Applied Lunch Seminars
The Applied Lunch Seminars series offer a forum to discuss on going research of Department's members (faculty, postdocs and PhDs) and Department's Visiting Scholars.
Applied Lunch
Fall Term 2025
Manuel Flores (UAB)
"Causal Effects of Air Pollution on Child Health: Evidence from a Low-Pollution Setting"
October 7th 2025 at 13:30, Seminari A
Dalila Figueiredo (Max Planck Institute)
"Familiarity, Test Performance and Implications for Fairness”
October 14th 2025 at 13:30, Seminari A
Pablo Brugarola (Universidad de Zaragoza)
"When early gains fade: The limits of dynamic complementarity under austerity"
October 21st 2025 at 13:30, Seminari A
Marcela Carvalho (London Business School)
"Who gets the benefit of the doubt? CEO gender and news about firm performance"
October 28th 2025 at 13:30, Seminari A
Caroline Coly (UB)
TBD - November 4th 2025 at 13:30, Seminari A
Bruno Carvalho (Universidad de Alcalá)
TBD - November 18th 2025 at 13:30, Seminari A
Ece Yagman (UAB)
TBD - November 25th 2025 at 13:30, Seminari A
Maximilian Schäfer-i-Paradís (UAB)
TBD - December 2nd 2025 at 13:30, Seminari A
Ilaria De Angelis (Bank of Italy)
TBD - December 9th 2025 at 13:30, Seminari A
Spring Term 2025
Alessio Romarri (Bocconi University)
A More Conservative Country? Asylum Seekers and Voting in the UK - February 18th 2025 at 13:30, Seminari A
Gabriele Guaitoli (INSEAD)
Inter-Generational Congestion: How Local Age Composition Shapes Human Capital Accumulation - February 25th 2025 at 13:30, Seminari A
Diana Gutiérrez (UAB)
Migration and Health Congestion - March 18th 2025 at 13:30, Seminari A
Natalia Carralero (UB)
Increasing paternity leave: Impacts on fertility and labour market outcomes - March 25th 2025 at 13:30, Seminari A
Joaquin Serrano (UAB)
Social Mobility, Misallocation of Ability, and Economic Performance: a Lifetime Perspective - April 1st 2025 at 13:30, Seminari A
Jan-Luca Hennig (UAB)
Unintended Alliances: The Impact of Sanctions on Cooperation Between Democracies and Autocracies - April 8th 2025 at 13:30, Seminari A
Marianna Magagnoli (UB)
The Price of Silence - May 6th 2025 at 13:30, Seminari A
Oscar Navarro Campas (UAB)
Too Sweet to Handle: Evidence from Spain’s Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes - May 13th 2025 at 13:30, Seminari A
Bruno Conte (UPF)
Climate Change and Migration: the case of Africa - May 20th 2025 at 13:30, Seminari A
Paloma Heredia Ruiz (UAB)
Assessing the Grey Water Footprint of Citrus Production in Spain - May 27th 2025 at 13:30, Seminari A
Ilenia Bertacche (University of Corsica)
Behavioural Differences Between Entrepreneurs and Employees: Insights from Professional Football - June 3rd 2025 at 13:30, Seminari A
Fall Term 2024
Social Pensions and Intimate Partner Violence against Older Women - October 8th 2024 at 13:30, Seminari A
Francesco Capozza (WZB)
Politicised Scientists: Credibility Cost of Scientists' Political Expression on Twitter -October 22nd 2024 at 13:30, Seminari A
Gianluca Russo (IAE-CSIC)
Building States through Restorative Justice - November 5th 2024 at 13:30, Seminari A
Paternity Leave and Child Development - November 19th 2024 at 13:30, Seminari A
Tainá Souza Pacheco (UAB)
Road capacity, congestion and travel behavior in urban areas - November 26th 2024 at 13:30, Seminari A
Mario F. Carillo (UAB)
The Alpha Political Male - December 10th 2024 at 13:30, Seminari A
Spring Term 2024
Manuel Flores (UAB)
Does a decrease in unemployment insurance generosity worsen health status? Evidence from a natural experiment in Spain - Februrary 29th 2024 at 13:30, Seminari A
Matteo Gamalerio (UB & IEB)
Jumping without parachutes. Revolving doors and political incentives - March 5th 2024 at 13:30, Seminari A
Riccardo Turati (UAB)
Digging Up Trenches: Populism, Selective Mobility, and the Political Polarization of Italian Municipalities - March 19th 2024 at 13:30, Seminari A
Gerard Domènech Arumí (ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Black Neighbors Matter: Officer Neighborhoods and Racial Differences in Policing - April 9th 2024 at 13:30, Seminari A
Asier Mariscal (Universitat Roviri i Virgili)
Firm organization and information technology: micro and macro implications - April 16th 2024 at 13:30, Seminari A
Morgan Raux (University of Luxembourg)
Recruitment Competition and High-Skilled Foreign Workers - April 30th 2024 at 13:30, Seminari A
Sara Ayllón Gatnau (Universitat de Girona)
Subsidised school meals and children educational achievement: the case of Barcelona - May 7th 2024 at 13:30, Seminari A
Daniel Ruiz Palomo (UAB & Renfe)
Assessing the Impact of High-speed Rail in Population Growth: the Case of Spain - May 14th 2024 at 13:30, Seminari A
Elisa Failache (Universidad de la Republica)
Another way of teaching microeconomics: impact evaluation of the CORE project - May 21st 2024 at 13:30, Seminari A
Fall Term 2023
Isabel Busom (UAB)
Images say more than just words: Effectiveness of visual and text communication in dispelling the rent–control misconception - October10th 2023 at 13:30, Seminari A
Perihan Saygin (University of Florida)
Gender Bias in Performance Evaluations: Evidence from a Field Experiment - October 24th 2023 at 13:30, Seminari A
Sébastien Fontenay (University of Alcalá)
Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa: the role of inheritance - November 28th 2023 at 13:30, Seminari A
Luz Yadira Gómez Hernández (UAB) [Job Market Rehearsal]
Droughts and Productivity - November 29th 2023 at 11:00, Seminari A
Diego A. Buitrago Mora (UAB) [Job Market Rehearsal]
Railroad Network Expansion, Opportunity-base Accessibility and Population Redistribution - November 30th 2023 at 10:30, Seminari A
Martín Brun (UAB) [Job Market Rehearsal]
The Complexity of Being Fair - December 4th 2023 at 13:30, Seminari A
Marcela Gomez-Ruiz (UAB) [Job Market Rehearsal]
Bridging the Gender Gap in Access to STEM through In-Exam Stress Management - December 5th 2023 at 13:30, Seminari A
Kenneth Castillo-Hidalgo (UAB)
Mines, fields, or classrooms: Effects of primary activities agglomeration on local human capital accumulation - December 12th 2023 at 13:30, Seminari A
Albert Gragera (UAB)
Transport policies and air quality – an overview of ongoing research
February 28th 2023 at 13:30, Seminari A
Yasmine Elkhateeb (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
Male Migration and Female Labor Force Participation: Evidence from Egypt
March 7th 2023 at 13:30, Seminari A
Mario F. Carillo (UPF-CSEF)
Fascist Ideology and Migrant Labor Exploitation
April 18th 2023 at 13:30, Seminari A
Carlos Moreno Hurtado (UAB)
Impact of the minimum wage on labor precariousness in Ecuador
May 2nd 2023 at 13:30, Seminari A
Ferran Elias Moreno (Universitat de Valencia)
Employment and Wage Effects of Minimum Wage Policy
May 16th 2023 at 13:30, Seminari A
Daniele Verdini (UCLouvain)
Globalization and the Urban-Rural Divide in France
May 30th 2023 at 13:30, Seminari A
Karen Davtyan (UAB)
Comparing Conventional and Unconventional Monetary Policy Effects in the Euro Area and the United States
June 6th 2023 at 13:30, Seminari A