The Barcelona GSE Labor Economics Summer School covers a wide range of topics in labor economics from a variety of perspectives. In particular, this summer school offers courses that will cover recent developments within the macro-labor and micro-labor contexts. In each course, both theoretical...

In recent years an exciting economic literature has emerged that seeks to understand disparities in economic development across countries by going far back in history. Distant historical events can often be linked to long-lasting effects on institutions, culture, human capital and technology; in...

The workshop in Science and Innovation will cover all areas of Economics of Science and Innovation, but it will put special emphasis on topics related to the financing of entrepreneurial firms. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Funding new ideas - Entrepreneurial finance -...

This year’s workshop will focus on challenges to the welfare state and their potential solutions. We invite submissions of theoretical and empirical papers on the evaluation of policies that affect the public sector either on the revenue or on the expenditure side. In particular, the workshop...

The Winter School focuses on leadership skills and the “big picture” of management (how to identify and implement necessary changes). Throughout the week participants work on a case resolution on the internationalisation strategy of a University. The context of university life and the...

The aim of this meeting is to discuss recent research in the area of transport and infrastructure economics. The meeting will focus on issues related to pricing, investment and competition, but research papers in other areas of transport economics and infrastructure analysis, both from empirical...