.social & @samuellado.bsky.social have a new blog post for the Fundació “la Caixa”.
About the causal impact of school-meal subsidies on academic achievement.
elobservatoriosocial.fundacionlacaixa.org/en/-/becas-c...
Want to dive deeper? See their Working Paper:
👉 IZA DP No. 18042
Ayer se presentó el IX Informe FOESSA sobre la situación social en España. Imprescindible este análisis para el diseño adecuado de las políticas públicas que necesitamos www.caritas.es/main-files/u...
🎓Pablo Brugarolas has also joined our ranks as a new PhD.
Pablo recently completed a thorough and successful defense of his PhD dissertation.
Congratulations, Dr. Brugarolas!
Explore his research 👇
pablobrugarolas.github.io
Hoy hace un mes que nuestro integrante @carlosgradin.bsky.social pronunció la laudatio en la investidura de Joseph E. Stiglitz como doctor honoris causa de la UIMP.
👇Aquí puedes recuperarlo:
equalitas.es/es/noticias/...
Mothers rank daughters *higher in disappointment* when they have a brother than when they have a sister.
One of the conclusions by Daniel Santos from our first online seminar.
👇 You can find and read it here:
sites.google.com/view/dsantos...
📢 A kind reminder...
We start today.
🎓A new PhD has joined our ranks.
@samuellado.bsky.social successfully and rigorously defended his PhD thesis recently.
Congratulations, Dr. Lado!
Explore his research 👇
samuellado.github.io
Me entrevistan en @elperiodico.com sobre pobreza infantil. Tenemos mucho trabajo por delante pero como digo "No podemos permitirnos otra cosa que ser optimistas. Hablamos de la vida de niños y niñas, y es responsabilidad de los adultos garantizarles un futuro justo" share.google/9gwk87I5Ixk4...
Today is #EndPoverty Day.
A good day to share insights that help to adress this challenge.
Recent paper by our member Xavier Ramos and coauthors:
“The employment effects of a means-tested guaranteed income policy”, published in the @jpube.bsky.social
Here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Anoche participé con @kanciller.bsky.social en este pequeño debate sobre meritocracia y tributación de la riqueza, os lo dejo aquí, por si queréis escucharlo @cadenaser.com @hora25ser.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/29Rt...
El CETIS (bajo la Conselleria de Drets Socials i Inclusió de la Generalitat) presentó su primer informe para avanzar hacia la erradicación de la pobreza en Cataluña.
Nuestra investigadora @ayllonsara.bsky.social contribuye con su experiencia en el comité.
Puedes leer la notícia completa aqui 👇
Off we go! First Equalitas seminar:
🗓️ Wednesday, October 22, at 12:00 (Google Meet)
🎤Speaker: Daniel Santos, Universidad de La Laguna
Title: Of Sons and Daughters: High Hopes, Uneven Disappointment
💬Discussant: @fontenaysbasti1.bsky.social
DM us if you’d like to join!
#seminarioEQUALITAS
