Seminario 26/08 – Ismael Gálvez Iniesta ( Universitat de les Illes Balears ) – The Entry Wedge: Establishment Process, Job Finding and Aggregate Participation
This paper studies the labor-market experience of entrants — workers searching for their first job. Using microdata from France, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States, we document two robust empirical regularities: entrants find jobs at substantially lower rates than unemployed workers who have held a job in the past, and entrants exit the…
Seminario 26/07 – Ismael Sanz (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos & London School of Economics) -Bridging Literacy Gaps: The Dose-Response Function of AI-Driven Personalised Learning
School systems worldwide are investing heavily in AI-driven educational technology without guidance on a first-order question: how much should students use these tools? This paper estimates the dose-response function of DytectiveU, an AI-driven computer-assisted learning (CAL) programme deployed across 263 primary schools in the Madrid region from 2019 to 2023. Using granular server-side log data…
Seminario 26/04 – Rita Zablotska (Kiev State University) – WTO: Principles, Challenges and Prospects for Reform
This lecture examines the role of the World Trade Organization as the main institution of the multilateral trading system, which promotes transparency, predictability, non-discrimination, and the peaceful settlement of trade disputes. The lecture explains how international trade supports economic growth, productivity, poverty reduction, and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. The lecture also reviews…
Seminario 26/05 – Gema Lax Martínez ( University of Padova) – Networks and Social Capital after Conflict
This paper builds on the network model of Galeotti, et al. 2010, to examine how the destruction of local infrastructure shapes social capital. In the model, voting is a coordination game with strategic complementarities, implying that denser social networks foster higher turnout. We test these predictions in the context of the 1937 attack on civilians…
Seminario 26/06 – Henry Willebald & Daniel Ferrari – Crecimiento económico, desigualdad y bienestar biológico en Uruguay. Una aproximación antropométrica en el largo plazo
Resumen: La investigación en historia económica ha subrayado la necesidad de complementar los indicadores tradicionales de desarrollo con medidas que capten de forma más directa las condiciones de vida, destacándose la antropometría histórica como herramienta para aproximar el bienestar biológico a partir de variables como estatura, peso e índice de masa corporal. En este marco,…
