Curriculum Vitae 

 

Personal data 


Name:  Antonio Villar, Prof., Dr., Dr.

Birthdate:  September 7, 1954.

Marital status:  Married, one daughter.

Address: Department of Economics, Pablo de Olavide University, 

Carretera de Utrera, Km 1, 41013, Sevilla (Spain)

E-mail: avillar.upo@gmail.com 

Academic background

 

Degrees

·       B.A. in Economics (“Licenciado en Ciencias Económicas”), University of Valencia, 1978.

·       Doctor (Doctor en Ciencias Económicas), University of Alicante, 1983 (Thesis: “Money and Distribution in a Linear Multisectored Economy”).

·       Doctor (Doctor of Philosophy), University of Oxford, 1990 (Thesis: “Complementarity Problems, Related Equation Systems and its Application to Economic Analysis”, supervisor Christopher Bliss, examiners James Mirrlees and Peter Hammond).

Positions

Current positions:

·      Professor, Department of Economics, University Pablo de Olavide, Seville.

·      Senior Researcher, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (Ivie).

·      Associate Researcher, Initiative for Socio-Economic Analysis and Knowledge (ISEAK)

 

Visiting positions abroad

·      Visiting Researcher at the Center for Operations Research and Econometrics,  Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), October and November 1988. 

·      Visiting Scholar (Department of Economics) at Stanford University, September 1992- September 1993.

·      Visiting Professor (Salvador de Madariaga Fellow) at the European University Institute (Florence, Italy), March to September 1997.

·      Visiting Professor at the Institute for Advanced Studies (Vienna), February-March 2001.

·      Visiting Professor (Salvador de Madariaga Fellow) at the European University Institute (Florence, Italy), September 2002 to March 2003.

·      Senior Associate at St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, July-September 2010.

·      Visiting Researcher at the University of York, July-August 2011.

·      Visiting Professor at the Department of Mathematics for Decision Making, University of Florence, July-August 2012.

·      Visiting Professor at the European University Institute (Florence), February to July 2014.

·      Visiting Researcher at the Cardiff Business School, August 2014.

·      Visiting Professor (Fernand Braudel Fellow) at the European University Institute (Florence), February to July 2015.

·      Visiting Researcher at the OECD/EDU in Paris (Thomas J. Alexander Fellow), September 2015-August 2016.

·      Visiting Professor at the University of Florence (Dipartamento di Scienze per l’Economia e l’Impresa), March – July 2019.

Languages

Spanish (mother tongue), English, French and Italian.

 

Research interests

            My research activity concentrates on Microeconomic Theory. In particular:

-       Welfare economics and social choice, including aspects of efficiency with externalities, public goods and non-convexities, distributive problems, inequality and welfare measurement, multidimensional indicators and human development, economics of education and labour. 

-       General equilibrium, with special interest on the effects of increasing returns to scale in market economies. 

 

Teaching experience

            I have taught different courses both for undergraduate and graduate students, including:

-       Introduction to Economics, for first year undergraduate students. 

-       Microeconomics, for second, third, and fourth year undergraduate students. 

-       Macroeconomics, for third and fourth year undergraduate students. 

-       Microeconomic Theory, for first year doctoral students (Q.E.D. program -Alicante, University of Bielefleld, Universidad Pablo Olavide, Institute for Advanced Studies –Vienna). 

-       General Equilibrium, for second year doctoral students (Q.E.D. program -Alicante, Paris-Nanterre).

-       Inequality measurement, Master in Economics (Pablo de Olavide).

-       Inequality, poverty and welfare, Graduate Program at the European University Institute (Florence).

 

            

Publications             

Books

1.     El Coste Social del Desempleo en España. El Discreto Encanto de la Recuperación Económica. Fundación BBVA, 2021, forthcoming (with S. De la Rica and L. Gorjón).

2.     Oportunidades de Empleo y Renta en España 2007-2016: El impacto de la crisis, Fundación Ramón Areces, 2018 (with C. Herrero and A. Soler).

3.     Las Facetas del Bienestar: Una aproximación multidimensional a la calidad de vida en España y sus comunidades autónomas 2006-2015, Fundación BBVA, 2018 (with C. Herrero and A. Soler).

4.     Lectures on Inequality, Poverty and Welfare, Springer-Verlag, 2017.

5.      Desarrollo Humano y Pobreza en España, Fundación Bancaja, 2013 (with C. Herrero & A. Soler) 

6.     Educación y Desarrollo. PISA 2009 y el Sistema Educativo Español, Editor, Fundación BBVA, 2012.

7.     Desarrollo Humano en España y sus Comunidades Autónomas (1980-2007), Fundación Bancaja, 2010 (with C. Herrero and A. Soler).   

8.     Mujer y Mercado de Trabajo en España: Cuatro Ensayos sobre la Discriminación Salarial y la Segregación Laboral, Editor, Fundación BBVA, 2010. 

9.     Desigualdad y Bienestar Social: de la Teoría a la Práctica, Fundación BBVA, 2009 (with F. Goerlich).

10. Microeconomía, McGraw Hill, 2005.

11. Decisiones Racionales, McGraw Hill, 2005.

12. Desarrollo Humano en España, sus Comunidades Autónomas y Provincias (1980-2000), Fundación Bancaja, 2004 (with C. Herrero and A. Soler). 

13. Mejoras Educativas y Actividad Económica en España: Un Panorama de los Cambios Recientes (1990-2000), Fundación Bancaixa, Valencia, 2002 with A. Soler).

14. Equilibrium and Efficiency in Production Economies, Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 2000.

15. Lecciones de Microeconomía, Barcelona, A. Bosch Ed., 1999.

16. General Equilibrium with Increasing Returns, Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 1996.

17. Curso de Microeconomía Avanzada, Barcelona, A. Bosch Ed., 1996.

18. Operator Theorems with Applications to Distributive Problems and Equilibrium Models, Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 1992. 

19. Matrices Semipositivas y Modelos Lineales, Universidad de Alicante, 1984  with C. Herrero y J.A. Silva).      

 

Articles

        

Ongoing research    

1.     The Non-Working Workers. The unequal impact of Covid-19 on the Spanish labour market. Joint with J.I. García Pérez. Ecineq working paper 2020 564).

2.     The long-lasting scar of bad jobs in the Spanish labour market (with L Gorjón, S. de la Rica & A. Osés).

3.     The Minimum Income Scheme as a poverty reduction mechanism: the case of the Basque Country. Joint with L. Gorjón. WP UPO 2019. 

4.     The impact of the crisis on the labour market: a new appraisal, with C. Herrero, The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems, forthcoming.

7.     Sports Competitions and the Break-even Rule, with C. Herrero.  

 

  

Further academic activities

Administrative duties

·      Secretary of the “Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales” (University of Alicante), 1983-85.

·      Secretary of the Economics Department (Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico) at the University of Alicante, 1987-90.

·      Coordinator of the working papers collection A Discusión, 1986-92, and 1995 - 2005. 

·      Head of the Economics Department (Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico) at the University of Alicante, 1994-97.

·      Vice-Dean of the “Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales” (University of Alicante), 1998-2002.

·      Head of the Economics Department (Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico) at the University of Alicante, 2003-2005.

·      Head of the Economics Department (Área de Análisis Económico) at the University Pablo de Olavide (2005-2007).

·      Vice-Rector of Research and Technological Transfer, Universidad Pablo de Olavide (2007-2010).

·      Rector’s delegate for strategic projects, Universidad Internacional de Andalucía (2019 - ).

 

Congress organization 

-       Secretary of the International Conference on Social Choice and Welfare (Valencia, 1989). 

-       Director of Game Theory and Applications (Alicante, 1990).

-       Local organizer of the 91 Winter Symposium of the Econometric Society (Alicante, 1991).

-       Coordinator of the Conference on Increasing Returns (Alicante, 1991) and the Workshop on General Equilibrium(Alicante, 1993).

-       Local organizer of the 96' ASSET Meeting (Alicante, 1996).

-       Local organizer of the V Social Choice and Welfare Meeting (Alicante, 2.000).

-       Local organizer of the Simposio de Análisis Económico (Alicante, 2001).

-       Coordinator of  The Economics of Education: An International Workshop (Alicante, 2002).

-       Coordinator of the  workshop: La Desigualdad de Rentas como un Cuestión Económica y Política: Género y Territorio (FBBVA-Ivie, UPO, Sevilla 2006).

-       Coordinator of the Meeting: Consolider: Una ventana a la Ciencia de Frontera, Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo (Santander, 2007).

-       Coordinator of the III International Course of Mathematical Analysis, Universidad Internacional de Andalucía, La Rábida (Huelva), 2007.

-       Coordinator of the I Escuela de Energía y Cambio Climático, Fundación Focus Abengoa-UIMP (Sevilla, Abril de 2008).

-       Local organizer of the European Society for Population Economics Conference, Sevilla, 2009.  

 

Evaluation and assessment

·      Referee for the following Journals: American Economic Review, Econometrica, Berkeley Electronic Press Journals in Theoretical Economics, Computers and International Engineering, Economic Theory, Games and Economic Behavior, Higher Education Policy, International Economic Review, International Journal of Game Theory, International Transactions in Operational Research, Investigaciones Económicas, Journal of Economic Surveys, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Public Economics, Manchester School, Mathematical Social Sciences, Mathematical Programming, Metroeconomica, Oxford Economic Papers, Regional Studies, Revista de Economía Aplicada, Social Choice and Welfare, Social Indicators Research, Spanish Economic Review, TOP.

·      Referee for the “Agencia Nacional de Evaluación Prospectiva” and the European programs SPES and Tranining and Mobility of Researchers.

·      Member of the Editorial Board of Investigaciones Económicas (1990-95).

·      Expert in the Economics and Social Studies Program, within the Spanish “National Plan of Science and Technology” (1996-1999). 

·      Expert in the committees for the Spanish Government bilateral agreements for the mobility of researchers with France, Great Britain and Germany. 

·      Secretary (1989-91) and President (1995-97) of the Economics Panel of the Spanish National Science Foundation. 

·      Member (2001) and Secretary (2002) of the Economics Panel of the National Committee for the Evaluation of Research Activity (CNEAI). 

·      Coordinator of the research funds “Ayudas de Investigación” of the Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas.

·      Evaluation Coordinator (2003-2004) of the Valencian Agency for Science and Tecnology (Agencia Valenciana de Ciencia y Tecnología).

·      Expert of Social Sciences for the Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología.

·      Coordinator of the Consolider Research Program (Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia) (2005-2007).

·      Advisor of the Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (2005-2007). 

·      Member of the European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures (2012).

·      Associate Editor of the Journals Lecturas de Economía and TOP.

·      Member of the Spanish Committee for the Evaluation of Research Infrastructures, Ministerio de Economía e Innovación (2013-2019).

·      External Consultant for the United Nations Development Program, regarding the re-design of the Human Development Index (2010 and 2018). 

·      External Consultant for the United Nations Environmental Program, regarding the design of an indicator for the Green Economy (2016).

 

Others 

 2010 Andalusian Prize for distinguished research in Social Sciences and Humanities.