XXXIV Meeting of the Economics of Education Association

Universidad de La Rioja

8th July - 9th July 2026
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FINAL PROGRAM

Tuesday Jul 7th

  • 17:00 - 20:00 Workshop on machine learning tools in educational data, led by Víctor España (UNED). Attendance requires prior registration and is free for conference participants. (Including a coffee break)
         Place: Sala de Grados

Wednesday Jul 8th

  • 09:00 - 09:30 Registration
  • 09:30 - 10:00 Opening Session
         Place: Sala de Grados
  • 10:00 - 11:30 Parallel Sessions A
         Place: Rooms 102, 103, 104
  • 11:30 - 12:00 Coffee break
  • 12:00 - 13:30 Parallel Sessions B
         Place: Rooms 102, 103, 104
  • 13:30 - 15:00 Lunch break
  • 15:00 - 16:30 Parallel Sessions C
         Place: Rooms 102, 103, 104
  • 16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break
  • 17:00 - 18:00 Plenary Session. Keynote Speaker (on line): Annamaria Lusardi (Stanford University)
         Place: Aula Magna
  • 19:45 - 21:30 Visit to the city
  • 21:30 - 23:30 Dinner: Restaurant Wine Fandango

Thursday Jul 9th

  • 09:00 - 10:30 Parallel sessions D
         Place: Rooms 102, 103, 104
  • 10:30 - 12:00 Parallel sessions E
         Place: Rooms 102, 103, 104
  • 12:00 - 12:30 Coffee break
  • 12:30 - 13:30 Plenary session. Keynote speaker: Eugenio González (Boston College)
         Place: Sala de Grados
  • 13:30 - 15:00 Lunch break
  • 15:00 - 16:30 Parallel sessions F
         Place: Rooms 102, 103, 104
  • 16:30 - 17:00 Closing session. Place: Sala de Grados
  • 21:30 - 23:30 Gala dinner: Museo Vivanco de la Cultura del Vino (Briones), including a guided visit to the museum prior to dinner (bus transfer provided)

Wednesday Jul 8th 10:00 - 11:30

  • Gender, STEM and Human Capital
    Language: English
       Session Chair: Luis Pires
    Room: Room 102

    Parental beliefs, STEM, and gendered track choices: Correcting misperceptions in early educational decisions
          - Andrea Rebucini (University of Bergamo)
          - Annalisa Cristini (University of Bergamo)
          - Federica Origo (University of Bergamo)

    The impact of a child marriage edutainment intervention on education outcomes in Pakistan
          - Albena Sotirova (Vrije University Amsterdam, Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD))
          - Wendy Janssens (Vrije Universiteit)
          - Karlijn Morsink (Utrecht University, Cornell University, Wageningen University, Georgia State University)
          - Remco Oostendorp (Vrije University Amsterdam, Tinbergen Institute)

    The Impact of Scouting on School Absences: Evidence from England
          - Elisa Baldazzi (University of Bologna)

  • Política educativa (Educational Policy )
    Language: Spanish
       Session Chair: Carlos Giovanni González Espitia
    Room: Room 103

    ¿El timing de la elección del programa universitario influye en la deserción y la graduación?
          - Hernando Bayona-Rodríguez (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)

    To be or not to be ready? Covid-19 and Educational Achievement in a Multinational Perspective
          - Luis Vargas (Universidad de Costa Rica)
          - Adriano Villar Aldonza (Universidad de La Rioja)
          - Marcos Fernandez Gutierrez (Universidad de Cantabria)

    Cohort Dynamics and Socioeconomic Inequality in Access to Higher Education: Evidence from Colombia
          - Carlos Giovanni González Espitia (Universidad Icesi)

Wednesday Jul 8th 12:00 - 13:30

  • ICT and Inequality
    Language: English
       Session Chair: José García Clavel
    Room: Room 102

    Exploring the educational role of ICT: Evidence from PISA 2022 using double machine learning
          - Víctor Javier España Roch (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia)
          - Lucía Mateos Romero (Universidad de Extremadura)
          - Cristina Polo Fernández (Universidad de Extremadura)
          - José Manuel Cordero Ferrera (Universidad de Extremadura)

    Do ICT work for Students in Rural Schools? Evidence from Spain.
          - Alejandro Bedia Carral (Universidad de Cantabria)
          - Marcos Fernandez Gutierrez (Universidad de Cantabria)
          - Gregorio Giménez Esteban (Universidad de Zaragoza)

    Spatial Spillovers, Ethnic-Minority Achievement, and Local Inequality in Colombia
          - Bilver Adrian Astorquiza-Bustos (University of Manizales)

  • Desajuste y desigualdad educativas (Educational mismatch and inequality)
    Language: Spanish
       Session Chair: Martín Martín-González
    Room: Room 103

    Desigualdades Interseccionales en el Logro Educativo
          - Maria Ines Barbosa Camargo (Universidad de la Salle)
          - Yoly Tatiana Polania Cerinza (Universidad de La Salle)

    Estudio Comparativo del Desajuste Educativo y Retornos de la Educación en Egresados de Turismo y Ciencias Económico-Administrativas
          - Angélica Beatriz Contreras Cueva (Universidad de Guadalajara)
          - Nancy Maricela González Robles (Universidad de Guadalajara)

    Educational mismatch over time: explaining the persistence of overeducation in a post-crisis cohort
          - María Jano (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
          - Salvador Ortiz (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
          - Martín Martín-González (Universidad de La Laguna)

Wednesday Jul 8th 15:00 - 16:30

  • Non Cognitive Skills and Adults Education
    Language: English
       Session Chair: Manuel Salas-Velasco
    Room: Room 102

    The Short- and Long-Run Impact of Comparative Noncognitive Skills
          - Sofoklis Goulas (Yale University, foundry10)

    Ambition and the Excellence Premium: How Student Ambition Moderates Threshold Returns to Perceived Pedagogical Quality: Evidence from China
          - Amira Elasra (The department of Economics, University of Warwick)

    Assessing Financial Competencies in Spanish Adults: A Psychometric Validation Study
          - Manuel Salas-Velasco (Universidad de Granada)

  • Educación Superior (Higher Education)
    Language: Spanish
       Session Chair: José María Gómez Sancho
    Room: Room 103

    Prueba piloto para la validación psicométrica de instrumentos de evaluación del Programa de Tutorías del CUCEA–Universidad de Guadalajara
          - Blanca Zamora Mata (Universidad de Guadalajara)
          - Angélica Beatriz Contreras Cueva (Universidad de Guadalajara)
          - Nancy Maricela González Robles (Universidad de Guadalajara)

    Cost Efficiency and Heterogeneity across Spanish Public Universities
          - Violeta De Vera (Universidad de La Laguna)
          - Marta Arbelo-Pérez (Universidad de La Laguna)
          - Carmen Pérez-Esparrells (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
          - Martín Martín-González (Universidad de La Laguna)

    Estudio sobre la adecuación entre la oferta y la demanda de titulaciones universitarias oficiales en la comunidad autónoma de Aragón
          - José María Gómez Sancho (Universidad de Zaragoza)
          - María Jesús Mancebón-Torrubia (Universidad de Zaragoza)
          - Irene Garcés Mochales (Universidad de Zaragoza)
          - Juan Diego Mateos Cendrero (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Thursday Jul 9th 9:00 - 10:30

  • Educational Policy
    Language: English
       Session Chair: Alesandra Benevides
    Room: Room 102

    Implementing Full-Time Schooling as a Bundled Reform
          - Vincenzo Andrietti (Universita' D'Annunzio di Chieti e Pescara - Dipartimento di Studi Socio-Economici, Gestionali e Statistici)

    Teacher Characteristics and Educational Outcomes: Evidence from Public and Publicly Funded Schools in Spain
          - Natalia Oliete Peirona (Universidad de Zaragoza)
          - Javier Valbuena (Universidad de Zaragoza)

    The impact of teacher-student ethnic matching on the performance of indigenous students: A longitudinal analysis for Ceará (Brazil)
          - Alesandra Benevides
          - Zilania Mariano (Federal University of Ceara)
          - Yuri Rodrigues (Federal University of Ceará)
          - Daniel Tomaz (Federal University of Ceará)

  • INEE Session: Competencias Digitales (Digital Competences)
    Language: Spanish
       Session Chair: Javier García Crespo
    Room: Room 103

    Understanding the Role of Digital Technologies in Primary Education: Evidence from TIMSS 2023
          - José Manuel Cordero Ferrera (Universidad de Extremadura)
          - Lucía Mateos Romero (Universidad de Extremadura)
          - Cristina Polo Fernández (Universidad de Extremadura)
          - Víctor Javier España Roch (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia)

    ¿Una mayor habilidad matemática asegura un mejor ajuste en el mercado laboral?
          - Carmen Casares Antón (Educational advisor of National Institute for Educational Assesment (INEE))
          - Alfonso Rodríguez García (National Institute for Educational Assessment, Ministry of Education)

    La influencia de los factores escolares en la competencia digital del alumnado: Evidencias a partir de ICILS 2023
          - Antonia Díaz Sánchez (INEE)
          - Mikel de Aralar Armendariz Morales (INEE)

Thursday Jul 9th 10:30 - 12:00

  • Educational Policy
    Language: English
       Session Chair: José García Clavel
    Room: Room 102

    Schooling and Labour Market Effects of the Extension of Non-Compulsory High School Education: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Turkey
          - Meltem Dayioglu (TED University)
          - Sezgin Polat (Galatasaray University)
          - Ali Gokhan Karabilgin (University of Glasgow)

    School Inspection for Educational Accountability: A Causal Framework
          - Álvaro Choi de Mendizábal (Universidad de Barcelona)

    Using process data with TIMSS-L: the slower the better
          - José Joaquín García Clavel (Universidad de Murcia, Spain)
          - Mao Tianzheng (Boston College, PIRLS & TIMSS International Study Center)
          - Matthias von Davier (Boston College, PIRLS & TIMSS International Study Center)

  • Gender and ICT
    Language: English
       Session Chair: Marcos Fernandez Gutierrez
    Room: Room 103

    Gender Role Model Effects on Mathematics Performance in Elementary School: Evidence from Ceará, Brazil
          - Alesandra Benevides
          - Mauro Mediavilla (Universitat de Valencia & EVALPUB)
          - Zilania Mariano (Federal University of Ceara)
          - Luis Pires (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos)
          - Gisela Carolina Rusteholz (Universidad de Valencia)
          - Isabela Braga Sales (Universidade Federal do Ceará)
          - André Paulo (Federal University of Ceará)
          - Yse Ponte (Federal University of Ceará)

    From Classroom to Career: Evaluation the Impact of Hong Kong’s Secondary Education Reform
          - Dongshu Ou

    ICT Use at School and Student Outcomes in Secondary Education before and after COVID-19: A Systematic Review
          - Alejandro Bedia Carral (Universidad de Cantabria)
          - Marcos Fernandez Gutierrez (Universidad de Cantabria)

  • Política educativa (Educational Policy )
    Language: Spanish
       Session Chair: María Jesús Mancebón
    Room: Room 104

    Evolución de la velocidad y la comprensión lectora en Educación Primaria: evidencia a partir de tres evaluaciones consecutivas.
          - Francisco Perez Guerrero (Universidad de Murcia, Spain, AEDE)
          - José Joaquín García Clavel (Universidad de Murcia, Spain)

    Capital Creativo Educativo y Pensamiento Creativo: un análisis comparado a nivel mundial
          - Paula Ballester Aguilera (Universitat de València, & EVALPUB)
          - Mauro Mediavilla (Universitat de Valencia & EVALPUB)

    Más allá del nivel educativo y los ingresos: una exploración de la brecha de género en competencias financieras en España
          - Geovanny Castro Aristizabal (Universidad de Zaragoza)
          - María Jesús Mancebón-Torrubia (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Thursday Jul 9th 15:00 - 16:30

  • Inequality, ICT and Education
    Language: English
       Session Chair: Mauro Mediavilla
    Room: Room 102

    Reversing the Gap: Girls Outperform Boys in Computational Thinking and AI Literacy in Spanish Primary Schools
          - Luis Pires (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos)
          - José Manuel Saez López (UNED)

    Does Inequality Undermine Redistribution? Evidence from Local School Finance
          - Calin Arcalean
          - Hamza Benazzi (Universidad Carlos III)
          - Ioana Schiopu (ESADE Business School)

    Do Female Role Models Matter? Longitudinal Evidence on the Effects of Exposure to Female Mathematics Teachers on Women's Choice of STEM Majors in Brazil
          - Naiara Ires (Universidade Federal do Ceará)
          - Zilania Mariano (Federal University of Ceara)
          - Alesandra Benevides
          - Mauro Mediavilla (Universitat de Valencia & EVALPUB)

  • Health, Sports and Education
    Language: English
       Session Chair: Alesandra Benevides
    Room: Room 103

    The Impacts of Sports-Liking Peers on Students’ Outcome
          - Xinyi Chen (University of Glasgow)

    Physical activity and socioemotional development in adolescence: A causal machine learning analysis using PISA 2022 data
          - Marta González-Cava (Universidad de Extremadura)
          - José Manuel Cordero Ferrera (Universidad de Extremadura)
          - Cristina Polo Fernández (Universidad de Extremadura)
          - Rosa Simancas Rodríguez (Universidad de Extremadura)

    Do intersectoral health and education policies reduce adolescent pregnancy rates and sexually transmitted infections?
          - Jamylle Gomes de Lyra Reis (Federal University of Ceará)
          - Zilania Mariano (Federal University of Ceara)
          - Alesandra Benevides
          - Edward Martins Costa (Universidade Federal do Ceará)

  • Determinantes de los resultados de la educación (Determinants of educational outcomes)
    Language: Spanish
       Session Chair: Adriano Villar Aldonza
    Room: Room 104

    ¿Mejora el uso de las TIC la competencia digital del alumnado? Evidencia para España a partir de ICILS 2023
          - José Manuel Cordero Ferrera (Universidad de Extremadura)
          - María Gil Izquierdo (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
          - Lucía Mateos Romero (Universidad de Extremadura)
          - Víctor Javier España Roch (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia)

    The effects of agricultural price shocks on academic achievement
          - Juan Pablo Saldarriaga Muñoz (Universidad del Tolima/Universidad ICESI)
          - Paola Andrea Palacios Rojas (Universidad Icesi)

    Efectos a largo plazo de la expansión de la educación infantil para niños de dos años
          - Adriano Villar Aldonza (Universidad de La Rioja)
          - María Jesús Mancebón-Torrubia (Universidad de Zaragoza)
          - José María Gómez Sancho (Universidad de Zaragoza)

XXXIV Meeting of the Economics of Education Association

Since 1992, the Meeting of the Economics of Education Association has been held annually under the direction of the Economics of Education Association (AEDE). In 2026, its 34th edition, this Meeting will be held again on Logroño (La Rioja, Spain), specifically at the Universidad de La Rioja.
The Meeting will include -among others- spaces for reflection and debate on the financing of education, its planning and management, problems of equity and efficiency, human capital and economic growth or indicators of educational quality. The XXXIV Meeting will feature renowned national and international experts who will approach the role of education in economic and social life from different points of view.
The academic interest of the meeting is joined by the commitment of the organizers in transferring to society and public managers the main reflections and results in education that are deduced from the communications and debates of the parallel sessions. Our final objective is to improve knowledge of education and to guide educational policies in all its areas.

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