🚨Last Call🚨 If you're working broadly in macro submit a paper to our group of Economic Growth and Fluctuations at the Barcelona Summer Forum June 25-26. Deadline Today Feb 28 (at midnight Barcelona time) Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis David Lagakos bse.eu/summer-forum/w…

Thanks to Ines Macho IDEA Graduate Programme in Economics and the Barcelona School of Economics for spotlighting our work (with Christian Aleman and Dani Iorio) at the bse focus. It explores how heterogeneous learning about the mode of infection shapes the HIV epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Monday is a holiday in Barcelona, but Summer Forum continues Tuesday with the final workshops! Here is the program for the workshop on Economic Growth and Fluctuations. bse.eu/summer-forum/w… David Lagakos Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis Ludo Visschers

Who else has started working their way to Barcelona for #SED2024? Looking forward to three wonderful days of interesting talks, sharing of ideas, and networking! Check out the program if you haven’t done so editorialexpress.com/conference/SED… afogli001 Elena Manresa

Those of us in the Local Committee Barcelona School of Economics (Jordi Caballé Albert Marcet Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis and I) started working our way to #SED2024 (and the cancelled SED2020) years ago! We're very much looking forward to welcoming you all Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona campus (+great social events downtown)!!!!

Call for Papers is out for the STEG Annual Conf. & Theme Workshops CEPR. Held Department of Economics, Oxford, Jan 8-11, 25. Submit by Oct 6. Broad topic range: structural transf., trade & spatial, industrial policies, political econ. Happy to organise this round w/ Gabriel Ulyssea & Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis🙌

Hui en la Diada de Tots Sants de Vilafranca ha sonat la Muixeranga. Eternament agraïts, castellers de Catalunya. ❤️💙

Un crit fort x als bombers d'Alacant k estan ajudant tant a Algemesí. I moltíssimes gracies a tots els voluntaris de Xativa, Canals i parts del país k han vingut. Qui cregui k amb la gent jove no tenim futur, s'equivoca! Molts anims als altres pobles afectats. Renaixerem + forts!

In great company with Carolina Carolina Villegas and Luis Luis E. Rojas at NYUAD NYU Abu Dhabi last week (Jacob Jacob Hess you were dearly missed by 'the intangibles'!). Here is a pic at the Abu Dhabi fish market :-)

Micro blackouts Barcelona beteve.cat/economia/enesi…. Looking 4 examples of successful privatizations of public monopolies-if any exist, #Endesa needs 2 know L’Àngels i el Joan són 1 tros de pa. El Joan esta operat del cor i ara el feu pujar escales mes cops per dia Quina vergonya!

Since I moved 2 years ago, many ask me about Abu Dhabi and I always say: great + visit and see for yourself. Here is the perfect excuse: 10 days left to submit to the Asia Meetings of the Econometric Society @ NYU Abu Dhabi (Jan 23–26, 2026). econometricsociety.org/regional-activ… NYU Abu Dhabi

Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis and I are hiring a 3-year Postdoc to join us at NYUAD Social Science to work on fertility (including through technology), human capital, and employment trajectories in comparative perspective. Econ/demg/soc apply.interfolio.com/174663 PAA IUSSP Econ Job News

We had a blast at our workshop “On Families, Technology, and the Economy” NYUAD Social Science! Such a great lineup, energy, and discussions. Huge thanks to all the speakers and participants. Stay tuned for future C4Ps, b/c we are planning more conferences on this topic in Abu Dhabi.