Els sistemes universitaris dels països desenvolupats tenen una importància en les societats que els acullen que va molt més allà del seu pes específic. La contribució que fan en la formació de capital humà o en l’activitat de recerca i transferència són vectors que determinen, d’una manera molt rellevant, el...

Islamophobia has increased in recent years which can be partly attributed to terrorist attacks perpetrated by jihadist groups. Islamophobia might be a source of stress, being problematic for pregnant (Muslim) women. We examine how stress generated by the 2017 Catalonia (Spain) attacks affected the health of newborns whose mothers are...

Les ciutats són un invent de la humanitat que facilita la interacció entre les persones. La vida urbana ens fa més productius perquè ens permet aprendre coses els uns dels altres i especialitzar-nos en tasques més específiques. Més recentment, les ciutats també han esdevingut llocs on la gent vol viure...

The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 inhibited face-to-face education and constrained exam taking. In many countries worldwide, high-stakes exams happening at the end of the school year determine college admissions. This paper investigates the impact of using historical data of school and high-stakes exams results to train a model to...

Worldwide, gang proliferation is fought mostly with tough punishment strategies such as sweeps. In this paper, I study their causal effect on crime for arrested individuals and known peers following a difference-in-differences strategy. I also take advantage of the network structure I retrieved to assess peer effects and identify key...

Cross-border medical care, defined as care facilitated by a local health provider under pre-established regional agreements as in the case of EU citizens accessing care within EU countries, has been on the rise. Unlike medical tourism, typically sought by patients through their own volition and paid for out-of-pocket, cross-border medical...