The Macroeconomics Team
Current PhD students:
Carlos Marcelo Belloni
(Sergi Basco)
Hamza Benazzi
(Xavier Raurich)
Ricardo González
(Sergi Basco)
Florencia Saravia
(Marc Teignier)
Wilma Ticona
(Xavier Raurich)
Past PhD students:
Josep Navarro, Advisors: Vahagn Jerbashian and Marta Arespa, Defended 2024.
Arianna Garofalo, Essays on structural transformations: remittances, fertility, and informality, Advisors: Marc Teignier and Xavier Raurich, defended 2023.
Cynthia Armas, Essays on Skilled Labor Force and Structural Transformations, Advisor: Fernando Sánchez-Losada and Xavier Raurich, Defended 2022.
Dilara Tosu, Essays on Preferences for Redistribution, Advisor: Montserrat Vilalta-Bufi, defended 2020. Placement: Consultant at Ernst&Young, Germany.
Niclas Frederic Poitiers, Essays on Education, Fertility, and the Welfare State, Advisors: Xavier Raurich and Ció Patxot, Defended 2019. Placement: Think tank Bruegel.
Till Ferdinand Hollstein, Essays on Industrial Policy, Structural Change, and International Trade, Advisors: Kristian Estevez and Fernando Sánchez-Losada, Defended 2018.
Cesar Blanco, Essays on Agriculture and Sectoral Composition in Developing Countries, Advisor: Xavier Raurich, Defended 2018, Placement: Central Bank of Paraguay.
Miguel Angel Santos, Essays on the Venezuelan economy, Advisor: Xavier Raurich, Defended 2016. Placement: Harvard Growth Lab.
Edgar Cruz, Development patterns in multi-sector growth models, Advisor: Xavier Raurich, defended 2016. Placement: Universidad de Guanajato.