REPORT 2013. Regional Quantitative Analysis Group (AQR-IREA)

REPORT 2013 Regional Quantitative Analysis Group (AQR-IREA) 31-12-2013

1. Scientific articles published in international and national journals (ISI) Published Bai, J.; Carrion-i-Silvestre, J. L. (2013) Testing panel cointegration with unobservable dynamic common factors that are correlated with the regressors. Econometrics Journal, 16(2), 222-249. Basher, S. A.; Carrion-i-Silvestre, J. L. (2013) Deconstructing shocks and persistence in OECD real exchange rates. BE Journal of Macroeconomics, 13 (1), 187-212. Can Karahasan, B.; López-Bazo, E. (2013) The spatial distribution of human capital. Can it really be explained by regional differences in market access? International Regional Science Review, 36(4), 451-480. Carrion-i-Silvestre, J. L.; Gadea, M. D. (2013) GLS-based unit root tests for bounded processes. Economics Letters, 120 (2), 184-187. Carrion-i-Silvestre, J. L.; Iglesias, E. (2013) New trends in welfare analysis. Editorial. Applied Economics, 45 (30), 4203-4203. Cavallaro, E.; Esposito, P.; Matano A.; Mulino M. (2013) Technological Catching Up, Quality of Exports and Competitiveness: a Sectoral Perspective. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 49(6), 5-22. Di Paolo, A.; Raymond, J.L.; Calero, J. (2013) A New Proposal to Gauge Intergenerational Mobility: Educational Mobility in Europe as a Case Study. Social Indicators Research, 114 (3), 947-962. Duque, J.C.; Duque, L.C.; Suriñach, J. (2013) Learning outcomes and dropout intentions: An analytical model for Spanish universities. Educational Studies, 39 (3), 261-284. López-Bazo, E.; Motellón, E. (2013) The regional distribution of unemployment: What do micro-data tell us? Papers in Regional Science, 92 (2), 383-405. Matano, A.; Naticchioni, P. (2013) Rent sharing as a driver of the glass ceiling effect. Economics Letters, 118(1), 55-59. Miguélez, E.; Moreno, R. (2013) Research networks and inventors mobility as drivers of innovation: Evidence from Europe. Regional Studies, 47(10), 1668-1685. Miguélez, E.; Moreno, R. (2013) Do labour mobility and technological collaborations Foster geographical knowledge diffusion? The case of European regions. Growth and Change, 44 (2), 324-357. Miguelez, E.; Moreno, R. (2013) Skilled labour mobility, networks and knowledge creation in regions: A panel data approach. The Annals of Regional Science, 51 (1), 191-212. Mora, T.; Moreno, R. (2013) The Role of Network Access on Regional Specialization in Manufacturing across Europe. Regional Studies, 47 (6), 950-962. Murillo, J.; Vayá, E.; Romaní, J.; Suriñach, J. (2013) How important to a city are tourists and daytrippers?. Tourism Economics, 19-4, 897-917. 2

Nieto, S.; Ramos, R. (2013) Non-formal education, overeducation and wages. Revista de Economía Aplicada, 61 (XXI), 5-28. Ramos, R.; Sanromá, E. (2013) Overeducation and local labour markets in Spain. Tijdschrift Voor Economische En Sociale Geografie, 104 (3), 278-291. Royuela, V.; Duque, J.C. (2013) HouSI: Heuristic for delimitation of housing submarkets and price homogeneous areas. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 37, 59-69. Royuela, V; Suriñach, J. (2013) Quality of Work and aggregate productivity. Social Indicators Research, 113 (1), 37-66. Forthcoming and published on-line Banerjee, A.; Carrion-i-Silvestre, J. L. Cointegration in panel data with structural breaks and cross-section dependence. Journal of Applied Econometrics. DOI: 10.1002/jae.2348 Camacho, M.; Martínez-Martín, J. Real-time forecasting US GDP from small-scale factor models. Empirical Economics. DOI 10.1007/s00181-013-0731-4 Castells-Quintana, D.; Royuela, V. Agglomeration, Inequality and Economic Growth. The Annals of Regional Science, DOI: 10.1007/s00168-014-0589-1. Claeys, P. Tools for surveillance of fiscal positions: a review. Applied Economics, DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2013.861960 Claeys, P.; Martire F. If you want me to stay, pay: asymmetric fiscal federalisme. Environmental Planning C. (Forthcoming) Gásquez, R.; Royuela, V. Is Football an Indicator of Development at the International Level?. Social Indicators Research. DOI: 10.1007/s11205-013-0368-x Miguélez, E.; Moreno, R. (2014) What attracts knowledge workers? The role of space and social networks. Journal of Regional Science, 54 (1), 33 60. DOI: 10.1111/jors.12069 Royuela, V; Garcia, G.A. Economic and social convergence in Colombia. Regional Studies. DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2012.762086 Simón, H.; Ramos, R.; Sanromá, E. Immigrant occupational mobility: Longitudinal evidence from Spain. European Journal of Population. DOI: 10.1007/s10680-014-9313-1 2. Scientific articles published in international and national journals (not ISI) Published Berlanga, V.; Figuera, P.; Pons, E. (2013) Incidencia de beca salario: impacto, perfil y rendimiento de los estudiantes. Relieve v. 19 (2). DOI: 10.7203/relieve.19.1.2654. Llorente, F. (2013) La flexibilidad laboral en la industria auxiliar del automóvil de Cataluña. Dirección y Organización, nº 51, 65-85. 3

Forthcoming and published on-line Royuela, V.; Castells-Quintana, D. International migrations and urbanisation: 1960-2010, International Journal of Sustainable Development Llorente, F. (2013) Organización laboral y sistemas de participación en la industria auxiliar del automóvil en Cataluña, Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de la Empresa. 3. Books Llorente, F.; Giráldez, E. Competitividad Industrial en la Unión Europea. Dinámicas y Reformas: Visión general de la industria europea y análisis específico del sector automovilístico. Editorial Académica Española. 4. Book chapters Published López-Tamayo, J.; Royuela, V.; Suriñach, J. Building a Quality in Work Index in Spain. In Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases VI. Springer Science. Miguélez, E.; Moreno, R.; Suriñach, J. Knowledge networking regions. In Territorial Patterns of Innovation, Roberta Capello and Camilla Lenzi Eds., Routledge, 70-92, ISBN: 978-0-415-63606-3. Miguélez, E.; Moreno, R.; Suriñach, J. Knowledge flows and regional knowledge creation. In Territorial Patterns of Innovation, Roberta Capello and Camilla Lenzi Eds., Routledge, 210-238, ISBN: 978-0-415-63606-3. Moreno, R.; Miguélez, E. A relational approach to the Geography of Innovation: A typology of regions. In Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Geography and Growth, P. McCann and L. Oxley Eds, Wiley-Blackwell, 131-158. ISBN: 978-1-118-42728-6. Pons, E.; Martínez, M.; Díaz, A. (2013) Joves, crisi i accés a la Universitat. A Martínez, M.; Albaigés, B. (dir.): L estat de l educació a Catalunya 2013. Fundació Bofill. Ramos, R.; Sanchís, M. (2013), Política social y mercados de trabajo en la UE. A Jordan Gandulf, J. M. i Tamarit Escalona, C. (eds.), Economía de la Unión Europea. Séptima Edición, Civitas, ISBN: 978-84-470-4011-7, capítol 10. Forthcoming Alarcón, A.; Di Paolo, A.; Heyman, J.; Morales, C. (2014, forthcoming) The Occupational Location of Spanish-English bilinguals in the New Information Economy. In Is There Really any Labor Market Advantage to Being Bilingual in the US? (Eds. R. M. Callahan and P. Gándara). Multilingual Matters, Bristol (UK). Alarcón, A.; Di Paolo, A.; Heyman, J.; Morales, C. (2014, forthcoming) Returns to Spanish- English Bilingualism in the New Information Economy. In Is There Really any Labor Market Advantage to Being Bilingual in the US? (Eds. R. M. Callahan and P. Gándara). Multilingual Matters, Bristol (UK). 4

5. Working Papers Camarero, M.; Carrion-i-Silvestre, J.Ll.; Tamarit, C. (2013) The relationship between debt level and fiscal sustainability in OECD countries. AQR IREA Working Papers 2013/07. Carrion-i-Silvestre, J.Ll.; Gadea, M.D. (2013) GLS based unit root tests for bounded processes. AQR IREA Working Papers 2013/02. Claeys, P.; Vaícek, B. (2013) How systemic is Spain for Europe?. AQR IREA Working Papers 2013/01. Claveria, O.; Torra, S. (2013) Forecasting Business surveys indicators: neural networks vs. time series models. AQR IREA Working Papers 2013/12. Claveria, O.; Monte, E.; Torra, S. (2013) Tourism demand forecasting with different neural networks models. AQR IREA Working Papers 2013/13. Di Paolo, A.; Tansel, A. (2013) Returns to Foreign Language Skills in a Developing Country: The Case of Turkey. AQR IREA Working Papers 2013/11. Di Paolo, A.; Tansel, A. (2013) Returns to Foreign Language Skills in a Developing Country: The Case of Turkey. XREAP2013-07. Di Paolo, A.; Tansel, A. (2013) Returns to Foreign Language Skills in a Developing Country: The Case of Turkey. IZA discussion paper no. 7724. Herrera-Idárraga, P.; López-Bazo, E.; Motellón, E. (2013) Informality and Overeducation in the Labor Market of a Developing Country. AQR IREA Working Papers 2013/03. Herrera-Idárraga, P.; López-Bazo, E.; Motellón, E. (2013) Double Penalty in Returns to Education: Informality and Educational Mismatch in the Colombian Labour market. AQR IREA Working Papers 2013/04. López-Bazo, E.; Motellón, E. (2013) Firm exports, innovation, and regions. AQR IREA Working Papers 2013/05. Matano, A.; Naticchioni P. (2013) What Drives the Urban Wage Premium? Evidence along the Wage Distribution, IZA Discussion Paper No. 7811. Miguélez, E.; Moreno, R. (2013) Do labour mobility and technological collaborations foster geographical knowledge diffusion? The case of European regions. AQR IREA Working Papers 2013/06. Miguélez, E.; Moreno, R. (2013) Mobility, networks and innovation: The role of regions absorptive capacity. AQR IREA Working Papers 2013/08. Nieto, S.; Matano, A.; Ramos, R. (2013) Skill mismatches in the EU: Immigrants vs. natives. AQR IREA Working Papers 2013/10. Ramos, R.; Matano, A.; Nieto, S. (2013) Skill Mismatches in the EU: Immigrants vs Natives. IZA Discussion Paper No. 7701. Ramos, R.; Suriñach, J. (2013) A gravity model of migration between ENC and EU. AQR IREA Working Papers 2013/09. 5

6. Contributions in international conferences Badillo, E.R.; Moreno, R. Do firms cooperate in R&D persistently? Evidence from Spain. 2013 International Conference The Governance of a Complex World Innovation and Cooperation as Entrepreneurial Challenges, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. (October 24-26) Badillo, E. R.; Moreno, R. Do firms cooperate in R&D persistently? Evidence from Spain. XXXVIII Simposio de Análisis Económico, Santander, Spain. (December 12-14) Carrion-i-Silvestre, J. L.; Surdeanu, L. Panel GLS unit root tests and common factors. XXXVIII Simposio de Análisis Económico, Santander, Spain. (December 12-14) Castells-Quintana, D.; Royuela, V. Agglomeration and congestion: different processes of urban concentration and economic growth. 53rd European Regional Science Association Congress, Palermo, Italy. (August 27-31) Castells-Quintana, D.; Royuela, V. Malthus living in a slum. PhD Conference on International Development, Norwich, United Kingdom. (September 19-20) Claeys, P.; Cimadomo J.; Poplawski-Ribeiro, M. How do financial institutions forecast sovereign spreads? 5th International IFABS Conference, Nottingham, United Kingdom (June 26-28). Claeys, P.; Cimadomo J.; Poplawski-Ribeiro, M. How do financial institutions forecast sovereign spreads? ZEW Summerschool on Current Fiscal Policy Challenges in Europe, Mannheim, Germany (July 2-5) Claeys, P.; Cimadomo J.; Poplawski-Ribeiro, M. How do financial institutions forecast sovereign spreads? 69th Annual Conference of the International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF 2013), Taormina, Italy. (August 23-26) Claeys, P.; Cimadomo J.; Poplawski-Ribeiro, M. How do financial institutions forecast sovereign spreads? 29th annual congress of the European Economic Association and the 68th European meeting of the Econometric Society (EEA-ESEM Congress), Göteborg, Sweden. (August 26-29) Claeys, P.; Costa, L. On the cyclicality of the markup and fiscal policy. 7th Annual Meeting of the Portuguese Economic Journal, Covilha, Portugal (July 8-9) Claeys, P.; Maravalle, A. On estimating fiscal rules. ZEW conference on Fiscal performance and political institution Mannheim, Germany (April 11-12). Claeys, P.; Martire, F. If you want me to stay, pay: asymmetric fiscal federalisme. SPERI conference, Sheffield, United Kingdom (July 1-3). Claeys, P.; Martire F. If you want me to stay, pay: asymmetric fiscal federalisme. 69th Annual Conference of the International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF 2013), Taormina, Italy. (August 23-26) Claeys, P.; Sanz, H. Fiscal consolidation in hard times. III Workshop in Time Series Econometrics, Zaragoza, Spain. (April 11-12) Claeys, P.; Sanz, H. Fiscal consolidation in hard times. INFER Annual Conference, Orléans, France (May 25-28). 6

Claeys, P.; Vašícek, B. Systemic risk, and the sovereign-bank default nexus: a network VAR approach. Network Approaches for Interbank Markets, Castellón, Spain. (May 30-31) Claeys, P.; Vašícek, B. Systemic risk, and the sovereign-bank default nexus. ZEW conference on Recent developments in Macroeconomics, Mannheim, Germany (July 20-25) Costantini, M.; Iapadre, L.; Matano A. International Economic Integration, Employment and Wages in Italy. 54 SIE conference, Bologna, Italy (Oct. 24-26) Di Paolo, A. (Endogenous) occupational choices and job satisfaction among recent PhDs: evidence from Catalonia. EconAnadolu 2013: Anadolu International Conference in Economics, Eskisehir, Turkey. (June 19-21) Di Paolo, A. (Endogenous) occupational choices and job satisfaction among recent PhDs: evidence from Catalonia. EconAnadolu 2013: 25th EALE Conference, Turin, Italy (September 19-21) Di Paolo, A.; Mañé, F. Determinants and consequences of qualification and skills mismatch among recent PHD graduates. Second Lisbon Research Workshop on Economics, Statistics and Econometrics of Education, Lisbon, Portugal. (January 18-19) Di Paolo, A.; Mañé, F. Determinants and consequences of qualification and skills mismatch among recent PHD graduates. 3rd SEEK conference-engines for More and Better Jobs in Europe, Mannheim, Germany. (April 25-26) Di Paolo, A.; Mané, F. Determinants and Consequences of Qualification and Skills Mismatch Among Recent PhD Graduates. 4th International Workshop on Applied Economics of Education, Catanzaro, Italy. (June 23-25) Goya, E.; Vayá, E.; Suriñach, J. Do intra- and inter- industry spillovers matter? CDM model estimates for Spain. 40th Annual Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, Évora, Portugal ( 30 August 1 September) Herrera, P.; López-Bazo, E.; Motellón, E. Overeducation and informality in the labor market of a developing country. Second Lisbon Research Workshop on Economics, Statistics and Econometrics of Education, Lisbon, Portugal. (January 18-19) Herrera, P.; López-Bazo, E.; Motellón, E. Double Penalty in Returns to Education: Informality and Mismatch in the Labor market, Evidence From Colombia. ESPE Conference 2013, Aarhus, Dinamarca. (June 12-15) López-Bazo, E.; Royuela, V. Evidence from micro-data as a complement to aggregate analyses on regional disparities - benefits for the assessment of territorial policies. ESPON 2013 Scientific Conference Science in support of European Territorial Development and Cohesion, Luxembourg. (September 12-13) L pe -Bazo, E.; Motell n, E. On the geography of unemployment rates and the spatial sorting of workers schooling. 53rd ERSA Congress. Regional Integration: Europe, the Mediterranean and the World Economy, Palermo, Italy. (August 27-31) L pe -Bazo, E.; Motell n, E. Innovation, heterogeneous firms and the region 53rd ERSA Congress. Regional Integration: Europe, the Mediterranean and the World Economy, Palermo, Italy. (August 27-31) 7

L pe -Bazo, E.; Motell n, E. Firm exports, innovation, and regions. Análisis Económico, Santander, Spain. (December 12-14) XXVIII Simposio de Martinez-Martin, J.; López-Bazo, E. On the Scope of Regional Spillovers in Spanish Housing Prices. 53rd ERSA Congress. Regional Integration: Europe, the Mediterranean and the World Economy, Palermo, Italy. (August 27-31) Matano, A.; Naticchioni, P. What Drives the Urban Wage Premium? Evidence along the Wage Distribution. 5th ICEEE conference, Genova, Italy. (January 16-18) Matano, A.; Naticchioni, P. The Extent of Rent Sharing along the Wage Distribution. 3rd Linked employer employee data (LEED) Workshop, Lisbon, Portugal. (June 27-28) Matano, A.; Naticchioni, P. The Extent of Rent Sharing along the Wage Distribution. 25th EALE conference, Turin, Italy. (September 20-22) Matano, A.; Naticchioni, P. The Extent of Rent Sharing along the Wage Distribution. 54th SIE conference, Bologna, Italy. (October 24-26) Matano, A.; Ramos, R. Remittances and educational outcomes in the ENP countries: New evidence for Moldova. HSE Academic Conference, Moscow, Russia. (April 4) Matano, A.; Ramos, R. Remittances and Educational Outcomes: New Evidence for Moldova, 28th AIEL conference, Rome, Italy (September 27-28) Moreno, R. Research networks and inventors mobility as drivers of innovation: evidence from Europe. HSE Academic Conference, Moscow, Russia. (April 4) Moreno, R.; Miguélez, R. Skilled labour mobility: Tracing their spatial distribution. HSE Academic Conference, Moscow, Russia. (April 4) Miguélez, E.; Moreno, R. Do labour mobility and technological collaborations foster geographical knowledge diffusion? The case of European regions. XXXVIII Simposio de Análisis Económico, Santander, Spain. (December 12-14) Ramos, R.; López-Tamayo, J.; Suriñach, J. Has ENP improved the institutional and economic performance of EU neighbouring countries? 53rd ERSA Congress. Regional Integration: Europe, the Mediterranean and the World Economy, Palermo, Italy. (August 27-31) Ramos, R.; Matano, A. Remittances, education and return migration. Evidence for Moroccan s immigrants in Spain. HSE Academic Conference, Moscow, Russia. (April 4) Ramos, R.; Matano, A.; Nieto, S. Immigrant-Native Wage Gaps and the Returns to Human Capital, XV World Economy Meeting, Santander, Spain (June 5-7) Ramos, R., Royuela, V. Inequality and Economic Growth in European Regions 1994-2010. 53rd European Regional Science Association Congress, Palermo, Italy. (August 27-31) Royuela, V. International Migrations and Agglomeration Economies. 53rd European Regional Science Association Congress, Palermo, Italy. (August 27-31) Royuela, V. The H Index in Regional Science. 53rd European Regional Science Association Congress, Palermo, Italy. (August 27-31) Suriñach, J.; Alcañiz, M.; García, J.R. Parking Spaces in Europe. 16th European Parking Association. Congress: Parking & Urban Mobility, Austin, Dublin, Irlanda. (September 11-13) 8

Suriñach, J.; Vayà, E.; Murillo, J.; Romaní, J. Challenges to improve nutrition at workplace in Spain. IUNS - 20th International Congress of Nutrition, Granada, Spain. (September 15-20) Villar, O.; Carrion-i-Silvestre, J. L. Dependence And financial Contagion In The Stock Market During The Great Recession. INFINITI Conference on International Finance, Aix-en- Provence, France. (June 10-11) 7. Contributions in national conferences Badillo, E.R.; Moreno, R. Do firms cooperate in R&D persistently? Evidence from Spain. PhD in Economics Workshop 2013, Barcelona, Spain. (December 2-3) Badillo, E. R.; Llorente, F.; Moreno, R. La Cooperación en I+D en el sector automovilístico español. XVI Encuentro de Economía Aplicada, Granada, Spain. (June 6-7) Badillo, E. R.; Moreno, R. Do firms cooperate in R&D persistently? Evidence from Spain. XVI Encuentro de Economía Aplicada, Granada, Spain. (June 6-7) Carrion-i-Silvestre, J. L. Macroeconomic stability and fiscal decentralization in the Spanish autonomous communities. XVI Encuentro de Economía Aplicada, Granada, Spain. (June 6-7) Carrion-i-Silvestre, J. L.; Gadea, M.D. GLS-based unit root tests for bounded processes. III Workshop in Time Series Econometrics, Zaragoza, Spain. (April 11-12) Castells-Quintana, D.; Royuela, V. Cross-section evidence on the positive and negative effects of income inequality on economic growth. XVI Encuentro de Economía Aplicada, Granada, Spain. (June 6-7) Castells-Quintana, D.; Royuela, V. Agglomeration and Congestion: Different Processes of Urban Concentration and Economic Growth, Reunión de Estudios Regionales, Oviedo, Spain (November 21-22) Di Paolo, A. (Endogenous) occupational choices and job satisfaction among recent PhDs: evidence. XVI Encuentro de Economía Aplicada, Granada, Spain. (June 6-7) Goya, E.; Vayá, E.; Suriñach, J. Do intra- and inter-industry spillovers matter? CDM model estimates for Spain. XVI Encuentro de Economía Aplicada, Granada, Spain. (June 6-7) Goya, E.; Vayá, E.; Suriñach, J. (2013) Do intra- and inter- industry spillovers matter? CDM model estimates for Spain. XXVIII Jornadas de Economía Industrial, Segovia, Spain (September 5-6) Goya, E.; Vayá, E.; Suriñach, J. (2013) Do intra- and inter- industry spillovers matter? CDM model estimates for Spain. XXXVIII Simposio de la Asociación Española de Economía, Santander, Spain (December 11-13) Herrera, P.; López-Bazo, E.; Motellón, E. Double Penalty in Returns to Education: Informality and Mismatch in the Labor market, Evidence From Colombia. XVI Encuentro de Economía Aplicada, Granada, Spain. (June 6-7) Herrera, P.; López-Bazo, E.; Motellón, E. Double Penalty in Returns to Education: Informality and Mismatch in the Labor market, Evidence From Colombia. X Jornadas de Economía Laboral, Madrid, Spain. (July 11-12) 9

Insa, R.; Riera i Prunera, M.C. More is less. XI Jornadas Politica Economica, Bilbao, Spain. (May 30-31) Larrú, J.M.; Castells-Quintana, D. Does aid reduce inequality? Evidence from Latin America. XVI Encuentro de Economía Aplicada, Granada, Spain. (June 6-7) Llorente, F. La organización laboral y los sistemas de participación en las medianas y grandes empresas del sector metal en Cataluña. XXXIX Reunión de Estudios Regionales, Oviedo, Spain (November 21-22 ) Llorente, F. La flexibilidad laboral en las empresas medianes y grandes del sector metal en Cataluña. XXXIX Reunión de Estudios Regionales, Oviedo, Spain (November 21-22 ). López-Bazo, E.; Motellón, E. On the geography of unemployment rates and the spatial sorting of workers schooling. VI Encuentro de Economía Aplicada, Granada, Spain. (June 6-7) López-Bazo, E.; Motellón, E. On the geography of unemployment rates and the spatial sorting of workers schooling. Jornadas de Economía Laboral, Madrid, Spain. (July 11-12) Matano, A.; Ramos, R. Remittances and Educational Outcomes: Evidence for Moldova. XVI Encuentro de Economía Aplicada, Granada, Spain. (June 6-7) Miguélez, E.; Moreno, R. Do labour mobility and technological collaborations foster geographical knowledge diffusion? The case of European regions. XVI Encuentro de Economía Aplicada, Granada, Spain. (June 6-7) Nieto, S.; Matano, A.; Ramos, R. Skill Mismatches in the EU: immigrants vs. natives. XXII Jornadas de la Asociación de Economía de la Educación, A Coruña, Spain. (July 4-5) Nieto, S.; Matano, A.; Ramos, R. Skill Mismatches in the EU: immigrants vs. natives. X Jornadas de Economía Laboral, Madrid, Spain. (July 11-12) Ramos, R.; Sanromá, E.; Simón, H. Diferencias salariales entre sector público y privado según tipo de contrato, Jornadas de Economía Laboral, Madrid, Spain. (July 11-12) Ramos, R.; Nicodemo, C.; Sanromá, E. Regional wage flexibility in Spain: new empirical evidence. XXXIX Reuniones de estudios regionales, Oviedo, Spain, (November 21-22). Romaní, J.; Casado-Díaz, J.M.; Lillo, A. La influencia de las variables locales y la movilidad residencia-trabajo sobre la sobreeducación en el mercado de trabajo español. Un análisis de datos individuales. Movilidad y reconfiguración urbana y metropolitana, Granada, Spain. (September 12-13) Soy, A.; Vayá, E.; Suriñach, J. Regiones Europeas Industriales y Clusters. XXXIX Reuniones de estudios regionales, Oviedo, Spain, (November 21-22). 10

8. Participation in Competitive Projects Period: 2012-2014 Title: Globalization on regional economics. Panel data and non-stationary econometrics Institution: Ministry of Science and Innovation Reference: ECO2011-30260-C03-03 IP: Josep Lluís Carrion-i-Silvestre Team members: Enrique López-Bazo, Rosina Moreno, Elisabet Motellón, Ernest Miguélez, Erika Badillo Period: 2011-2014 Title: Sharing KnowledgE Assets: InteRegionally Cohesive NeigHborhoods (SEARCH) Institution: European Union Reference: FP7-SSH-2010-2.2-1 (266834), IP: Jordi Suriñach Team members: Manuel Artís Ortuño, Erika Badillo, Bibiana Barnadas, David Castells- Quintana, José Ramon García, Esther Goya, Paula Herrera, Enrique López, Alessia Matano,Rosina Moreno, Elisabet Motellón, Sandra Nieto, Joaquín Murillo, Raül Ramos, Javier Romaní, Vicente, Esther Vayà. Period: 2009-2013 Title: Grup d'anàlisi Quantitativa Regional (AQR-IREA) Institution: Agència de Gestió d'ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca Reference: 2009 SGR 564 IP: Manuel Artís Ortuño Team members: Erika Badillo, Josep Lluis Carrion, David Castells-Quintana, Peter Claeys, Antonio di Paolo, Bernard Fingleton, Esther Goya, Paula Herrera, Enrique Lopez, Ernest Miguelez, Rosina Moreno, Elisabeth Motellón, Sandra Nieto, Mª Carme Riera, Raúl Ramos, Javier Romaní, Vicente Royuela, Jordi Suriñach, Claudia Tello, Esther Vaya Period: 2011-2013 Title: Crecimiento económico regional y desigualdad en España Institution: Ministry of Science and Innovation Reference: ECO2010-16006 IP: Raul Ramos Lobo Team members: Peter Claey, David Castells-Quintana, Miquel Clar, Alessandra Faggian, Alessia Matano, Sandra Nieto, Vicente Royuela, Esther Vaya. Period: 2010-2012 Title: Knowledge, Innovation, Territory (KIT) Institution: ESPON Reference: ESPON 2013, Project 2013/1/13 IP: Rosina Moreno Team members: Ernest Miguélez, Raul Ramos, Jordi Suriñach 9. Awarded proposals submitted in private and public calls Period: 2013 Title: The effects of quantitative easing on emergint markets Institution: Czech National Bank Reference: 2013/B3 IP: Peter Claeys Team members: Borek Vasicek 11

Period: 2013 Title: The European Dimension in the Nation-al Reforms Programmes and the Stability Or Convergence Institution: Programmes-2013. European Parliament. Reference: IP/A/ECON/FWC/2010-109/Lot1/C1 IP: Jordi Suriñach Team members: Peter Claeys, Rosina Moreno, Josep Lluis Carrion-i-Silvestre, Carme Riera Period: 2013 Title: Wage Dispersion in the EU Institution: Programmes-2013. European Parliament. Reference: IP/A/ECON/2010-109 Lot 1 and 5 IP: Jordi Suriñach Team members: Enrique López-Bazo, Raul Ramos, Vicente Royuela 10. Thesis 10.1 Defended thesis Author: Ernest Miguélez Title: Essays the geograhy of innovation: Knowledge Worker s mobility, Networks and spillovers Supervisor: Rosina Moreno; Co-director: Francesco Lissoni Author: Leonardo Augusto Tariffi Title: Ensayos sobre los determinantes reales del tipo de cambio Supervisor: Montserrat Millet and Raul Ramos 10.2 Thesis in progress Author: Erika Badillo Title: R&D Cooperation: Determinants, persistence and its effect on firm's productivity Supervisor: Rosina Moreno Author: Antonio Baez Title: Tres ensayos sobre los determinantes y los efectos de la Inversión Extranjera Directa Supervisor: Raul Ramos Author: Laura Carabotta Title: Fiscal policy forecasting Supervisor: Elisenda Paluzie and Peter Claeys Author: Carlos Cassó Title: Social inefficiency of territorial entry policy: An structural approach Supervisor: Joan Ramon Borrell i Josep Lluís Carrión i Silvestre Author: David Castells-Quintana Title: Agglomeration, Inequality and Economic Growth Supervisor: Vicente Royuela Author: Victor M. Coscubiera Title: Modelo de crecimiento con efectos espaciales Supervisor: Rosina Moreno 12

Author: Karen Davtyan Title: Fiscal policy and redistribution Supervisor: Peter Claeys Author: Omar García Title: T.B.A. Supervisor: Raul Ramos Author: Roberto Gásquez Title: El fútbol. Relaciones e interrelaciones entre el deporte y el desarrollo. Supervisor: Vicente Royuela and Patricia García-Durán Author: Esther Goya Title: Productivity and innovation spillovers: microevidence from Spain. Supervisor: Jordi Suriñach and Esther Vayá Author: Paula Herrera Title: Ensayos en torno a la perspectiva de género en Colombia. Capital humano y Mercado de Trabajo. Supervisor: Enrique López-Bazo and Elisabet Motellón Author: Carolina Hintzmann Title: Análisis de los factores determinantes de las diferencias de productividad en la industria manufacturera: una comparación entre España y Alemania 1993-2007. Supervisor: Josep Lladós i Raul Ramos Author: Juan Jung Title: Essays on Absorptive Capacity, ICT, Spatial Externalities, and Regional Growth Supervisor: Enrique López-Bazo Author: Lourdes Larré Title: Tres ensayos sobre el Capital Humano en Paraguay Supervisor: Raul Ramos and Jordi Suriñach Author: Alvaro Melero Title: Migración interna y sus implicaciones en la distribución espacial de la población, mercado laboral y crecimiento regional Supervisor: Vicente Royuela and Jaume Valls Author: Celia Melguizo Title: Ensayos sobre mercado de trabajo en España Supervisor: Raul Ramos and Vicente Royuela Author: Teresita de Jesús Méndez Title: Propuesta anteproyecto de investigación: El impacto social del posgrado en México desde los perfiles profesionales de sus egresados y la opinión de empleadores Supervisor: Jordi Suriñach and Mario Miguel Ojeda Ramírez Author: Sandra Nieto Viramontes Title: La sobreeducación: nueva evidencia sobre su medición y consecuencias Supervisor: Raul Ramos and Manuel Artís Author: Jessica Andrea Ordoñez Title: Determinantes de la migración interna y efectos sobre el mercado laboral y el crecimiento económico en Ecuador Supervisor: Raul Ramos and Vicente Royuela 13

Author: Luz Dary Ramírez Title: Tres ensayos sobre crecimiento económico en América Latina: IED, apertura económica y clubes de convergencia Supervisor: Rosina Moreno Author: Helena Sanz Title: Fiscal consolidation in a financial crisis Supervisor: Peter Claeys Author: Laura Surdeanu Title: Panel cointegration rank testing with cross-section dependence Supervisor: Josep Lluís Carrión i Silvestre Author: Oscar Villar Frexedas Title: Financial contagion between economies Supervisor: Josep Lluís Carrión i Silvestre i Jordi Suriñach 11. AQR Workshops and Seminars Workshops 2013 Barcelona Workshop on Regional and Urban Economics: Agglomeration Economies, November 28 th -29 th, 2013, www.ub.edu/aqr/workshop2013/ Senior Seminars Carlos Llano (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) On the non-linear relation between trade and distance: New results for the border effect using region-to-region national and inter-national flows. 22-02-2013 12:30 Miguel Ángel Márquez (Universidad de Extremadura) On Regional Macroeconomic Shocks in the Spanish Regional Economic System. 08-03-2013 12:30 Jouke Van Dijk (Groningen University) Underqualification as an opportunity for low-educated workers. 22-03-2013 12:30 Massimiliano Bratti (Universitá Degli Studi di Milano) Local human capital externalities and wages at the firm level: Evidence from Italian Manufacturing. 19-04-2013 12:30 Lorenzo Cappellari (Universitá Cattolica di Milano) Alike in Many Ways: Intergenerational and Sibling Correlations of Brothers Earnings. 31-05-2013 12:30 Roberto De Santis (Banco Central Europeo) Euro area sovereign debt crisis: A change in the market assessment of the underlying risk or a change in the price of risk? 14-06-2013 12:30 14

Mercedes Delgado (Temple University) Spatial organization of firms and location choices through the value chain. 21-06-2013 12:30 Miguel Ángel Vargas Román (Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile) Segregation and Social Conflict. 13-09-2013 12:30 Javier Asensio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) Regional retail regulation and supermarket entry in Spain. 15-11-2013 12:30 Lunch Seminars Daniel Liviano (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) Spatial Exploration of Age Distribution in Catalan Municipalities. 13-02-2013 14:00 Joan Carles Martori (Universitat de Vic) Geo-Segregation Analyzer: an Open Source Software for Calculating Residential Segregation Indices. 25-02-2013 14:00 Paula Herrera (AQR-IREA, Universitat de Barcelona) Double Penalty in Returns to Education: Informality and Mismatch in the Labor market, Evidence From Colombia. 13-03-2013 14:00 Tamara De la Mata (IESE Business School) Social networks and trade of services: modelling interregional flows with spatial and network autocorrelation effects. 08-05-2013 14:00 Oscar Villar (AQR-IREA, Universitat de Barcelona) Interdependence in the stock market during the great recession. 22-05-2013 14:00 Ágnes Orosz (University of Debrecen) Country Study: Hungary. 26-06-2013 14:00 Laura Carabotta (Universitat de Barcelona) Which agency and which period is the best? Analyzing national and international fiscal forecasts in Italy. 10-07-2013 14:00 Gonca Konyali (Dokuz Eylul University) Wage Curve Evidence from Living Conditions Surveys of Spain and Turkey: 2006-2010. 17-07-2013 14:00 Karen Davtyan (AQR-IREA, Universitat de Barcelona) Interrelation among Economic Growth, Income Inequality, and Fiscal Performance. 25-09-2013 14:00 Antonio Báez Morales (Universitat de Barcelona) A panel data analysis on FDI and informal labor markets. 08-10-2013 14:00 15

Carolina Hintzmann (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) Analysis in labour productivity in manufacturing industry: Spain and Germanay, 1993-2007. 19-10-2013 14:00 Cristina Lopez-Mayan (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) Performance in Post-compulsory Education: Evidence from Vocational and Academic Tracks. 04-12-2013 14:00 12. Members Researchers: -Marien André -Manuel Artís -Josep Lluís Carrión-i-Silvestre -Peter Claeys -Miquel Clar -Oscar Claveria -Antonio Di Paolo -José Ramón García -Francisco Llorente -Enrique López-Bazo -Jordi López -Alessia Matano -Rosina Moreno -Elisabet Motellón -Joaquim Murillo -Ernest Pons -Raül Ramos -Mª Carme Riera -Javier Romaní -Vicente Royuela -Jordi Suriñach -Esther Vayá Associated Researchers: -Vanessa Berenguer -Laia Castany -Isabel Cortés -Juan Carlos Duque -Mayssun El-Attar -Bernard Fingleton -Fabio Manca -Jaime Martínez-Martín -Joan Carles Martori -Ernest Miguelez -Diana Ordad -Raquel Ortega -Sergio Plaza -Sara Maria Riscado -Jenifer Ruiz -Claudia Tello PHD Students: -Erika Badillo -Antonio Báez -Laura Carabotta -David Castells -Karen Davtyan -Omar García -Robert Gasquez -Esther Goya -Paula Herrera -Juan Felipe Jung -Lourdes Larré -Álvaro Melero -Celia Melguizo -Sandra Nieto -Jessica Ordóñez -Luz Dary Ramírez -Helena Sanz -Laura Surdeanu -Oscar Villar Support Research: -Bibiana Barnadas 16

13. Contact University of Barcelona Faculty of Economics and Business Department of Econometrics, Statistics and Spanish Economy Av. Diagonal, 690 08034 Barcelona, Spain Tel.: +34 934 037 241 Fax: +34 934 037 242 A/e: aqr@ub.edu For further information, visit: www.ub.edu/aqr 17