We investigate the trade-off, arising in financial networks, between higher risksharing and greater exposure to contagion when the connectivity increases. We find that with shock distributions displaying "fat" tails, extreme segmentation into small components is optimal, while minimal...

We propose a new methodology for measuring intergenerational mobility in economic wellbeing. Our method is based on the joint distribution of surnames and economic outcomes. It circumvents the need for intergenerational panel data, a long-standing stumbling block for understanding mobility. It...

We study a model that integrates productive and socialization efforts with network choice and parental investments. We characterize the unique symmetric equilibrium of this game. We first show that individuals underinvest in productive and social effort, but that solving only the investment...

An important debate centers on what procedure should be used to allocate students across public schools. We contribute to this debate by developing and estimating a model of school choices by households under one of the most popular procedures known as the Boston mechanism (BM). We recover the...

La provisión de formación, subsidios salariales y asistencia en la búsqueda de empleo para los desempleados han sido actividades que han formado parte de las políticas públicas de los Estados Modernos de Bienestar durante las últimas tres décadas. Estas políticas públicas no son...

Nuestro punto de partida es que la economía española cuenta con un sistema impositivo muy ineficiente que no es capaz de recaudar suficientes recursos para financiar nuestro Estado de Bienestar. En concreto, estimamos que el déficit estructural está en torno al 3%. El objetivo de este...

This policy paper presents an analysis of the current situation of female representation on the boards of Directors of the 35 largest publicly listed Spanish companies. Whenever possible, it compares the situation in 2013 to that of 2007, the year in which the “Gender Equality Act” was...