David Pérez Mesa
@dperezmesa.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher "Catalina Ruiz" at @ull.es, and Visiting Fellow at Erasmus School of Economics. Member of CEDESOG and EQUALITAS.
Economics of Health, Development and Inequality.
Personal website: https://sites.google.com/view/davidperezmesa
Economics of Health, Development and Inequality.
Personal website: https://sites.google.com/view/davidperezmesa
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SEMINAR: Ready for round two!
🗓️ Wednesday, November 26, at 12:00 (Google Meet)
🎤Speaker: Joan Mut Benítez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Title: Widowhood policy in the US
💬Discussant: Juan Gabriel Rodríguez
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#seminarioEQUALITAS
🗓️ Wednesday, November 26, at 12:00 (Google Meet)
🎤Speaker: Joan Mut Benítez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Title: Widowhood policy in the US
💬Discussant: Juan Gabriel Rodríguez
DM us if you’d like to join!
#seminarioEQUALITAS
November 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
SEMINAR: Ready for round two!
🗓️ Wednesday, November 26, at 12:00 (Google Meet)
🎤Speaker: Joan Mut Benítez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Title: Widowhood policy in the US
💬Discussant: Juan Gabriel Rodríguez
DM us if you’d like to join!
#seminarioEQUALITAS
🗓️ Wednesday, November 26, at 12:00 (Google Meet)
🎤Speaker: Joan Mut Benítez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Title: Widowhood policy in the US
💬Discussant: Juan Gabriel Rodríguez
DM us if you’d like to join!
#seminarioEQUALITAS
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Ayer se presentó el IX Informe FOESSA sobre la situación social en España. Imprescindible este análisis para el diseño adecuado de las políticas públicas que necesitamos www.caritas.es/main-files/u...
www.caritas.es
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Ayer se presentó el IX Informe FOESSA sobre la situación social en España. Imprescindible este análisis para el diseño adecuado de las políticas públicas que necesitamos www.caritas.es/main-files/u...
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🎓Pablo Brugarolas has also joined our ranks as a new PhD.
Pablo recently completed a thorough and successful defense of his PhD dissertation.
Congratulations, Dr. Brugarolas!
Explore his research 👇
pablobrugarolas.github.io
Pablo recently completed a thorough and successful defense of his PhD dissertation.
Congratulations, Dr. Brugarolas!
Explore his research 👇
pablobrugarolas.github.io
October 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
🎓Pablo Brugarolas has also joined our ranks as a new PhD.
Pablo recently completed a thorough and successful defense of his PhD dissertation.
Congratulations, Dr. Brugarolas!
Explore his research 👇
pablobrugarolas.github.io
Pablo recently completed a thorough and successful defense of his PhD dissertation.
Congratulations, Dr. Brugarolas!
Explore his research 👇
pablobrugarolas.github.io
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#Desigualdad #Salud #Jubilados 🇪🇸 Nuevo Estudios sobre la Economía Española de Cristina Bellés-Obrero, Manuel Flores, Pilar García-Gómez, @sergijm64.bsky.social y @juditvall.bsky.social ➡️ Trends in Health Inequalities among Spanish Retirees 👇
www.linkedin.com/pulse/desigu...
📄 Doc: bit.ly/47DDdTD
www.linkedin.com/pulse/desigu...
📄 Doc: bit.ly/47DDdTD
Desigualdades de salud entre los jubilados españoles
Desigualdad persistente pero estable: un estudio revela que la desigualdad en salud por niveles de ingresos entre los jubilados españoles se mantuvo aproximadamente estable entre 2004 y 2022 Fedea pub...
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October 27, 2025 at 7:20 AM
#Desigualdad #Salud #Jubilados 🇪🇸 Nuevo Estudios sobre la Economía Española de Cristina Bellés-Obrero, Manuel Flores, Pilar García-Gómez, @sergijm64.bsky.social y @juditvall.bsky.social ➡️ Trends in Health Inequalities among Spanish Retirees 👇
www.linkedin.com/pulse/desigu...
📄 Doc: bit.ly/47DDdTD
www.linkedin.com/pulse/desigu...
📄 Doc: bit.ly/47DDdTD
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Mothers rank daughters *higher in disappointment* when they have a brother than when they have a sister.
One of the conclusions by Daniel Santos from our first online seminar.
👇 You can find and read it here:
sites.google.com/view/dsantos...
One of the conclusions by Daniel Santos from our first online seminar.
👇 You can find and read it here:
sites.google.com/view/dsantos...
📢 A kind reminder...
We start today.
We start today.
Off we go! First Equalitas seminar:
🗓️ Wednesday, October 22, at 12:00 (Google Meet)
🎤Speaker: Daniel Santos, Universidad de La Laguna
Title: Of Sons and Daughters: High Hopes, Uneven Disappointment
💬Discussant: @fontenaysbasti1.bsky.social
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#seminarioEQUALITAS
🗓️ Wednesday, October 22, at 12:00 (Google Meet)
🎤Speaker: Daniel Santos, Universidad de La Laguna
Title: Of Sons and Daughters: High Hopes, Uneven Disappointment
💬Discussant: @fontenaysbasti1.bsky.social
DM us if you’d like to join!
#seminarioEQUALITAS
October 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Mothers rank daughters *higher in disappointment* when they have a brother than when they have a sister.
One of the conclusions by Daniel Santos from our first online seminar.
👇 You can find and read it here:
sites.google.com/view/dsantos...
One of the conclusions by Daniel Santos from our first online seminar.
👇 You can find and read it here:
sites.google.com/view/dsantos...
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Off we go! First Equalitas seminar:
🗓️ Wednesday, October 22, at 12:00 (Google Meet)
🎤Speaker: Daniel Santos, Universidad de La Laguna
Title: Of Sons and Daughters: High Hopes, Uneven Disappointment
💬Discussant: @fontenaysbasti1.bsky.social
DM us if you’d like to join!
#seminarioEQUALITAS
🗓️ Wednesday, October 22, at 12:00 (Google Meet)
🎤Speaker: Daniel Santos, Universidad de La Laguna
Title: Of Sons and Daughters: High Hopes, Uneven Disappointment
💬Discussant: @fontenaysbasti1.bsky.social
DM us if you’d like to join!
#seminarioEQUALITAS
October 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Off we go! First Equalitas seminar:
🗓️ Wednesday, October 22, at 12:00 (Google Meet)
🎤Speaker: Daniel Santos, Universidad de La Laguna
Title: Of Sons and Daughters: High Hopes, Uneven Disappointment
💬Discussant: @fontenaysbasti1.bsky.social
DM us if you’d like to join!
#seminarioEQUALITAS
🗓️ Wednesday, October 22, at 12:00 (Google Meet)
🎤Speaker: Daniel Santos, Universidad de La Laguna
Title: Of Sons and Daughters: High Hopes, Uneven Disappointment
💬Discussant: @fontenaysbasti1.bsky.social
DM us if you’d like to join!
#seminarioEQUALITAS
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We’re excited to launch the Equalitas Seminars, a forum for sharing and discussing ongoing research.
🕐 1h sessions: presentation, comments & discussion.
Open access upon request and approval.
Details about the first session (22nd October) will be announced soon!
🕐 1h sessions: presentation, comments & discussion.
Open access upon request and approval.
Details about the first session (22nd October) will be announced soon!
October 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
We’re excited to launch the Equalitas Seminars, a forum for sharing and discussing ongoing research.
🕐 1h sessions: presentation, comments & discussion.
Open access upon request and approval.
Details about the first session (22nd October) will be announced soon!
🕐 1h sessions: presentation, comments & discussion.
Open access upon request and approval.
Details about the first session (22nd October) will be announced soon!
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Do you have a paper on the economics of health in lower-and-middle income countries? Submit it to the 2nd Workshop of the Global Health Economics WG in Rotterdam 4-5 June 2026. Submit at tinyurl.com/ywcwz7ba by 1 Dec. Special treat: keynote by @martinabjorkman.bsky.social
ESE-RGHI-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMICs 2026
The workshop will foster in-depth discussions, bringing together development economists and health researchers from across the globe.
tinyurl.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Do you have a paper on the economics of health in lower-and-middle income countries? Submit it to the 2nd Workshop of the Global Health Economics WG in Rotterdam 4-5 June 2026. Submit at tinyurl.com/ywcwz7ba by 1 Dec. Special treat: keynote by @martinabjorkman.bsky.social
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New OECD report on inequality of opportunity is out www.oecd.org/content/dam/...
Happy to see that OECD consider our approach to inequality of opportunity estimation to be useful.
Happy to see that OECD consider our approach to inequality of opportunity estimation to be useful.
September 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
New OECD report on inequality of opportunity is out www.oecd.org/content/dam/...
Happy to see that OECD consider our approach to inequality of opportunity estimation to be useful.
Happy to see that OECD consider our approach to inequality of opportunity estimation to be useful.
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How to make inequality of opportunity measurement more credible by accounting for model uncertainty, from Giovanni Bernardo, Steven N. Durlauf, Andros Kourtellos, and Chih Ming Tan https://www.nber.org/papers/w34163
August 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
How to make inequality of opportunity measurement more credible by accounting for model uncertainty, from Giovanni Bernardo, Steven N. Durlauf, Andros Kourtellos, and Chih Ming Tan https://www.nber.org/papers/w34163
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EQUALITAS Research Members Starter Pack. Join us! go.bsky.app/9vjdS7E
July 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
EQUALITAS Research Members Starter Pack. Join us! go.bsky.app/9vjdS7E
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📢🔝 👏🏼 EQUALITAS researcher Pedro Salas-Rojo (@psalasr.bsky.social) and co-authors have won the Aldi Hagenaars Memorial Award for their paper “Wealth Inequality and Stratification by Social Classes in 21st-Century Europe” 📉
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June 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
📢🔝 👏🏼 EQUALITAS researcher Pedro Salas-Rojo (@psalasr.bsky.social) and co-authors have won the Aldi Hagenaars Memorial Award for their paper “Wealth Inequality and Stratification by Social Classes in 21st-Century Europe” 📉
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🚨🗞️🆕 EQUALITAS researchers Gustavo A. Marrero, Juan César Palomino and Dmitry Petrov are launching this project together with Clara Martínez-Toledano to measure regional wealth inequality in Spain.
🇪🇸 How is wealth distributed in Spain ?
This study, co-authored by G.A. Marrero @cmtneztt.bsky.social @juancpal.bsky.social & D.Petrov, is the first systematic analysis of regional wealth inequality in Spain.
Key findings in 🧵[1/5]
wid.world/news-article...
This study, co-authored by G.A. Marrero @cmtneztt.bsky.social @juancpal.bsky.social & D.Petrov, is the first systematic analysis of regional wealth inequality in Spain.
Key findings in 🧵[1/5]
wid.world/news-article...
New Spain Wealth Atlas: understanding regional wealth inequality in Spain - WID - World Inequality Database
New Spain Wealth Atlas: understanding regional wealth inequality in Spain The source for global inequality data. Open access, high quality wealth and income inequality data developed by an internation...
wid.world
June 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
🚨🗞️🆕 EQUALITAS researchers Gustavo A. Marrero, Juan César Palomino and Dmitry Petrov are launching this project together with Clara Martínez-Toledano to measure regional wealth inequality in Spain.
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Together with @gmarrero1972.bsky.social, @juancpal.bsky.social and @dmitrypetrov.bsky.social we launch this new project today in which we measure for the first time regional wealth inequality in Spain in collaboration with @wid.world and @esadeecpol.bsky.social. Check it out!
🇪🇸 How is wealth distributed in Spain ?
This study, co-authored by G.A. Marrero @cmtneztt.bsky.social @juancpal.bsky.social & D.Petrov, is the first systematic analysis of regional wealth inequality in Spain.
Key findings in 🧵[1/5]
wid.world/news-article...
This study, co-authored by G.A. Marrero @cmtneztt.bsky.social @juancpal.bsky.social & D.Petrov, is the first systematic analysis of regional wealth inequality in Spain.
Key findings in 🧵[1/5]
wid.world/news-article...
New Spain Wealth Atlas: understanding regional wealth inequality in Spain - WID - World Inequality Database
New Spain Wealth Atlas: understanding regional wealth inequality in Spain The source for global inequality data. Open access, high quality wealth and income inequality data developed by an internation...
wid.world
June 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Together with @gmarrero1972.bsky.social, @juancpal.bsky.social and @dmitrypetrov.bsky.social we launch this new project today in which we measure for the first time regional wealth inequality in Spain in collaboration with @wid.world and @esadeecpol.bsky.social. Check it out!
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Just wrapped up our Workshop last week and we’re filled with immense pride.
Thorough presentations, meaningful discussions, and—most of all—a truly wonderful group of participants.
Already looking forward to organising again shortly!💡
Thorough presentations, meaningful discussions, and—most of all—a truly wonderful group of participants.
Already looking forward to organising again shortly!💡
June 16, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Just wrapped up our Workshop last week and we’re filled with immense pride.
Thorough presentations, meaningful discussions, and—most of all—a truly wonderful group of participants.
Already looking forward to organising again shortly!💡
Thorough presentations, meaningful discussions, and—most of all—a truly wonderful group of participants.
Already looking forward to organising again shortly!💡
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The Editorial Boards of leading health economics journals are issuing a Joint Statement of Principles on Editorial Independence. In these troubled times some scholars worry their work might suffer ideological attack. We reaffirm our commitment to unfettered scholarship. Please repost.
May 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The Editorial Boards of leading health economics journals are issuing a Joint Statement of Principles on Editorial Independence. In these troubled times some scholars worry their work might suffer ideological attack. We reaffirm our commitment to unfettered scholarship. Please repost.
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📣New paper out with #VanesaJorda and @paolobrunori.bsky.social! Polarization of Opportunity @ Econletters.
Short, (hopefully) interesting, and fun to write and collaborate with these guys. Cannot ask for more! Link:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Short, (hopefully) interesting, and fun to write and collaborate with these guys. Cannot ask for more! Link:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
May 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
📣New paper out with #VanesaJorda and @paolobrunori.bsky.social! Polarization of Opportunity @ Econletters.
Short, (hopefully) interesting, and fun to write and collaborate with these guys. Cannot ask for more! Link:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Short, (hopefully) interesting, and fun to write and collaborate with these guys. Cannot ask for more! Link:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The legacy of years of equalization in the US after WWs is still visible today and continues to limit the rise of inequality and polarization. If this trend isn't reversed, things will worsen within a generation. We show this in EL with @psalasr.bsky.social and Vanesa Jorda doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
May 16, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The legacy of years of equalization in the US after WWs is still visible today and continues to limit the rise of inequality and polarization. If this trend isn't reversed, things will worsen within a generation. We show this in EL with @psalasr.bsky.social and Vanesa Jorda doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
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One in six people live in Sub-Saharan Africa, but it accounts for two-thirds of global extreme poverty
April 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
One in six people live in Sub-Saharan Africa, but it accounts for two-thirds of global extreme poverty
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Welcome!
EQUALITAS is a group of researchers interested in the analysis of inequality and poverty, including theoretical discussions, empirical studies on income distribution in a variety of countries, evaluation of social and labour market policies and the study of equity in the labour market.
EQUALITAS is a group of researchers interested in the analysis of inequality and poverty, including theoretical discussions, empirical studies on income distribution in a variety of countries, evaluation of social and labour market policies and the study of equity in the labour market.
April 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Welcome!
EQUALITAS is a group of researchers interested in the analysis of inequality and poverty, including theoretical discussions, empirical studies on income distribution in a variety of countries, evaluation of social and labour market policies and the study of equity in the labour market.
EQUALITAS is a group of researchers interested in the analysis of inequality and poverty, including theoretical discussions, empirical studies on income distribution in a variety of countries, evaluation of social and labour market policies and the study of equity in the labour market.
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Nos acaban de publicar este trabajo sobre las políticas familiares en España en las últimas dos décadas, por si os interesa leerlo link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Two decades of child-contingent policies and redistribution in Spain - The Journal of Economic Inequality
Tax-benefit systems play a crucial role in supporting families by providing cash assistance for childrearing. This support helps cover the costs associated with raising children while also contributin...
link.springer.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Nos acaban de publicar este trabajo sobre las políticas familiares en España en las últimas dos décadas, por si os interesa leerlo link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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I've added 43 new tips to my book, bringing the total to 140.
You can download "Quick Stata Tips" and the accompanying .do file for free at toddrjones.com/quickstatati....
You can download "Quick Stata Tips" and the accompanying .do file for free at toddrjones.com/quickstatati....
April 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I've added 43 new tips to my book, bringing the total to 140.
You can download "Quick Stata Tips" and the accompanying .do file for free at toddrjones.com/quickstatati....
You can download "Quick Stata Tips" and the accompanying .do file for free at toddrjones.com/quickstatati....
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Breaking News: Harvard rejected the Trump administration’s demands, including that it submit to monitoring and reduce the power of faculty and students.
Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands
Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions, among other things. Harvard called the demands unlawful.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Breaking News: Harvard rejected the Trump administration’s demands, including that it submit to monitoring and reduce the power of faculty and students.
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Nobel laureate and co-director @dacemoglumit.bsky.social reacts to the Trump tariffs.
"I think we are starting uncharted experimentation now with a rapid end to the globalization episode."
"I think we are starting uncharted experimentation now with a rapid end to the globalization episode."
April 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Nobel laureate and co-director @dacemoglumit.bsky.social reacts to the Trump tariffs.
"I think we are starting uncharted experimentation now with a rapid end to the globalization episode."
"I think we are starting uncharted experimentation now with a rapid end to the globalization episode."
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🗞️ ¿Qué es la inseguridad económica? ¿Cómo se puede medir?
Nuestros compañeros Dmitry Petrov y Marina Romaguera-de-la-Cruz diseccionan este tema en una nueva entrada de nuestro blog. Todo a partir de su artículo publicado en Review of Economics of the Household.
📎 sites.google.com/view/weipo-u...
Nuestros compañeros Dmitry Petrov y Marina Romaguera-de-la-Cruz diseccionan este tema en una nueva entrada de nuestro blog. Todo a partir de su artículo publicado en Review of Economics of the Household.
📎 sites.google.com/view/weipo-u...
Inseguridad Económica: Un Problema Más Allá de la Pobreza y la Desigualdad
Cita: Petrov, D., & Romaguera-de-la-Cruz, M. (2024). Measuring economic insecurity by combining income and wealth: an extended well-being approach. Review of Economics of the Household, 1-27.
https://sites.google.com/view/weipo-uah/blog/inseguridad-económica-un-problema-más-allá-de-la-pobreza-y-la-desigualdad?authuser=0
March 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🗞️ ¿Qué es la inseguridad económica? ¿Cómo se puede medir?
Nuestros compañeros Dmitry Petrov y Marina Romaguera-de-la-Cruz diseccionan este tema en una nueva entrada de nuestro blog. Todo a partir de su artículo publicado en Review of Economics of the Household.
📎 sites.google.com/view/weipo-u...
Nuestros compañeros Dmitry Petrov y Marina Romaguera-de-la-Cruz diseccionan este tema en una nueva entrada de nuestro blog. Todo a partir de su artículo publicado en Review of Economics of the Household.
📎 sites.google.com/view/weipo-u...