IEB and FEDEA analyse Spain’s mobility infrastructure strategy
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
More than 70 people attended the VII Workshop on Transport Economics, held on 24 February last and organised by the Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) and Fedea. The workshop brought together experts on mobility to discuss competencies, regulations and investment in Spain’s infrastructure and transport policy.
Poverty in the 16-29 age group increased from 18 to 28% during the economic downturn
Friday, 3 March 2017
The most recent economic crisis had a strong generational component. This is one of the conclusions drawn in the latest edition of the IEB Report – published by the Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB) under the title “Inequality: measurement and policies” – which focuses on analysing inequality. In his contribution, José Fernández-Albertos, a researcher with the Institute of Public Goods and Policies and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), shows that in the 2007-2013 period, poverty was “rejuvenated”: “Among those aged 16-29 [the poverty rate] increased from 18.1 to 28.6%.” In contrast, “the poverty rate among those aged over 65 fell from 25.5 to 11.4%.”
El IEB analizará las cifras sobre desigualdad y el resultado de las políticas correctivas en la presentación del último IEB Report
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
El Instituto de Economía de Barcelona (IEB) presentará el próximo viernes 3 de marzo en el Círculo de Economía de Barcelona la última edición del ‘IEB Report’, titulada ‘Desigualdad: medición y políticas’ y dedicada al análisis sobre la desigualdad, sus causas, tendencias, sistemas de medición y resultados de las políticas correctivas aplicadas desde la administración.
Dos equipos de investigación del IEB, distinguidos con las becas del programa Recercaixa
Friday, 24 February 2017
El programa Recercaixa, que impulsa investigaciones científicas con vocación social, ha concedido dues de sus ayudas a los investigadores del IEB, José García de Quevedo y Pilar Sorribas. La institución recibe así dos de las 18 becas otorgadas para el desarrollo, durante los próximos dos años, de dos estudios sobre los retos políticos y sociales a encarar a causa del cambio climático y sobre los roles de los actores sociales respecto a la corrupción política.
IEB Researchers Oriol Escardíbul and Maite Vilalta appointed to the UB’s governing bodies
Tuesday, 21 February 2017
The recent reorganisation of the governing bodies of the University of Barcelona (UB) has seen the appointment of two members of the Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB). Researcher Oriol Escardíbul has been named Vice-Rector for Finance, a position that depends directly on the Rector, Dr Joan Elias i García, while researcher Maite Vilalta has been appointed Rector’s Delegate for Social Action.
The 5th Symposium of the Chair of Energy Sustainability analyses the social, political and industrial challenges of the energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
On February 7 last, the Chair of Sustainable Energy at the University of Barcelona brought together prominent names from the international academic community to discuss the challenges facing the future of the energy sector.
