Miguel Á. Malo
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Miguel Á. Malo
@mmalo.bsky.social

Profesor de economía en la Universidad de Salamanca / Associate prof. of economics, University of Salamanca, Spain
Economía y también algo de literatura

Economics 45%
Political science 17%
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🔔Nueva publicación: Fernando Pinto y yo hemos realizado este informe sobre pobreza infantil en España, por encargo de @funcas.bsky.social. Actualizamos datos, analizamos el sobreesfuerzo financiero que supone la vivienda y discutimos las políticas existentes (más bien su ausencia) 👇
PUBLICACIÓN | 'La pobreza infantil en España: evolución reciente y políticas', por @mmalo.bsky.social y Fernando Pinto. El diseño de las prestaciones, el perfil familiar y la falta de vivienda asequible son factores que explican la alta tasa española.

Descarga y lee: buff.ly/hXe8cq5

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Central bank independence isn’t about “experts vs voters.” It’s about making price stability credible so families and businesses can plan without guessing what the next rally speech demands.

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Can training entrepreneurs early in their careers deliver long-term returns? 📊

A new @nber.org working paper by J-PAL affiliate Paul Gertler and coauthors finds that a short, school-based entrepreneurship program in Uganda led to stronger skills and 20% higher revenues.

📄 https://bit.ly/4bponSW
Dementia has a devastating impact on affected families' finances.

Beginning about six years prior to clinically recognizable dementia, affected families net worth starts to crater.

We should treat dementia risk not just as a medical issue, but as a predictable financial shock.

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In October, we held a conference on central bank independence, discussing why the independence of the @federalreserve.gov should be secured & how far it should extend in practical terms.
Read the Briefing from the conference here:
Central bank independence in practice
The Peterson Institute for International Economics held a high-level conference in October 2025 in Washington, DC, to analyze the serious issues concerning central bank independence in practice. The g...
www.piie.com

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📢 New DULBEA ULB publication to start the year:
“Inequalities in Access to Labour Courts in Belgium”

Interdisciplinary analysis based on the first Belgian labour litigation database.

📄 Revue de Droit Social (2025)
👉 app.lexnow.io/public/magaz...

#DULBEA #ULBResearch

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📣 Job opportunities in Brussels!
The @etui.bsky.social has three vacancies with application deadlines in January:
▪️ Database administrator
▪️ Administrative assistant
▪️ Managing editor of ETUI Journal TRANSFER
🔎 Read more about the positions 👇
www.etui.org/about-etui/t...

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New blog 📖

Focusing on 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 no longer tells the full story. Drawing on our new Cambridge Element 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀, this blog looks at how 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴' 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 shapes development in a fragmented world.

Read it here👉 go.unu.edu/WHcnO

Interesante entrevista a María Miyar (prof. en UNED y directora de estudios sociales en Funcas) sobre la segunda generación de inmigrantes en España, la evolución de la fecundidad y las pautas de emparejamiento de los jóvenes
www.elmundo.es/opinion/luce...
María Miyar: "Habría que reconocer a los hombres jóvenes sin estudios como un grupo también vulnerable"
www.elmundo.es
Following her fireside chat on the Future of Higher Education CEPR is proud to announce Wendy Carlin was awarded the Lifetime Service to the Profession for her contributions to The CORE Project, increasing access and changing the way economics is taught. Our heartfelt congratulations to Wendy!
📢 We’re hiring a Postdoc at LISER!!

Join a vibrant research institute and an amazing group of researchers. You will be part of the Crossing Borders team, focusing on migration, which will be led by Andre Groeger.

Please share widely! 🙏
econjobmarket.org/positions/12...

Three reasons to apply 👇
EJM - Econ Job Market
econjobmarket.org

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How do works councils impact worker #productivity? Using the #German case, Steffen Mueller @iwh-halle.bsky.social
shows that establishments with a works council are 6.4% more productive and also argues that this figure underestimates the true productivity effect. doi.org/10.1177/0019...

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El repunte inflacionista, reflejo de las fortalezas y debilidades de la economía española: el dinamismo demográfico impulsa el consumo y se traduce en tensiones en los precios, que impactan en el poder adquisitivo de las familias y en la competitividad @raymond-torres.bsky.social --> buff.ly/H9NcRQj
Honored to introduce Samuel Bowles Public Lecture The Origin and Future of Inequality, part of 3 days organized by
@ucstonecenter.bsky.social.

Sam has been an inspiration, both intellectually and morally to me, as well as to so many in the profession.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV-9...
UChicago Stone Center | The Origin and Future of Economic Inequality by Samuel Bowles
YouTube video by Harris Public Policy
www.youtube.com

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Que se llame liquidámbar (Liquidambar orientalis) es solo una de las bellezas de este árbol en otoño.

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Bruegel @bruegel.org · Nov 21
📈 What will it take to stabilise debt in advanced countries? 🌍

The Working Paper by @zsoltdarvas.bsky.social, @gonhuertas.bsky.social, @lennardwelslau.bsky.social & @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social analyses the prospects for debt stabilisation in the EU, the UK and the US.

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What will it take to stabilise debt in advanced countries?
Debt can be stabilised across advanced economies yet many face sizeable fiscal adjustments and rising vulnerability to market shifts
buff.ly
The large increase in steel tariffs under GW Bush did not cause an increase in steel-industry employment.

But it did hurt the US industries that use steel to make things, reducing employment there long after the tariffs were gone.

New in @aeajournals.bsky.social —> doi.org/10.1257/pol....

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📣 We're hiring!

The ETUI is on the lookout for a researcher in European industrial relations, to work on European Works Councils and SE-Works Councils within the wider framework of a research programme on workers’ participation in Europe

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PUBLICACIÓN | 'La pobreza infantil en España: evolución reciente y políticas', por @mmalo.bsky.social y Fernando Pinto. El diseño de las prestaciones, el perfil familiar y la falta de vivienda asequible son factores que explican la alta tasa española.

Descarga y lee: buff.ly/hXe8cq5

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¿Prohibir la IA en los centros educativos? ¿O evaluar la capacidad del estudiante de formular preguntas pertinentes, complejas y bien estructuradas, que puede dar la medida de su comprensión y pensamiento crítico? Ismael Sanz se hace eco de este interesante enfoque en el blog --> buff.ly/YYyg3pP

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Reminder: Submit EOI by November 14, 2025

We're seeking proposals for new research on how soft skills drive entrepreneurship, employment, and workforce development.

Full proposals due: January 30, 2026

Learn more and apply: poverty-action.org/soft-skills-...
Request for Proposals | IPA Soft Skills Research Fund
IPA's Entrepreneurship and Private Sector Development Program has launched a call for research proposals at the intersection of soft skills and economic empowerment in low and middle-income countries.
poverty-action.org
New article in our collection Digital Transformation: sjes.springeropen.com/articles/10....
Conny Wunsch, Felix Rochlitz and Patrick Arni use novel data to study jobseekers’ skills, potential skill gaps, and their job search behaviour.
@mariusbrulhart.bsky.social @kaufmanndani.bsky.social
Call for Papers – EALE TOUR 2026
We invite applications from job market candidates who work in the broad field of labour economics.
3 candidates will be selected to take part in a post–job market tour of 3 leading European institutions.
Submit by: 30 October 2025
Details: eale.nl/node/7803
🎉 EALE is now on Bluesky!
Follow us here for updates, news, and everything related to the European Association of Labour Economists.
We look forward to connecting with you in this new space!

#EALE

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Si bien desde 2013 hasta 2022 prácticamente todas las CCAA registraron un mismo patrón en la evolución del número de empresas, existen significativas divergencias desde ese último año, con tres grupos de regiones claramente diferenciados. Lo explica María Jesús Fernández en el blog. buff.ly/Ue6eNs2

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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It has arrived. Out in December. Cover by me with ChatGPT assistance.