Nicolás Salamanca

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Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research

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Nicolas Salamanca joined the Melbourne Institute as a Research fellow in August 2014 and is part of the Economic and Social Disadvantage Program.

He completed his PhD in Economics at Maastricht University, focusing on the measurement of economic preferences and their impact on household portfolio choice. Before joining the Melbourne Institute, he worked at the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) of Maastricht University, first a research assistant under the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) program, and then during his PhD as a part of their contract research team.

Nicolas’ current research topics include economic preferences, socioeconomic disadvantage, discrimination, household portfolio choice, background risk, and retirement decisions. His main research interests are household decision-making, behavioral economics, labor economics, and applied microeconometrics.

Nicolas joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in May 2016.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13077
How People React to Pension Risk
Nicolás Salamanca, Andries de Grip, Olaf Sleijpen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13065
Parents' Responses to Teacher Qualifications
Simon Chang, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Nicolás Salamanca
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12491
Students are Almost as Effective as Professors in University Teaching
Jan Feld, Nicolás Salamanca, Ulf Zölitz
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2019, 73, Article 101912
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11975
Are Professors Worth It? The Value-added and Costs of Tutorial Instructors
Jan Feld, Nicolás Salamanca, Ulf Zölitz
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2020, (55)3.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11070
Intergenerational Disadvantage: Learning about Equal Opportunity from Social Assistance Receipt
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Sarah C. Dahmann, Nicolás Salamanca, Anna Zhu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10407
Locus of Control and Investment in Risky Assets
Nicolás Salamanca, Andries de Grip, Didier Fouarge, Raymond Montizaan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10291
A Short Note on Discrimination and Favoritism in the Labor Market
Nicolás Salamanca, Jan Feld
published in: BE Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2017, 17(1)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9686
Parenting Style as an Investment in Human Development
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Nicolás Salamanca, Anna Zhu
published in: Journal of Population Economics, First Online: 17 May 2018 (https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00148-018-0703-2)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7380
Endophilia or Exophobia: Beyond Discrimination
Jan Feld, Nicolás Salamanca, Daniel S. Hamermesh
published in: Economic Journal, 2016, 126 (594), 1503-1527
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