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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · Nov 21

💙 We're excited to launch our profile on Bluesky! Follow us for the latest updates and insights from the UB School of Economics.

📱 The #UniBarcelona has decided to move away from X to foster a more positive and informative environment.
👉🏼 Read our full statement: web.ub.edu/en/web/actua...

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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 10h

Today's #seminar: 'International Banking Flows and Financial Crises'

🗣️Francesco Molteni (The Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis)
⏰17:00 CEST
📍Online
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/kwgwvgzdjo
🗃️ Economic History seminar

#EconSky #Economics

UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 11h

Today's #seminar: 'Why did world population double from 1800 to 1938?'

🗣️Giovanni Federico (New York University Abu Dhabi)
⏰14:00 CEST
📍Sala de Recepcions, 690 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/fxetgbbhmu
🗃️ Economic History seminar

#EconSky #Economics

UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 11h

Today's #seminar: 'Spatial priorities for invasive alien species control: management objectives matter'

🗣️Pierre Courtois (INRAe CEE-M)
⏰12:15 CEST
📍Room 1038, 690 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/qyhsdhnwre
🗃️ Game Theory and Economic Dynamics seminar

#EconSky #Economics

UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 1d

Today's #seminar: 'When We Rebel? the Making of Subversive Identities in a Dictatorship'

🗣️Elena Esposito (University of Torino)
⏰14:30 CEST
📍Room 1038, 690 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/lirymbwnia
🗃️ @fundacioieb.bsky.social seminar

#EconSky #Economics

UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 1d

Today's #seminar: 'Cutting Back to Move Forward: Optimal Knowledge Transfer Scheme'

🗣️Arina Nikandrova (University of London)
⏰12:15 CEST
📍Room 2302, 696 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/zksryciydv
🗃️ Economic Theory seminar

UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 2d

🆕#WorkingPaper: “Minimum wages and low wage workers: Compliance asnon-employment margin” by Nicolás González Pampillón and Javier Vázquez Grenno.

Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/bzfpbzqbmf

#EconSky #MinimumWage #LaborMarket @fundacioieb.bsky.social

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Ata Atay @ataatay.bsky.social · 5d

We were delighted to host @chiaraina.bsky.social at our Game Theory Research Group Seminar Series ( @ubgametheory.bsky.social).

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IEB @fundacioieb.bsky.social · 6d

After a first day full of insightful research, today marks Day 2 of the 2nd Workshop on “Violence Against Women: Drivers and Policies” at the @ubeconomics.bsky.social 🎓

Hosted by the @erc.europa.eu #WomEmpower project and the IEB.

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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 6d

Today's #seminar: 'More Data, More Credit? Information Sharing and Bank Credit to Households'

🗣️Artashes Karapetyan (ESSEC Business School)
⏰12:15 CEST
📍Room 2302, 696 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/ivzwgkuqxa
🗃️ Economic Theory seminar

UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 7d

📈 This year, @ub.edu celebrates its 575th anniversary, reaffirming its position as the leading university in the most important international rankings.

🎓 We are delighted to welcome a new cohort of brilliant and inspiring minds to our community. Welcome to UB! 💙

UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 7d

👋🏽 Last week, we welcomed the new students of the MSc in #Economics at @economiaempresaub.bsky.social!

✨ Yesterday, we continued our onboarding activities with a guided tour of the iconic Historical Building.

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Francesc Amat @cescamat.bsky.social · 7d

Happy to announce the IPERG Seminar Series at @ub.edu for this academic year!

A great lineup of seminars and events is coming up — don’t miss it.

📅 Full schedule here: www.ub.edu/iperg/activi...

@ubeconomics.bsky.social @cpoliticaub.bsky.social @economiaempresaub.bsky.social @ubmipe.bsky.social

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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 7d

Today's #seminar: 'Tailored Stories'

🗣️@chiaraina.bsky.social @upf.edu
⏰12:15 CEST
📍Room 1038, 690 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/skmsbljyow
🗃️ Game Theory and Economic Dinamics ‬seminar

UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 7d

Today's #seminar: 'Does Climate Policy kill jobs? Assessing the gap between the objective and perceived job transition risk in Western Canada'

🗣️Katya Rhodes @uvic.ca
⏰12:15 CEST
📍Room 1037, 690 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/mytcjkaevd
🗃️ GiM-OAP ‬seminar

UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 7d

Today's #workshop: '2nd Workshop on Violence Against Women: Drivers and Policies'

🗣️ Kristiina Huttunen @aalto.fi and Helmut Rainer (University of Munich)
⏰9:00 CEST
📍 Room 2019, 690 Building
🔗 https://f.mtr.cool/vbzhepinax
🗃️ @fundacioieb.bsky.social Workshop

UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 8d

🌍 Marcos Antonio Tuarez and Mara Van Dyck, students of our MSc in #Economics, are spending a term abroad at University of Copenhagen (🇩🇰) and Kyoto University (🇯🇵) thanks to the exchange opportunities at @unibarcelona. Enjoy your stay!

#Erasmus #Copenhagen #Kyoto

UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 8d

🏅 Congratulations to our researcher, Montserrat Guillen, on this important recognition!

🔗 More information: www.ub.edu/school-econo...

Universitat de Barcelona @ub.edu · 8d

#RecercaUB | 🏅 Tres professores de la #UniBarcelona, guardonades als Premis Nacionals de Recerca de @cienciagob.bsky.social

🔹 Carme Rovira, #QuímicaUB
🔹 Montserrat Guillén, @economiaempresaub.bsky.social
🔹 Marta Sánchez de la Torre, @geohistub.bsky.social

Enhorabona!

web.ub.edu/web/actualit...

UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 8d

Today's #seminar: 'Never Too Early: Parhways to Immigrant Integration'

🗣️Helmut Rainer (University of Munich)
⏰14:30 CEST
📍Room 1038, 690 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/yigabcnuec
🗃️ @fundacioieb.bsky.social seminar

UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 8d

Today's #seminar: 'The Macroeconomics of Data: Scale, Product Choice, and Pricing in the Information Age'

🗣️Vladimir Asriyan (CREI)
⏰12:15 CEST
📍Room 2302, 696 Building
🔗https://f.mtr.cool/lvtucepdoq
🗃️ Economic Theory seminar

UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 9d

🆕#WorkingPaper: “El Clasico of Housing: Bubbles in Madrid and Barcelona’s Real Estate Markets” by Fernando Fernández Rodríguez, Marta Gómez-Puig and Simón Sosvilla Rivero.

Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/jclfcrseig

#EconSky #RealEstateBubble #HousingPolicy

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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 12d

💡 Takeaway: Language is not just cultural heritage. It also shapes education, integration, and public policy outcomes.

🔗 Read the full article here:

Llengua, polítiques lingüístiques i economia: tot en un taller (i resumit en mil paraules) - 5centims.cat

Antonio Di Paolo ens fa 5 cèntims sobre quatre treballs presentats en el 'Workshop on Language Economics and Policy' del passat maig a la Facultat d'Economia i Empresa de la Universitat de Barcelona.

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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 12d

3️⃣ In Barcelona, school-meal subsidies show an unexpected impact: they improve students’ Catalan proficiency.
4️⃣ In Catalonia, the introduction of Catalan as a teaching language in 1983 had limited effects on identity and national sentiment.

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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 12d

📚 Four highlighted studies:
1️⃣ In Rwanda, switching the language of instruction to English had negative effects on students.
2️⃣ In the UK, immigrants with stronger English skills tend to live in higher-quality neighborhoods.

UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 12d

🌍 How are language, public policies, and economics connected?
Our researcher Antonio Di Paolo explores this question in his latest post at 5centims.cat, summarizing key insights from the Workshop on Language Economics and Policy, held last May at @economiaempresaub.bsky.social.

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UB School of Economics @ubeconomics.bsky.social · 13d

📢 Open call for the Enrique Fuentes Quintana 2024-2025 awards to recognise outstanding doctoral theses!

🗓️ Deadline: November 17, 2025
🔗 www.funcas.es/premios-enri...

#Economics #Research #PhD