M.J. San Segundo

Call for candidates María Jesús San Segundo Award – AEDE Meeting 2024

  • 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)

University of Bern
Thea Zöllner

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

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Annika Backes

Second award for her paper «Neighbor Effects on College-Major Choices»

2023 Meeting (Santiago de Compostela)

Goethe University
Maddalena Davoli

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

KU Leuven
Francisco Pitthan

Second award for his paper «How learning about behavioural biases improves financial literacy»

2022 Meeting (Porto)

KU Eichstaett-Ingolstadt
Katharina Hartinger

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

Indian Statistical Institute
Akanksha Aggarwal

Second award for her paper «Effect of Teacher Transfers on Student Learning: Evidence from Haryana»

2021 Meeting (Zaragoza)

Nova School of Business and Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Pedro Freitas

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

ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research
Sarah McNamara

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

2019 Meeting (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)

Department of Economics and Finance, LUISS ``G. Carli``
Samuel Nocito

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

University of Tubingen
Jakob Schwerter

Second award for his paper «The impact of children on career trajectories of female STEM graduates in Germany»

Jornadas 2018 (Barcelona)

Goethe University Frankfurt
Maddalena Davoli

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

University of Málaga
Luis Alejandro Lopez-Agudo

Second award for his paper «Parents’ and students’ gender-interaction: the effect of parental expectations»

Jornadas 2017 (Murcia)

Jornadas 2016 (Badajoz)

Nova School of Business and Economics
João Firmino

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

University of Sheffield
Laura Requena Casado

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

KU Leuven & FWO
Thomas Wouters

Second award for his paper «Segregation and school enrolment policy».

Jornadas 2015 (Madrid)

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Sandra Nieto

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

University of Munich
Alexandra Heimisch

Second award for her paper «Returns to ICT-skills»

HIVA - KU Leuven
Thomas Wouters

Second award for his paper «School choice determinants with preference data».

Jornadas 2014 (Valencia)

University of Bristol and University of Bath
Michael Peacey

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

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Laura López Torres

Second award for her paper «Measuring school demand in the presence of spatial dependence»

Jornadas 2013 (A Coruña)

University of Kent
Javier Valbuena

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

Università degli Studi di Milano
Stefano Verzillo

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

Universidad de la República
Rodrigo Ceni

Second award for his paper «Drop-out, Labor Participation and Leisure Time during two Conditional Cash Transfer Programs».

Jornadas 2012 (Oporto)

Universidad Complutense
Zoe Kuehn

For her paper «Study time and scholarly achievement in PISA» .

Sobre María Jesús San Segundo

  • Profile on El Pais
  • Wikipedia entry
  • Tribute book. Reference: MECyD (2011) Lecturas sobre Economía de la Educación. Homenaje a María Jesús San Segundo. ISBN: 9788436952285. Web link.