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Toni Mora
October, 2015
1. Personal
Toni Mora
Born 23rd April 1970
Married (Marta) – 2 children (Oriol & Carla)
University Address:
Immaculada, 22
08017 Barcelona (Spain)
+34932541800 (4511)
tmora@uic.es
2. Degrees
Ph.D. in Economics
B.A. in Economics
June 2002
September 1993
University of Barcelona
University of Barcelona
3. Employment
o School of Economics & Social Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
• Associate Professor (Agregat), September 2007 – present.
• Dean, September 2013- present.
o Associated Researcher IEB (Barcelona Institute of Economics)
o Researcher Member 2014SGR1360, Generalitat de Catalunya
o Executive Board Member Spanish Health Economics Association, May2014 – present.
Past employment
o Director Doctoral School, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, September 2013 –
September 2014.
o School of Economics & Social Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
• Vice-Dean, September 2008 – August 2013.
• Lecturer, 1st September 2004 – September 2007.
• Assistant, 1st September 2003 – August 2004.
o University of Barcelona
Lecturer, September 1994 – September 2005.
o University CDES – Abat Oliba
Lecturer, September 1994 – August 2004.
o Research group AQR
Researcher – September 1995 – June 2004.
o Asetecsa – (small) firm related to Caixa de Catalunya (banking institution).
Employee – September 1993 – June 2001.
4. Fields of interest
Economics of Education, Health Economics, Applied Econometrics, Regional economic analysis
5. University – Teacher Accreditations
2010
2009
2006
2005
CNEAI (Sexenio, 2004-2009)
ANECA (National Accreditation for Professor at public universities) & AQU
(Sexeni, 2003-2008)
AQU - Research (Agregat); ANECA – Private University & Full Lecturer
AQU – Private University & Full Lecturer
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6. Academic work
6.1. Publications in Impact factor journals
Mora, T., Llargués, E. & Recasens, A. (2015) Does health education affect BMI? Evidence from a
school-based randomized-control trial, Economics and Human Biology, 17, 190-201.
Di Pietro, G. & Mora, T. (2015) The effect of the L’Aquila earthquake on labour market
outcomes, Environment and Planning C-Government and Policy, forthcoming.
Mora, T., Gil, J. & Sicras-Mainar, A. (2015) The influence of obesity and overweight on medical
costs: a panel data perspective, The European Journal of Health Economics, 16(2), 161-173.
Gil, J., López-Casasnovas & Mora, T. (2014) Taxation of unhealthy consumption of food and
drinks: an updated literature review, Hacienda Pública Española, 207(4), 117-138.
Mora, T. & Moreno, R. (2013) The role of network access on regional specialisation in
manufacturing across Europe, Regional Studies, 47(6), 950-962.
Escardíbul, O., Mora, T. & Villarroya, A. (2013) Peer effects on youth screen media consumption
in Catalonia (Spain), Journal of Cultural Economics, 37(2), 185-201.
Mora, T. & Gil, J. (2013) Peer Effects in Adolescent BMI: evidence from Spain, Health Economics,
22(5), 501-516.
Mora, T. (2013) The association between adolescent height and student school satisfaction:
Recent evidence from Catalonia, Economics and Human Biology, 11(2), 197-200.
Mora, T. (2012) Avoiding disaffection in the mathematics class at secondary school: teacher’s
gender role, Revista de Economía Aplicada, 60 (vol. XX), 89-105.
Sicras-Mainar, A., Gil, J., Mora, T., Navarro-Artieda, R. & Ayma, J. (2012) Healthcare use and
costs associated with obesity in Badalona, Spain: evidence for the period 2003-2010, BMJ Open, 2,
000547.
Sicras-Mainar, A., J. Gil, T. Mora & J. Ayma (2012) Prevalencia e impacto económico de la
obesidad en adultos durante el periodo 2003-2010, Medicina Clínica, 139(13), 599-600.
Bosch, N., Espasa, M. & Mora, T. (2012) Citizens’ control and the efficiency of local public
services, Environment and Planning C-Government and Policy, 30(2), 248-266.
Mora, T., García-Duran, P. & Millet, M. (2011) Cross-national neighbouring effects on European
regional specialisation, Spatial Economic Analysis, 6(3), 271-290.
Mora, T. & Oreopoulos, P. (2011) Peer effects and high school aspirations: Evidence from a
sample of close and not-so-close friends, Economics of Education Review, 30(4), 575-581.
Gil, J. & Mora, T. (2011) The determinants of misreporting weight and height: the role of social
norms, Economics and Human Biology, 9(1), 78-91.
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Mora, T., Escardíbul, J-O & Espasa, M. (2010) The effects of regional educational policies on
school failure rates in Spain, Revista de Economía Aplicada, 54(XVIII), 79-106.
Mora, T. (2010) Determinantes del abandono escolar en Cataluña: más allá del nivel socioeconómico, Revista de Educación, Nº Extraordinario, 171-190.
Mora, T. (2010) Book Review: Regional Economic Policy in Europe. New Challenges for
Theory, Empirics and Normative Interventions, Papers in Regional Science, 89(2), 465-466.
Mora, T. & Moreno, R. (2010) Specialisation changes in European regions: The role played by
externalities across regions, Journal of Geographical Systems, 12(3), 311-334.
Mora, T. (2010) BMI and Spanish labour status: evidence by gender from the city of Barcelona,
The European Journal of Health Economics, 11(3), 239-253.
Mora, T. & Escardíbul, J-O. (2008) Schooling effects on undergraduate performance: evidence
from the University of Barcelona, Higher Education, 56(5), 519-532.
Mora, T. (2008) The relevance of satisfaction with coverage for visits to physicians, Hacienda
Pública Española, 184(1), 99-116.
Mora, T. (2008) Factors conditioning the formation of European regional convergence clubs,
Annals of Regional Science, 42(4), 911-927.
Mora, T. (2008) The relationship between the capacity of the Spanish central government to
retain tax-revenue shares and interregional inequality, Environment and Planning C-Government and
Policy, 26(3), 601-613.
Mora, T. (2005) Evidencing European regional convergence clubs with an optimal grouping
criteria, Applied Economics Letters, 12, 937-940.
Mora, T., López-Tamayo, J. & Suriñach, J. (2005) Are wages and productivity converging
simultaneously in Euro-area countries?, Applied Economics, 37(17), 2001-2008.
Mora, T. (2005) Elasticities of ergodic solutions in the Markov chains approach to economic
growth convergence, Papers in Regional Science, 84(1), 121-126.
Mora, T., Vayá, E. & Suriñach, J. (2005) Specialisation and Growth: the detection of European
regional convergence clubs, Economics Letters, 86(2), 181-185.
Mora, T., Vayá, E. & Suriñach, J. (2004) The enlargement of the European Union and the spatial
distribution of economic activity, Eastern European Economics, 42(5), 6-35.
Mora, T. (2004) Role of mobility in evolution of disparities: European regions evidence, Applied
Economics Letters, 11, 325-328.
López-Bazo, Vayá, E., Mora, T. & Suriñach, J. (1999) Regional Dynamics and Convergence in
the European Union, Annals of Regional Science, 33 (3), 343-370.
6.2. Other peer-reviewed articles
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Mora, T. & Escardíbul, J.O. (2013) Teachers gender and student achievement in mathematics:
evidence from Catalonia (Spain), Journal of Education and Training Studies, 1(1), 39-46.
Escardíbul, J-O. & Mora, T. (2012) Recursos escolares, competencias y fracaso. Un análisis
regional, Presupuesto y Gasto Público, 67(2), 119-136.
García-Duran, P., Mora, T. & Millet, M. (2011) Measuring the impact of EU’s support to crossborder regional cooperation, Journal of Contemporary European Research, 7(3), 345-362.
Blázquez, M. & Mora, T. (2010) Mismatch and job mobility: evidence for young recent university
graduates in Catalonia, Revista de Economía Laboral, 7(1), 63-83.
Mora, T. (2010) Why do higher graduates regret their field of studies? Some evidence from
Catalonia, Education Economics, 18(1), 93-109.
Mora, T. (2009) Spanish regional public budget reactions to revenue gains: the dependence on
the transfer system, Urban Public Economics Review, 10, 73-91.
Mora, T. & Escardíbul, J-O. (2009) Using a Markov chain to look at academic performance at the
University Level, American Institutes for Research, IR Applications, 23.
Mora, T. & Ferrer-i-Carbonell, A. (2009) The job satisfaction gender gap among young recent
university graduates: evidence from Catalonia, Journal of Socio Economics, 38, 581-589.
Mora, T. i Escardíbul, J-O. (2008) Los efectos de la edad y la educación en la aversión al riesgo.
Un análisis sobre las inversiones financieras en España, Revista Asturiana de Economía, 41, 43-59.
Mora, T. (2008) The Effects of working conditions on health status. The influence of
simultaneous decisions on health and job satisfaction domains, Revista de Economía Laboral, 5(1),
50-72.
Mora, T. (2008) Explaining within country regional GDPpc inequality at the European Union,
Italian Journal of Regional Science, 7(2), 51-69.
Carrión, J-L., M. Espasa & T. Mora, (2008) Fiscal decentralization and economic growth in
Spain, Public Finance Review, 36(2), 194-218.
Mora, T. (2004) L’evolució de l’economia catalana dins la distribució espacial de renda i d’activitat
a l’Europa regional a partir del procés d’integració, Nota d’Economia, 78, 83-98.
Mora, T. (2003) ¿Es posible suponer rendimientos a escala homogéneos para las provincias
españolas?, Investigaciones Regionales, 3, 65-80.
Mora, T. & Vivas, C. (2000) La aplicabilidad de técnicas de análisis de datos para el cuadro de
mando integral, Revista de Auditoría Pública, 21, 42-47.
López-Bazo, Vayá, E., Mora, T. & Suriñach, J. (1997) Convergencia regional en la Unión
Europea ante el nuevo entorno económico, Revista de Información Comercial Española (ICE), 762, 2541.
6.3. Books and chapters
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Mora, T. (Ed.) (2015) Impacte de formació nutricional sobre decisions alimentàries. Un
experiment a primer de secundària a la ciutat de Barcelona. ACV Edicions.
Mora, T. (Ed.) (2010) La situació de les matemàtiques a la secundària catalana. Anàlisi de l’estat
de l’ensenyament i l’aprenentatge. Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. Furtwangen Editores.
Mora, T., Vayá, E. & Suriñach, J. (2006) Changes in the spatial distribution patterns of European
regional activity: the enlargements of the mid-eighties and 2004, chapter 3, pp. 75-107, a The
Central and Eastern European Countries and the European Union, Artis M, Banerjee A and Marcellino
M (Eds.), Cambridge University Press.
Mora, T. (2005) La internacionalització del sector empresarial turístic a Catalunya, en L'impacte en
l'economia catalana de la globalització i de la integració econòmica, v. II, chapter 6, pp.131-142, Col·lecció
Estudis 12, Consell de Treball, Econòmic i Social de Catalunya.
Mora, T. (2005) Anàlisi de la internacionalització de la indústria de productes alimentaris a
Catalunya, en L'impacte en l'economia catalana de la globalització i de la integració econòmica, v. II, chapter
1, pp. 5-8, Col·lecció Estudis 12, Consell de Treball, Econòmic i Social de Catalunya.
Royuela, V. & Mora, (2003), Estadística aplicada a les Ciències Jurídiques, Edicions UB.
Mora, T. & Vivas, C. (2001), Nuevas herramientas de gestión pública: el Cuadro de Mando Integral,
Monografia de l’Associació Espanyola de Comptabilitat i Administració d’Empreses (AECA).
6.4. Research Grants
Director of Eurest Chair to Assess Health and Education Policy.
Researcher of the network financed by Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad: Las
consecuencias de la globalización sobre las desigualdades territoriales, sociales y el estado del
bienestar
Researcher of the project financed by Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología: Economía de la
prevención y estilos de vida. De la evidencia a las políticas. ECO2013-48217-C2-1-R.
Researcher of the project financed by Institut d’Estudis Autonòmics. Title: Factors determinants del
grau de satisfacció i confiança amb el sector públic: el procés de descentralització.
Main researcher (director) of the project financed by Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología
SEJ2006-01161/ECON. Title: Una aproximación multidisciplinar a algunos determinantes del crecimiento
económico regional Europeo.
AGAUR mobility grant 2008 BE1 00121; 4 months in the Department of Economics, University
of Toronto.
AGAUR mobility grant 2012 BE-DGR 00073; 3 months in the Erasmus School of Economics,
Erasmus University of Rotterdam.
6.5. Visitor
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01/06/2008 - 30/09/2008: University of Toronto, Department of Economics, Canada,
collaboration with Dr. Philip Oreopoulos.
•
01/03/2012 - 31/05/2012: Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University of
Rotterdam, The Netherlands, collaboration with Dr. Teresa Bago d’Uva.
•
01/07/2013 - 15/07/2013: Australian School of Business, University South of Wales,
Sidney.
•
01/05/2015 - 31/05/2015: University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Department of
Economics, Canada, collaboration with Dr. Beatriz González López-Valcárcel.
6.6. Scientific Committees
President Scientific Committee Jornadas Spanish Health Economics Association. May 2014.
Scientific Committee Workshop on Empirical Research in the Economics of Education, QURE
Research Group, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Octubre 2013.
IV Workshop on Economics of Education, Higher Education Financing Policy: Schemes and
Effects, IEB, September 2013.
Scientific Committee III Workshop on Economics of Education: Improving Quality in
Education, IEB, September 2012.
Organizer III Summer School in Public Economics: Economics of Education, IEB, July 2010.
6.7. Referee for
Investigaciones Regionales (2005, 2008, 2012, 2013), Estudios Económicos (2006), Revista de
Estudios de Economía Aplicada (2006), Health Economics (2006, 2007, 2013), Journal of
Geographical Systems (2007), Journal of Economic Geography (2007), Papers in Regional
Science (2007, 2009), Applied Economics (2008, 2012), Economics and Human Biology (2008,
2009, 2010, 2011, 2013), Annals in Regional Science (2008), Labour Economics (2008),
Environment and Planning C- Government and Policy (2009, 2011, 2012), International Review
of Administrative Sciences (2009), The Journal of Labor Economics (2010), Contemporary
Economic Policy (2010), Applied Geography (2010), Economic Modelling (2010, 2014, 2015),
Economic Trends and Economic Policy (2010), Economics of Education Review (2010, 2013),
Revista de Economía Aplicada (2010, 2013, 2015), Empirica (2010), Education Economics
(2010), International Migration (2010), The European Journal of Health Economics (2010, 2015),
Journal of Economic Psychology (2011, 2012), Journal of Education Policy (2011), International
Journal of Educational Research (2012), American Journal of Agricultural Economics (2012),
Gaceta Sanitaria (2013), Hacienda Pública Española (2013, 2015), Journal of Cultural Economics
(2013), Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy (2013), PLOS ONE (2014), International
Journal of Obesity (2014, 2015), Journal of Health Economics (2015), Feminist Economics
(2015).
6.8. Papers presented at meetings and symposia
2015
2014
11th International Health Economics Association
10th International Health Economics Association.
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XXXVIII Simposio Análisis Económico; 9th International Health Economis Association
Congress; XXXIII Jornadas Asociación Economía de la Salud; XVI Encuentros de
Economía Aplicada.
XXXII Jornadas Asociación Economía de la Salud; XV Encuentros de Economía
Aplicada; XXXVII Simposio Análisis Económico.
8th International Health Economis Association Congress; XXXI Jornadas Asociación
Economía de la Salud; XIV Encuentros de Economía Aplicada, IV Workshop Cátedra
FEDEA - LA Caixa de Economía de la Salud.
XVII Encuentro de Economía Pública; Applied Econometrics Association; XIII
Encuentros de Economía Aplicada, XIX Jornadas Economía de la Educación.
35th EIBA Annual Conference, XXXIV Simposio de Análisis Económico, 56th North
American Meetings of the Regional Science Association, XVI Encuentro de Economía
Pública, II Workshop Fedea-La Caixa, XXIX Jornadas Asociación Economía de la Salud,
XII Encuentro de Economía Aplicada, VIII Jornadas de Economía Laboral.
XV Encuentro de Economía Pública, Scottish Economic Association, XXVIII Jornadas
Asociación Economía de la Salud, 7th European Conference on Health Economics, 3rd
Seminal Jean Paelinck, 55th North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association
International, II World Conference of the Spatial Econometrics Association.
III Jornadas de Economía de Granada, Fundación Centro de Estudios Andaluces
(CENTRA), XXXII Simposio de Análisis Económico, VII Encuentro de Economía
Laboral, XVI Jornadas de la Asociación de Economía de la Educación, XXVII Jornadas
Asociación Economía de la Salud, XIV Encuentro de Economía Pública, Encuentro de
Economía Aplicada, II Congress on Economic Inequality, 47th Congress of the European
Regional Science Association (ERSA), XXXIII Reunión de Estudios Regionales (AECR),
Comandancia de la Armada).
XXXI Simposio de Análisis Económico, XXXII Reunión de Estudios Regionales (AECR),
ILPC, 25th International Labour Process Conference, XXXII Reunión de Estudios
Regionales (AECR), IX Encuentro de Economía Aplicada, XXVI Jornadas Asociación
Economía de la Salud, 46th Congress of the European Regional Science Association
(ERSA), XIII Congreso de Economía Pública.
XXXI Reunión de Estudios Regionales (AECR), 45th Congress of the European Regional
Science Association (ERSA), 1st Congress on Economic Inequality, VIII Encuentro de
Economía Aplicada, Workshop on Fiscal Federalism.
XXX Reunión de Estudios Regionales.
1st symposium on Balanced Score Card.
38th. European Congress of the Regional Science Association.
37th. European Congress of the Regional Science Association, XXIII Reunión de Estudios
Regionales.
XXII Reunión de Estudios Regionales, 36th. European Congress of the Regional Science
Association XXI Simposio de Análisis Económico Simposium of Expansion Method,
Reunión Asepelt-España.
Reunión Asepelt-España.
6.9. Research collaborations
o The impact of laptop use at the classroom level on educational returns, Departament
Ensenayment, Generalitat de Catalunya, October 2014.
o Intervention effects from the program of intercultural intervention at community levels,
Obra Social la Caixa. October 2014.
o The effectiveness of familiar treatment for patients with schizophrenia, Seny Foundation.
Project Family Work. July 2007.
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o Validation of surveys related to studies on schizophrenia, Seny Foundation. November 2006.
o Unitary prices in annual turnover, CESPA S.A. October 2006.
o One contribution in the Catalan Economic Annual Report edited by Cambra de Comerç
(chapter: Spanish economy). June 2006.
o The evolution of local tax rates in 18 towns in the Barcelona province, Ajuntament de Sant
Cugat del Vallès. November 2004.
o Selection of indicators for the Pla Estratègic Metropolità de Barcelona, Diputació de
Barcelona, Research group AQR. June 2004; and the elaboration of an indicador system for
business excellence at the local level, Ajuntament de Sant Cugat del Vallès, Research group
AQR. June 2004.
o Evaluating the necessity of a new nursery school in Sant Vicenç de Montalt, joint with C.
Salanova for the Ajuntament de Sant Vicenç de Montalt. January 2004.
o CIDEM‘ grants impact, CIDEM, Departament d’Indústria, Comerç i Turisme, Generalitat de
Catalunya, Research group AQR. October 2003.
o Market research for irrigation lands in Lleida and potentialities of Lleida economy, Imacs &
San Pablo Foundation for the Departament d’Agricultura, Ramaderia i Pesca, Generalitat de
Catalunya, April 2003.
o The economic impact of tourism in Barcelona city, 2002-2003, Diputació de Barcelona,
Research group AQR.
o The automobile sector in Barcelona province: situation and perspectives. Diputació de
Barcelona, Research group AQR. May 2003.
o The enlargement of the European Union and the spatial distribution of economic activity”,
January 2003. 3rd Report of the European Forecasting Network for the European
Commission, Research group AQR.
o Convergence of labour costs and productivity in Europe: evidence and policy issues", 2nd
Report of the European Forecasting Network for the European Commission, October 2002,
Research group AQR.
6.10.
Teaching
o Undergraduate courses since 1994: Market Study Techniques, Statistics, Econometrics,
Strategic Management.
o Graduate courses since 2000: Projects Management, Quantitative Methods for Research.
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