Miguel Urquiola

@m_urquiola

Economist, Columbia University. Economics applied to education.
Book: amazon.com/Markets-Minds-…

New York, NY blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/msu2101/ Joined August 2011

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Miguel Urquiola @m_urquiola Nov 9, 2021

RT @Austan_Goolsbee: Am really loving this book on the history and economics of competition between research universities by @m_urquiola. I…

www.amazon.com Markets, Minds, and Money: Why America Leads the World in University Research Markets, Minds, and Money: Why America Leads the World in University Research

Miguel Urquiola @m_urquiola Nov 28, 2025

What is the impact of studying STEM vs. Humanities? We consider this in Romanian high schools, where otherwise identical kids can be assigned to STEM-focused or Humanities-focused curricula. Our key finding is that kids are malleable to what they study. This happens on 4 fronts:

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Curriculum shapes more than skills as taking STEM in high school boosts tech careers—but also shifts politics as boys grow more conservative and girls more progressive, from Robert Ainsworth, Rajeev H. Dehejia, @andrei_mntn, Cristian Pop-Eleches, and Miguel Urquiola nber.org/papers/w34502

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Miguel Urquiola @m_urquiola Aug 23, 2024

Awesome economics of education conference @ Valle Nevado Chile. Organized by Andres Barrios @andres_bafer. Featured a policy panel launching the Human Development Lab @hdl_uandes @uandes. Great papers, awesome skiing. Come next year! @ChrisANeilson @benconomics @josefaaguirre

Miguel Urquiola @m_urquiola Jul 25, 2024

"2U closed Wednesday with a market value of about $11.5 million, down from more than $5 billion in 2018. It went public a decade ago and hasn’t posted an annual profit since then."
. wsj.com/business/2u-ed… via @WSJ

www.wsj.com 2U, Once a Giant in Online Education, Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy The company, which had a valuation of more than $5 billion in 2018, is being taken private in a deal that will wipe out more than half of its $945 million debt.

Miguel Urquiola @m_urquiola Apr 15, 2024

For Spanish speakers:
Martin Uribe provides super-instructive critiques (amid praise, too) of the Milei macro policies/team. The interviewer does a good job too!

lanacion.com.ar/conversaciones… via @LANACION

www.lanacion.com.ar Martín Uribe: “Es inexplicable que un gobierno libertario no levante ya el cepo cambiario” ¿El Gobierno no se le anima al cepo? ¿Quién gana y quién pierde en la Argentina de Milei? El economista, profesor en Columbia, hace un análisis, por momentos, muy crítico