M.J. San Segundo
Call for candidates María Jesús San Segundo Award – AEDE Meeting 2025
- Best paper presented by young authors.
- The prize is awarded by the Scientific Committee.
- It must be mentioned in the abstract submission the interest to be considered for this award.
- Award for PhD students or post-doc (2 years max).
- The candidate must be the presenter of the paper in the AEDE Meeting.
- The co-authors do not have to fulfill the requisites.
- This prize can only be awarded once to each person.
- Amount: 500 euros (first prize), 250 euros (second prizes).
- The award ceremony will take place during the gala dinner.
2024 Meeting (Valencia)

Thea Zöllner
First award for her paper «Are parents an obstacle to gender-atypical occupational
choices?»

Miriam Sturm
Second award for her paper «Secular changes in educational attainment and the quality of the highly skilled: Evidence from Germany»

Annika Backes
Second award for her paper «Neighbor Effects on College-Major Choices»
2023 Meeting (Santiago de Compostela)

Patricia Palffy
First award for her paper «One size does not fit all: A large-scale field experiment on countering gender-typical occupational choices»

Maddalena Davoli
Second award for her paper «A, B, or C? Question Format and the Gender Gap in Financial Literacy»

Francisco Pitthan
Second award for his paper «How learning about behavioural biases improves financial literacy»
2022 Meeting (Porto)

Pedro Luis Silva
First award for his paper «Teacher high school scores or admission exams: what matters for elite and non-elite higher education courses?»

Katharina Hartinger
Second award for her paper «Individualism, Human Capital Formation, and Labor Market Success»

Akanksha Aggarwal
Second award for her paper «Effect of Teacher Transfers on Student Learning: Evidence from Haryana»
2021 Meeting (Zaragoza)

Pedro Freitas
First award for his paper «High-stake exams change teacher grading standards: evidence from a policy reform»

Sarah McNamara
Second award for her paper «Returns to higher education and dropouts: a double machine learning approach»

Afonso Leme
Second award for his paper «The effect of a compulsory schooling leaving age increase on students’ educational paths»
2019 Meeting (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)

Samuel Nocito
First award for his paper «The effect of a University Degree in English on international labour mobility»

Giovanna D’Inverno
Second award for her paper «Impact evaluation in a multi-input multi-output setting: Evidence on the effect of additional resources for schools»

Jakob Schwerter
Second award for his paper «The impact of children on career trajectories of female STEM graduates in Germany»
Jornadas 2018 (Barcelona)

Damiano Pregaldini
First award for his paper «Heterogeneous Effects of the Gender Composition of Classrooms: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Switzerland»

Maddalena Davoli
Second award for her paper «Financial Literacy and Education: Lessons from the German Reunification»

Luis Alejandro Lopez-Agudo
Second award for his paper «Parents’ and students’ gender-interaction: the effect of parental expectations»
Jornadas 2017 (Murcia)

Velichka Dimitrova
First award for her paper «The afternoon effect: differential impacts on student performance in maths and history»

José Montalbán
Second award for his paper «The role of need-based grants on higher education achievement»

Franz Westermaier
Second award for his paper «The impact of lengthening the school day on substance abuse and crime: Evidence from a German high school reform»
Jornadas 2016 (Badajoz)

João Firmino
First award for his paper «Class Composition and Student Achievement in Portugal»

Laura Requena Casado
Second award for her paper «Tuition Fees rises in the UK: Effect on degree choices»

Thomas Wouters
Second award for his paper «Segregation and school enrolment policy».
Jornadas 2015 (Madrid)

Sandra Nieto
First award for her paper «Overeducation, skills and wage penalty: Evidence for Spain using PIAAC data»


Thomas Wouters
Second award for his paper «School choice determinants with preference data».
Jornadas 2014 (Valencia)

Michael Peacey
First award for his paper «Self-control at college»

Laura López Torres
Second award for her paper «Measuring school demand in the presence of spatial dependence»
Jornadas 2013 (A Coruña)

Javier Valbuena
First award for his paper «A Longitudinal Perspective on Higher Education participation in the UK»

Stefano Verzillo
Second award for his paper «Decentralized academic selection mechanisms in Italy: opportunity or parochialism?».

Rodrigo Ceni
Second award for his paper «Drop-out, Labor Participation and Leisure Time during two Conditional Cash Transfer Programs».
Jornadas 2012 (Oporto)
