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The Faculty of Economics and Business Studies will officially inaugurate the new 2018/19 academic year with an event to be held at the conference hall on 4 October at 12:30 p.m. Economist Xavier Sala-i-Martín will be giving the opening speech.

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Place: Conference Hall (Sala d'actes) of the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies

Date: Thursday 4, October2018 - 12:30h

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IAB researcher, Magdalena Domínguez will talk about "Sweeping gangs: successful strategy or missing the key?".

More information about Magdalena Domínguez here.

Place: Sala de Graus (Faculty of Economics and Business, room B3/012)

Date: Monday 21, September2020 - 13:15h

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Jérôme Valette
Université Paris 1. Panthéon - Sorbonne

Place: Graus's Room

Date: Thursday 22, October2020 - 15:00h

End date: Thursday 22, October2020 - 17:00h

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Link zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86057934390. 

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We examine the impact of conflict-driven displacement on investments in human capital and occupational choice, looking at the Mozambican civil war (1977-1992), one of the largest and most diverse forced displacement episodes in recent times. Exploiting the full post-war Census, we trace the trajectories of more than 4 million individuals, about a third of the country's population. The civil war entailed all sorts of displacement; many peasants fled to the cities, refugee camps in neighboring countries, and other rural areas. There was also urban-to-rural displacement. We first provide correlational evidence that internal displacement in urban centers, and, to a lesser extent, in other rural areas goes handy with educational investments and an employment out-of-agriculture towards services.

In contrast, refugees in nearby countries have similarly low education levels to peasants staying in their birth-regions. Reversely, urban-dwellers moving to the countryside have lower education. Second, to overcome selection and account for household features, we compare the displacement experience of siblings separated during the war. Children displaced into urban areas were more likely to invest in education and later experience a shift towards occupations outside of agriculture, even when they returned to the countryside once the war was over. Displacement in neighboring countries yields no discernible differences in education and occupational specialization than rural non-movers. These patterns hold even when restricting our sample to twins and siblings of the same gender and age group. Third, we explore heterogeneity to shed light on the channels. Children whose parents and grandparents are literate benefit somewhat more when moving to the new environment. Likewise, education investments and structural transformation are more substantial for internally displaced to areas with higher levels of human capital, population density, and market access. Forth, we report on a self-conducted survey in Mozambique's largest Northern city that aims to uncover the long-run impact of forced displacement. Displaced individuals have significantly higher education than their siblings elsewhere. Displaced individuals seem to have integrated socially into urban areas, having comparable to non-mover city-dwellers views and attitudes.

Nevertheless, internally displaced people have lower mental health levels, inter-community trust and are less optimistic than city dwellers not displaced during the war. These findings underscore how forced displacement can act as a mobility shock that breaks links with subsistence agriculture, increases education investments, and increases human capital accumulation. However, it may come at the cost of decreased mental health.

Date: Thursday 29, October2020 - 14:00h

End date: Thursday 29, October2020 - 16:01h

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Andrea Chiavari.

Sampreet Goraya (Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona GSE)

Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86059080758?pwd=RE9CMW5lV051ZGF1VThSQjdweTZ5QT09. 

Date: Thursday 29, October2020 - 16:00h

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Rodrigo Martínez-Mazza
PhD student at IEB - UB. 

Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84528813780?pwd=WUdJdTZzczFqcUdoMlllc2U4bnR1dz09

Abstract:

Young individuals are currently living with their parents more than at any other
point in time, while also struggling to become homeowners. In this paper, I show how
the conditions they faced when first entering the labor market affect their housing
tenure in the long term. Considering two large European surveys that cover up to 33
countries from 1994 to 2018 results confirm that an increase in the unemployment rate
at the time of graduation (1) has a positive and persisting effect on the probability of
living with parents and (2) leads to a worsening on affordability ratios for homeowners
and renters. I also make use of an OLG model to link negative income shocks at early
stages in life with changes in housing tenure at an aggregate level. Recent changes in
tenure decisions at the European level are consistent with model predictions. This set
of outcomes contributes to improving policy design with regards to housing access for
younger generations as to the current affordability crisis.

Place: Zoom

Date: Thursday 5, November2020 - 13:30h