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Raul Ramos
Raul Ramos
Research Fellow
University of Barcelona
rramos@ub.edu External Homepage CV

Raul Ramos is Full Professor in Applied Economics at the Department of Econometrics, Statistics and Applied Economics of the University of Barcelona. He is also a researcher in the Grup d’Anàlisi Quantitativa Regional (AQR-IREA) of the same university.

His research interests include the analysis of regional labour markets and, in particular, the analysis of wage flexibility, wage differences (i.e, by region, by gender, ...), income inequality, migration and the role of institutions.

He has participated in different research projects (some of them financed by the European Commission) and has published part of his research in Regional Studies, Journal of Regional Science, Papers in Regional science , International Regional Science Review , International Journal of Forecasting, Scientometrics, among others. He has also acted as a referee of several journals. He has been Co-Editor of the European Journal of Development Research between 2012 and 2021. Currently, he is the codirector of the Revista de Economía Laboral - Spanish Journal of Labour Economics.

Raul Ramos joined IZA as a Research Fellow in May 2007.

IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7700
A Gravity Model of Migration between ENC and EU
Raul Ramos, Jordi Surinach
published in: Tijdschrift Voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 2017, 108 (1), 21-35
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6576
Changes in Wage Structure in Mexico Going Beyond the Mean: An Analysis of Differences in Distribution, 1987-2008
Claudia Tello, Raul Ramos, Manuel Artís
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6515
Decomposing the Rural-Urban Differential in Student Achievement in Colombia Using PISA Microdata
Raul Ramos, Juan Carlos Duque, Sandra Nieto
published in: Estudios de Economía Aplicada, 2016, 34 (2), 379-412.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6028
Overeducation and Local Labour Markets in Spain
Raul Ramos, Esteban Sanromá
published in: Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie, 2013, 104 (3), 278-291
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5581
Occupational Mobility of Immigrants in a Low Skilled Economy: The Spanish Case
Hipólito Simón, Raul Ramos, Esteban Sanromá
published in: European Journal of Population, 2014, 30 (2), 223-255
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5571
Wage Differentials between Native and Immigrant Women in Spain: Accounting for Differences in the Supports
Catia Nicodemo, Raul Ramos
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2012, 33 (1), 118-136
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4649
The Effectiveness of Regional Active Labour Market Policies to Fight against Unemployment: An Analysis for Catalonia
Raul Ramos, Jordi Surinach, Manuel Artís
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4579
Human Capital Spillovers, Productivity and Regional Convergence in Spain
Raul Ramos, Jordi Surinach, Manuel Artís
published in: Papers in Regional Science, 2010, 89 (2), 435-447
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4461
Is the Wage Curve Formal or Informal? Evidence for Colombia
Raul Ramos, Juan Carlos Duque, Jordi Surinach
published in: Economics Letters, 2010, 109 (2), 63-65
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4453
Regional Economic Growth and Human Capital: The Role of Overeducation
Raul Ramos, Jordi Surinach, Manuel Artís
published in: Regional Studies, 2012, 46 (10), 1389-1400
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