Second Workshop on Economics of Education. Michael Lechner:
Michael Lechner (Professor of Applied Economics, University of St. Gallen), who has studied the effects of educational policy and vocational training on the job market, concluded that active policies and training programs against unemployment produce negligible results. To counter unemployment, he said, the most effective strategy is a good educational system and a commitment to…
The IEB’s researchers Álvaro Choi and Hipólito J. Simón, winners of different prizes for their researchs
Álvaro Choi has received the José Luís Moreno Becerra PhD thesis Prize, and Hipólito J. Simon has won the Award Lluís Fina for a research about wage inequality in Europe. The IEB researcher Álvaro Choi has received the José Luís Moreno Becerra PhD thesisPrize for 2011, awarded by the Economics of Education Association. Choi won…
George Borjas: “we should admit more qualified immigrants if we want to maximize the economic pie”
Borjas, considered “America’s leading immigration economist”, participated in the IEB’s Fourth Summer School in Public Economics, which focused on immigration and public policy.
International researchers defend the benefits of fiscal decentralization in culturally diverse countries like Spain
Three leading international experts on fiscal federalism, Michael Smart, Daniel Treisman and Brian Knight, were taking part in the IEB’s Fourth Workshop on Fiscal Federalism, which analysed the economic and political effects of fiscal decentralization.
Experts from all over Spain warn of the precarious state of local finances and discuss possible solutions: increasing tax burden, merging municipalities, and streamlining institutions
In the IEB’s Second Report on Fiscal Federalism in Spain, professors and researchers analyse the situation of town and city councils and propose a series of measures
Barcelona should receive an additional 150 million euros to offset the cost of its capital status
The investigation, included in the IEB’s Second Report on Fiscal Federalism in Spain, concludes that central or regional governments should compensate with 150 million Barcelona and Madrid with 384
