Articles
University Financing: Sustainability, Efficiency and Redistribution
This paper offers a general analysis of the economics of Income Contingent Loans, followed by an application to Spain.
Breaking Ivory Walls in Higher Education: Embracing Diversity and Creating Belonging
Autores:
Paredes Fuentes, Stefania
This chapter examines the persistent challenges to diversity and inclusion within universities. It argues that dismantling remaining “ivory walls” at universities necessitates fostering a culture of belonging that actively addresses social inequalities and empowers under-represented groups.
Creating and Sustaining Research Universities: Potential Returns and Definite Challenges
Autores:
Urquiola, Miguel
This chapter considers research universities. It focuses on two aspects. First, their potential returns: Why should countries care about setting up and sustaining high-quality research universities? The evidence suggests that university research (and university activity more generally) has causal and often localized positive impacts on…
Artificial Intelligence and Human Capital: Are Complementarities at Risk?
In this article, facing the context of a new technological environment determined by the advances in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, we discuss: i) what are their main characteristics that may change the skill-bias observed in previous technological changes, ii) what are so far the occupations…
Public in-Person University Education: Demand and Supply Mismatch
This article explores the potential mismatch between demand and supply of university degrees in Spain in the context of structural change in labor demand.