The Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) will host its V Workshop on Urban Economics on the 21st and 22th June 2018. The aim of the workshop is to bring together original research in the area of urban economics. Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome. After a revision by the Scientific Committee. The accepted papers will be presented in sessions that will be complemented with three plenary sessions.

The intended aim of this workshop is double: on the one hand, to establish and share the theoretical and methodological knowledge frontier of economics of education. On the other hand, to have access to a diversity of applied studies in which different methodologies are used. Both macro and micro-economic topics are of interest. The Workshop especially welcomes research that applies advanced econometric techniques. Although the Workshop focuses on empirical papers, theoretical studies are also welcome. The accepted papers (10) will be presented in plenary sessions that will complement the two keynote speakers’ presentations.