Francesc Ortega

Research Fellow

Queens College, CUNY

francesc.ortega@qc.cuny.edu

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Francesc Ortega is the Dina Axelrad Perry Professor of Economics at Queens College of the City University of New York. His previous appointments were Assistant and Associate Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. His research is on migration, climate risk and sustainability.
Francesc received his PhD in Economics from New York University. He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in March 2008.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17066

Shattered Dreams: The Economic Impact of Eliminating DACA

Francesc Ortega, Phillip Connor

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17021

To Improve Is to Change? The Effects of Risk Rating 2.0 on Flood Insurance Demand

Francesc Ortega, Ivan Petkov

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16922

Flood Risk and Insurance Take-up in the Flood Zone and Its Periphery

Ivan Petkov, Francesc Ortega

published online as 'Learning from experience: Flooding and insurance take-up in the flood zone and its periphery' in: Journal of Risk and Insurance, 04 March 2025

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16325

Back to Work: The Unequal Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Ecuador's Labor Market

Sergio Olivieri, Francesc Ortega, Ana Rivadeneira

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15982

Adapting to Climate Risk? Local Population Dynamics in the United States

Agustín Indaco, Francesc Ortega

published in: Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, 2024, 8, 61–106

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14561

Family Ties, Geographic Mobility and the Gender Gap in Academic Aspirations

Lídia Farré, Francesc Ortega

published as 'Geographic mobility of college students and the gender gap in academic aspirations' in: Labour Economics, 2024, 90, 102550

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13552