Laura Hospido
Full CV:
BIO:
I am an Economist at the Research Division of the Bank of Spain (Banco de
España) since September 2007. I obtained
my Ph.D. in November 2007 at CEMFI and University of
Santiago de Compostela. From September to December of 2006 I was a Graduate Affiliate Research
Student at UCL. I joined IZA as
a Research Affiliate in August 2006. In October 2007 I was awarded
the Journal of Applied Econometrics
Dissertation Prize for my paper entitled Modelling Heterogeneity and
Dynamics in the Volatility of Individual Wages. For more details on my background,
please see my full CV.
I am member of the executive board of COSME,
a subcommittee of the Spanish Economic Association founded to monitor the position of women in the economics profession and
to undertake activities that improve women’s position. For more information on the position of women in Spain, please see this presentation on "The Economics of Gender:
a growing research area".
(Duke University).
The last Simposio de la Asociación Española de Economía (SAEe), was held in Málaga (Spain) on December 15-17, 2011. The invited speaker at the 4th COSME Conference was Rachel Kranton
The aim of this workshop is to provide junior and senior researchers interested in gender economics a forum for the presentation and discussion of research papers representing current advances in the field. The Annual Workshop on Gender Economics is jointly sponsored by FEDEA and COSME. In the 2012 edition, the workshop will take place on May 24-25, 2012 at FEDEA, c/ Jorge Juan 46 - 28001 Madrid, Spain. For more details, visit www.genderworkshop.com The submission deadline is March 15, 2012.
Since January 2011, I am also the secretary of the European Society for Population Economics (ESPE), founded in 1986 in order to facilitate communication and exchange between
researchers in different European countries, as well as with scientists from other parts of the world.
Equal emphasis is given to theoretical and applied research focusing on the role played by human capital and demographic variables in economics.
- 2012 ESPE CONFERENCE:
The 26th ESPE Annual Conference will take place on June 20-23, 2012, at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Deborah Cobb-Clark (University of Melbourne) will serve as the program chair and Stefan C. Wolter (University of Bern) as chair of the local organizing committee. The keynote speakers at ESPE2012 will be Muriel Niederle (Stanford University) and John Van Reenen (London School of Economics). The presidential address will be given by Sara de la Rica (University of the Basque Country). If you want to submit, please click HERE. The submission deadline is February 1, 2012.