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On May 6 at 2:45 p.m., the presentation of Lena Hensvik (Uppsala University) will take place at the IAE Seminar Room.

Her research focuses on the labor economy, with a current interest in job search, worker-company mating and wage determination.

Date: Monday 6, May2024 - 14:45h

End date: Monday 6, May2024 - 15:45h

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Next May 7 at 1:30 p.m., Sara Ayllón Gatnau's presentation will take place in seminar room A.Sara is an associate professor at the University of Girona and an IZA research grantee. He works on a variety of topics, including the economics of poverty and inequality, the economics of the family, and the economics of labor. You can find more information by visiting his personal web page.

The title of his presentation is "Subsidized school meals and children's educational performance: the case of Barcelona".

This paper is the first to provide, in the European context, credible causal estimates of the impact of a resource-based program subsidizing school lunches on educational performance (scores of outstanding tests and annual grades). We use administrative data from the city of Barcelona for the entire universe of applications for the school lunch subsidy program. Using a regression discontinuity design we measure the effect of receiving a partial subsidy rather than none, while a difference-in-differences strategy allows us to account for the effect of receiving a full subsidy versus a partial subsidy. Our results indicate a positive overall effect of subsidies on the educational performance of all the subjects analyzed, but our estimates only reach conventional statistical significance for the Catalan language. The heterogeneous results indicate that the most benefited are boys from relatively poor backgrounds who attend large schools where their peers are, on average, more advantaged. The possibility to communicate and socialize during lunch with more linguistically competent children is probably the mechanism behind our main results.

Date: Tuesday 7, May2024 - 13:30h

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Next May 9 at 3:00 p.m. the presentation of Frederic Wrzynski will take place. Frederic is visiting professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and senior member of FIND at Aarhus University. He works on a variety of topics, including industrial organization, the economics of organizations, and international trade. You can find more information by visiting his personal web page.

The title of his presentation is "New methodologies for margin estimation with multi-product companies".

Abstract: Marginal cost is a key variable in many microeconomics models. However, economists in industrial organizations usually believe (with very rare exceptions) that marginal cost cannot be observed, so it must be estimated. Various techniques have been designed in empirical IO to do this using demand, production or cost functions. The extension of these techniques to multiproduct firms is not obvious because of the input allocation problem. This presentation provides two additional approaches to estimating marginal costs with multiproduct firms using duality theory, describing the methodologies of Dhyne et al. (2021) and Dhyne et al. (2022) with empirical applications

Date: Thursday 9, May2024 - 15:00h

End date: Thursday 9, May2024 - 17:00h

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Attention students of the Faculty of Economics and Business!

Are you looking for an opportunity to expand your network of professional contacts? Do you want to meet leaders and prominent professionals in the business world? Then don't miss our Speednetworking event on May 10!

Speednetworking is a unique opportunity to connect with key people in your field of study and explore opportunities for collaboration, internships or even future employment. During the event, you will have the opportunity to participate in short* and dynamic conversation rounds with various professionals, allowing you to introduce yourself, ask questions and learn from real experiences in the business world.

Whether you are interested in financial management, consulting or any other area of ​​economics and business, this event will provide you with a valuable platform to expand your network of contacts and gain valuable information about your future career.

Don't miss this unique opportunity for personal and professional growth. Sign up for Speednetworking now and take a step forward on your road to business success!

We await you for an afternoon full of opportunities and shocking connections! Don't miss out!

*The interviews will be short, meaning they will last 5 minutes, you will take away both experience and useful information that you can apply in future interviews and improve key aspects to make them much better.

Registration on the form does not guarantee that you will be able to have interviews with the chosen companies, as the CVs will be sent to the companies and they will make a selection.

Assistance is limited to 3rd year students and above, alumni, master's students, etc.

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The registration period will remain open until March 30, 2024 at 11:45 p.m.

Date: Friday 10, May2024 - 13:00h

End date: Friday 10, May2024 - 15:00h

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Next May 10 at 6:00 p.m., the presentation of the book will take place at the Exile Memorial Museum (MUME)

Date: Friday 10, May2024 - 18:00h

End date: Friday 10, May2024 - 20:00h

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The presentation of Tasso Adamopoulos (York University) at IAE Seminar Room will take place on May 13 at 2.45 p.m.

Date: Monday 13, May2024 - 14:45h

End date: Monday 13, May2024 - 15:45h