barcelona|drg

The team

Paula Bustos (Ph.D. Harvard University): trade, foreign direct investment and development; political economy of economic development.

Antonio Ciccone (Ph.D. Stanford University): institutions, development and trade; human capital and economic development.

Jan Eeckhout (Ph. D. London School of Economics): development, knowledge and innovation; occupational sorting and development.

José García-Montalvo (Ph.D. Harvard University): microeconomic evaluation of development projects; education; randomized experiments; political economy of foreign aid; rural inequality. Countries of expertise: Mozambique, Ethiopia, Philippines, and China.

Stephan Litschig (Columbia University, affiliated from September 2008): intergovernamental tranfers, local governance, education, income distribution. Countries of expertise: Brasil.

Francesc Ortega (Ph.D. New York University): immigration and demography and globalization; immigration and human capital.

Marta Reynal-Querol (Ph.D. London School of Economics): conflicts, civil wars and economic development; religious and ethnic polarization; institutions and economic development; effectiveness of foreign aid.