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📢 A kind reminder…

Joan Mut is presenting “Widowhood Policy in the US.”

Juan Gabriel Rodriguez will be the discussant.

TODAY at 12:00 CET (Google Meet)

You can still join us! Just send a DM.

#seminarioEQUALITAS
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
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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¿𝐐𝐮𝐞́ 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢́𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐳𝐚 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐧̃𝐚?

Con motivo del Día Internacional de los Derechos de la Infancia, os compartimos algunos resultados importantes del informe técnico que hemos elaborado para la Plataforma de Infancia y que se presentará en diciembre de 2025 en Madrid.
November 19, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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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

DM us if you’d like to join!

#seminarioEQUALITAS
November 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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@ayllonsara.bsky.social & @samuellado.bsky.social have a new blog post for the Fundació “la Caixa”.

About the causal impact of school-meal subsidies on academic achievement.
elobservatoriosocial.fundacionlacaixa.org/en/-/becas-c...

Want to dive deeper? See their Working Paper:
👉 IZA DP No. 18042
School meal subsidies catalan language - El Observatorio Social - Fundación "la Caixa" - osocial
Do subsidised school meals favour linguistic immersion? According to this study, beneficiary students spend more time at school.
elobservatoriosocial.fundacionlacaixa.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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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
Together with @ayllonsara.bsky.social, we have written a blog post for the Fundació "la Caixa" about our research analysing the causal impact of school-meal subsidies on academic achievement. You can read it now!

@univgirona.bsky.social

elobservatoriosocial.fundacionlacaixa.org/en/-/beques-...
School meal subsidies catalan language - El Observatorio Social - Fundación "la Caixa" - osocial
Do subsidised school meals favour linguistic immersion? According to this study, beneficiary students spend more time at school.
elobservatoriosocial.fundacionlacaixa.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Acaba de nacer el "Journal of Policy Evaluation", si estáis interesados en evaluación de políticas públicas, os recomiendo contribuir a apoyar esta excelente iniciativa, leyéndolo o escribiendo algún trabajo ¡Os esperamos!
polipapers.upv.es/index.php/jp...
Journal of Policy Evaluation
Evaluación de políticas públicas; evaluación de programas; evaluación integral; métodos de evaluación; evaluación cuantitativa; evaluación cualitativa; RCT; evaluabillidad; evaluación de impacto; diseño de políticas públicas; implementación de políticas públicas; monitoreo; seguimiento; sistemas de indicadores; sistemas de evaluación; institucionalización de la evaluación; profesionalización de la evaluación
polipapers.upv.es
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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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
October 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Hoy hace un mes que nuestro integrante @carlosgradin.bsky.social pronunció la laudatio en la investidura de Joseph E. Stiglitz como doctor honoris causa de la UIMP.

👇Aquí puedes recuperarlo:
equalitas.es/es/noticias/...
El premio Nobel de Economía, Joseph E. Stiglitz, fue nombrado doctor honoris causa por la Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP) | Equalitas
equalitas.es
October 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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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...
📢 A kind reminder...

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

DM us if you’d like to join!

#seminarioEQUALITAS
October 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Today is #EndPoverty Day.

A good day to share insights that help to adress this challenge.

Recent paper by our member Xavier Ramos and coauthors:

“The employment effects of a means-tested guaranteed income policy”, published in the @jpube.bsky.social

Here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The employment effects of a means-tested guaranteed income policy
Through a randomized controlled trial, we study the labor market effects of a generous means-tested guaranteed income policy targeting low-income fami…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Me entrevistan en @elperiodico.com sobre pobreza infantil. Tenemos mucho trabajo por delante pero como digo "No podemos permitirnos otra cosa que ser optimistas. Hablamos de la vida de niños y niñas, y es responsabilidad de los adultos garantizarles un futuro justo" share.google/9gwk87I5Ixk4...
Sara Ayllón, doctora en Economía Aplicada: 'La pobreza infantil no es una condena, podemos reducirla”
Como integrante del<strong> </strong>Comitè d'Experts per a la Transformació i la Innovació Social, defiende<strong> </strong>'una renta universal a cada menor hasta los 3 años' y 'ayudas específicas ...
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October 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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📢 A kind reminder...

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

DM us if you’d like to join!

#seminarioEQUALITAS
October 22, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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📢 Next seminar at UAB Dep of Applied Economics :
📅Tuesday, October 21
🕜 13:30
👨‍🏫 Pablo Brugarolas (Girona)
📃 “ When early gains fade: The limits of dynamic complementarity under austerity"
📌 Seminari A, Faculty of Economics,
@uab.cat

pablobrugarolas.github.io
Pablo Brugarolas
Pablo Brugarolas (Econ Phd student, Universitat de Girona, Spain) - Personal website
pablobrugarolas.github.io
October 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Thank you so much!
🎓A new PhD has joined our ranks.

@samuellado.bsky.social successfully and rigorously defended his PhD thesis recently.

Congratulations, Dr. Lado!

Explore his research 👇
samuellado.github.io
October 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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🎓A new PhD has joined our ranks.

@samuellado.bsky.social successfully and rigorously defended his PhD thesis recently.

Congratulations, Dr. Lado!

Explore his research 👇
samuellado.github.io
October 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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El CETIS (bajo la Conselleria de Drets Socials i Inclusió de la Generalitat) presentó su primer informe para avanzar hacia la erradicación de la pobreza en Cataluña.

Nuestra investigadora @ayllonsara.bsky.social contribuye con su experiencia en el comité.

Puedes leer la notícia completa aqui 👇
October 16, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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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
October 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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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!
October 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Avui, com a membres del CETIS, hem presentat el primer informe que aporta mesures per a l'erradicació de la pobresa infantil. En podeu llegir més detalls aquí: www.elperiodico.com/es/sociedad/... Amb @pmklose.bsky.social @albalanau.bsky.social i @aarcarons.bsky.social
El informe para erradicar la pobreza infantil en Catalunya propone incluir el gasto en vivienda como indicador de vulnerabilidad
El Comitè d'Experts per a la Transformació i la Innovació Social (CETIS) urge al Govern a ampliar las ayudas y las familias beneficiarias y a tener en cuenta a aquellas en situación de privación mater...
www.elperiodico.com
September 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Do school meals work?

No: according to a new meta study by Sara Ayllón and Samuel Lad summarizing results from 42 studies.

I discuss that study in slightly more detail here: hanshenriksievertsen.substack.com/p/the-causal...
October 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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📣 Call for Papers out now: 𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗶𝗳𝗼 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.
📆30 - 31 March 2026
⏳Submit by 11 January 2026

Organizers: @woessmann.bsky.social, @mtotarelli.bsky.social, @caterinapavese.bsky.social
Keynote: Michela Carlana @harvardkennedy.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/h4vckkb2
October 8, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Look at the distribution of effect estimates of providing school meals on student performance.
August 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Does providing kids with meals at schools increase their performance?

This new meta-analysis addresses this question very rigorously.

They find that school-meal programs in high-income economies have minimal impact on students' behavior, health, and education.

www.iza.org/publications...
August 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM