L’Institut d’Economia de Barcelona (IEB) acaba de presentar l’IEB Report 3/20, titulat “Regularització d’immigrants indocumentats: què en sabem?” en què sistematitza, a partir dels treballs acadèmics existents, l’evidència empírica dels efectes socioeconòmics de les regularitzacions d’immigrants sobre les economies d’acollida.

A vueltas sobre el debate territorial en España, el catedrático de la Universitat de Barcelona (UB) y director del área de fiscalidad del IEB, Alejandro Esteller nos ofrece un nuevo Info IEB en el que pone de relieve las ventajas de la descentralización fiscal en base a su capacidad de...

We estimate the labour market and health effects of a long-term unemployment (LTU) subsidy targeted to middle aged disadvantaged workers. In order to do so, we exploit a Spanish reform introduced in July 2012 that increased the age eligibility threshold to receive the subsidy from 52 to 55. Using a...

This paper analyzes the effect of wealth taxation on mobility and the consequences for tax revenue and wealth inequality. We exploit the unique decentralization of the Spanish wealth tax system in 2011—after which all regions levied positive tax rates except for Madrid—using linked administrative wealth and income tax records. We...

Young individuals are currently living with their parents more than at any other point in time, while also spending more on housing. In this paper, I first show how labor market entry conditions affect housing tenure and affordability in the long term, by using the unemployment rate at the time...

A lo largo de los últimos años, el concepto de pobreza energética ha ido adquiriendo mayor notoriedad en el seno de la Unión Europea. De ahí que este fenómeno se haya situado en el epicentro del debate de economistas, responsables políticos y de la sociedad en general. La voluntad unánime...