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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)  
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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)  
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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)  
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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)  
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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)  
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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)  
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2025-10-23
19:28
171 p, 10.1 MB Populism and the skill-content of globalization / Docquier, Frédéric (Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research) ; Iandolo, Stefano (Università degli Studi di Salerno) ; Rapoport, Hillel (Paris School of Economics) ; Turati, Riccardo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Vannoorenberghe, Gonzague (Université catholique de Louvain) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
We propose new ways to measure populism, using the Manifesto Project Database (1960-2019) as main source of data. We characterize the evolution of populism over 60 years and show empirically that it is significantly impacted by the skill-content of globalization. [...]
2025 (Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 09.25)  
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2025-10-23
16:23
50 p, 493.5 KB What do we teach in Macroeconomics? Evidence of a theoretical discrepancy / Courtoy, François (Université catholique de Louvain) ; Vroey, Michel De (Université catholique de Louvain) ; Turati, Riccardo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
The aim of our paper is to assess what we call the 'discrepancy hypothesis'. It states that the transformation of macroeconomics triggered by Lucas, Kydland and Prescott has failed to percolate in the contents of undergraduate textbooks. [...]
2025 (Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 08.25)  
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2025-10-23
16:08
43 p, 968.0 KB Causal effects of air pollution on child health : evidence from a low-pollution setting / Mora, Toni (Universitat Internacional de Catalunya) ; Roche, David (Universitat Internacional de Catalunya) ; Flores, Manuel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
To what extent does air pollution in low-pollution settings affect children's health? Which children benefit most from further reductions, and what factors moderate this relationship? We address these questions using the universe of administrative medical records from the universal public healthcare system in Catalonia (Spain) between 2013 and 2017. [...]
2025 (Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 07.25)  
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2025-10-23
15:50
39 p, 6.9 MB Accessibility and population patterns : a study of the expansion of the rail network in Madrid (1998-2020) / Buitrago-Mora, Diego (Universitat Tècnica de Delft) ; Matas i Prat, Anna (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
This study examines the relationship between the expansion of the rail system in the Madrid metropolitan area and patterns of population redistribution between 1998 and 2020. We focus on two major Metro expansion phases, which together account for approximately 40% of the current network. [...]
2025 (Document de treball (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; 06.25)  
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