Departament d'Economia Aplicada. Documents de treball
Els documents de treball o working papers (WP) són documents que sintetitzen una recerca original sobre un tema concret dins d’una matèria o camp d’estudi, amb el propòsit d’informar sobre l’estat de la recerca i fer una ràpida disseminació dels resultats. Aquesta col·lecció inclou els working papers publicats pel Departament de Economia Aplicada
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2026-01-15
19:10
50 p, 1.8 MB A more conservative country? Asylum seekers and voting in the UK / Romarri, Alessio Ferdinando Federico (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
The scope of our research is to conduct an empirical investigation into the degree of ethnic cohesion in a multiethnic city such as Barcelona (Spain). Our aim is to assess how immigrant and native groups are distributed across the city's neighborhoods and understand their locational patterns in order to identify potential polarization trends that could undermine socioeconomic cohesion among citizens. [...]
2025 (Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 19.25)  
2026-01-15
19:10
50 p, 1.8 MB Diversity and polarization between natives and immigrants : the case of Barcelona / Nicolini, Rosella ; Piedra Peña, Juan Andrés (Universidad de Oviedo) ; Roig Sabaté, José Luis (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; Turati, Riccardo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
The scope of our research is to conduct an empirical investigation into the degree of ethnic cohesion in a multiethnic city such as Barcelona (Spain). Our aim is to assess how immigrant and native groups are distributed across the city's neighborhoods and understand their locational patterns in order to identify potential polarization trends that could undermine socioeconomic cohesion among citizens. [...]
2025 (Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 19.25)  
2026-01-15
18:10
34 p, 321.9 KB Riders in the smog : how air pollution affects workers in urban environments / Romarri, Alessio Ferdinando Federico (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
What are the aggregate effects of housing supply-side policies, such as zoning reforms? In structural models, the answer involves characterising the equilibrium housing price function. I show that a housing price function should separately characterise how policies affect: 1) the response of house prices to new demand ("Elasticity Effect''); 2) the cost of satisfying existing housing demand ("Baseline Effect''). [...]
2025 (Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 16.25)  
2026-01-15
18:10
34 p, 321.9 KB Modelling the aggregate effects of housing supply policies / Guaitoli, Gabriele (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
What are the aggregate effects of housing supply-side policies, such as zoning reforms? In structural models, the answer involves characterising the equilibrium housing price function. I show that a housing price function should separately characterise how policies affect: 1) the response of house prices to new demand ("Elasticity Effect''); 2) the cost of satisfying existing housing demand ("Baseline Effect''). [...]
2025 (Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 16.25)  
2026-01-15
16:10
34 p, 1.4 MB The power of words : Central Bank green communication and performance of energy sectors / Davtyan, Karen (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; Kalozdi, Adel Reka (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
This paper shows that granting migrants legal status reduces labor exploitation. We study Spain's 2005 large-scale regularization program, which granted legal status to 600,000 undocumented migrants. [...]
2025 (Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 14.25)  
2026-01-14
20:10
34 p, 1.4 MB The effect of migrant regularization on labor exploitation / Carillo, Mario Francesco (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; Amodio, Francesco (McGill University) ; Benveniste, Elia (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) ; Riudavets-Barcons, Marc (University of Helsinki) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
This paper shows that granting migrants legal status reduces labor exploitation. We study Spain's 2005 large-scale regularization program, which granted legal status to 600,000 undocumented migrants. [...]
2025 (Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 14.25)  
2025-11-29
05:59
54 p, 13.6 MB Shaped by urban-rural divide and skill : the drivers of internal mobility in Italy / Bergantino, Angela S. (University of Bari. Department of Economics, Management and Business Law) ; Clemente, Antonello (University of Bari. Department of Economics, Management and Business Law) ; Iandolo, Stefano (Università degli Studi di Salerno) ; Turati, Riccardo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
This paper examines the evolution and determinants of skill-specific internal mobility among Italian citizens by urban-rural origin. Using administrative data from the Registry of Trans- fer of Residence (ADELE), which records the universe of skill-specific bilateral moves across more than 700 millions potential municipality pairs between 2012 and 2022, we document distinct trends in residential mobility for college-educated and non-college-educated citi- zens. [...]
2025 (Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 13.25)  
2025-10-24
16:14
23 p, 944.2 KB Business cycles and mortality in Italy / Ruggiero, Adriano (Università degli studi di Bari Aldo Moro) ; Cervini-Plá, María (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
Our study examines the relationship between business cycles and mortality rates in Italy over the period 2004-2019. Using the unemployment rate as a proxy for macroeconomic conditions, we investigate how economic fluctuations affect mortality rates across causes of death, age groups, genders, and educational levels. [...]
2025 (Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 12.25)  
2025-10-24
16:07
27 p, 350.9 KB Gender performance in online university education / Cervini-Plá, María (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; Machado, Alina (Universidad de la República (Uruguai)) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
This paper examines the impact of the exogenous shock of COVID-19 which led to a transition from in-person to online education, on the academic performance of university students, with a particular focus on gender differences. [...]
2025 (Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 11.25)  
2025-10-24
15:55
42 p, 1.6 MB Gender biased resistance to harsh feedback / Saygin, Perihan O. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; Pollard, Garrison (University of Florida. Department of Economics) ; Knight, Thomas (University of Florida. Department of Economics) ; Rush, Mark (University of Florida. Department of Economics) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
Responses to performance feedback play a critical role in shaping future out comes in educational and professional contexts. This paper examines whether evaluator gender influences the likelihood that individuals contest feedback. [...]
2025 (Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 10.25)