Xavier Ramos

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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

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Xavi Ramos is professor of economics at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. He earned his BA from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona in 1992, his MSc from the University of York in 1994, and his PhD in Economics from the Univeristy of Essex in 1998. Economic inequity is one of his main concerns and takes much of his research time and effort. He is currently working on equality of opportunity and intergenerational mobility. His research has been published in monographs, book chapters, and in a variety of journals including European Economic Review, Economica, British Journal of Industrial Relations, Review of Income and Wealth, Journal of Economic Surveys and International Tax and Public Finance. He is Book Review Editor of the Journal of Economic Inequality.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in September 2005 and spent his sabbatical there from July 2005 until January 2006.

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IZA Discussion Paper No. 12118
Selection and Educational Attainment: Why Some Children Are Left Behind? Evidence from a Middle-Income Country
Luciana Méndez-Errico, Xavier Ramos
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11404
The Effect of Relative Concern on Life Satisfaction: Relative Deprivation and Loss Aversion
Martin Leites, Xavier Ramos
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11157
Is Inequality of Opportunity Robust to the Measurement Approach?
Xavier Ramos, Dirk Van de gaer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10940
Equality of Opportunity for Well-Being
Daniel Gerszon Mahler, Xavier Ramos
Entry at the IZA Newsroom http://newsroom.iza.org/en/2017/09/22/equality-of-opportunity-for-what/
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10854
Perception of Corruption and Public Support for Redistribution in Latin America
Esther Hauk, Mónica Oviedo, Xavier Ramos
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9582
Measurement of Inequality of Opportunity Based on Counterfactuals
Dirk Van de gaer, Xavier Ramos
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9541
The Effect of Remittances on Labour Supply in the Republic of Haiti
Evans Jadotte, Xavier Ramos
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 52(12): 1810-1825. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2016.1156089
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9407
Ex Post Inequality of Opportunity Comparisons
Marc Fleurbaey, Vito Peragine, Xavier Ramos
published in: Social Choice and Welfare, forthcoming. DOI: 10.1007/s00355-017-1090-4
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6672
Empirical Approaches to Inequality of Opportunity: Principles, Measures, and Evidence
Xavier Ramos, Dirk Van de gaer
substantially revised version published in: Journal of Economic Surveys, 30(5), 855-883
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4882
Wage Effects of Non-Wage Labour Costs
María Cervini-Plá, Xavier Ramos, José I. Silva
substantially revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2014, 72, 113-137. Winner of the 2015 Spanish Association for Labour Economics Best Paper Award.
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