Pedro Freitas and Afonso Leme, from Nova SBE Economics of Education Knowledge Center, saw their publications receive the María Jesús San Segundo Award (for the best papers presented by young authors) at the Meeting of the Economics of Education Association, of the Economics of Education Association (AEDE). Pedro Freitas won the first award for his paper “High-stake exams change teacher grading standards: evidence from a policy reform” and Afonso Leme the second award for his paper “The effect of a compulsory schooling leaving age increase on students’ educational paths”.
After the biggest financial academic conference in Europe ook place at Nova SBE in August 2019, Miguel Ferreira replaced Marcin Kacperczyk, from Imperial College London, at the head of the