Per què els partits polítics contraris a la immigració obtenen millors resultats en zones amb menys immigrants? Les últimes dades internacionals suggereixen que els partits amb polítiques contràries a la immigració solen rebre més suport electoral en zones amb poca presència d’immigrants. Per exemple, en les eleccions presidencials franceses del...

Why do anti-immigrant political parties have more success in areas that host fewer immigrants? Using regression discontinuity design, structural breaks search methods and data from a sample of Italian municipalities, we show that the relationship between the vote shares of anti-immigrant parties and the share of immigrants follows a U-shaped...

El canvi climàtic és una amenaça greu per a les generacions actuals i futures. Els efectes de l’escalfament global ja s’estan manifestant i ha un consens notable sobre la necessitat d’afrontar aquesta situació. Per això, cal un nou model energètic que permeti reduir les emissions de gasos d’efecte hivernacle de...

This paper proposes a novel methodology for delineating urban areas based on a machine learning algorithm that groups buildings within portions of space of sufficient density. To do so, we use the precise geolocation of all 12 million buildings in Spain. We exploit building heights to create a new dimension...

There is growing debate, both social and academic, about the possibility of levying an annual wealth tax. Until a few years ago, such a proposal appeared difficult to both implement and control, but recent technological innovations, which could greatly facilitate the periodic valuation of wealth, combined with improvements in international...

With the world becoming increasingly digitalized, ICT has a key role to play in the educational process. The aim of this research is to determine the personal characteristics of teachers, as well as those of the school and class environment, that make them more likely to use ICT in their...