Àlex Izquierdo Nofuentes

Welcome to my webpage!

I'm a Quantitative Analyst at Ivàlua and a pre-doctoral researcher at the Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB). I'm also a PhD Candidate in Economics at the University of Barcelona School of Economics (UB).

My research interests include Behavioral and Experimental Economics and Applied Microeconomics, with a particular focus on Education Economics.

On this page you can find my research and CV.

Feel free to reach out to me with any comment, feedback or question via email, or connect via X or LinkedIn.

Teaching

Lecturer:

⦁ Principles of Taxation

- BA in Business Administration, University of Barcelona, Fall 2021, 2022.

⦁ Spanish and European Economy

- BA in Business Administration, University of Barcelona, Spring 2024.

- BA in Economics, University of Barcelona, Spring 2024.

⦁ Economics 101

- BA in Law, University of Barcelona, Spring 2025.

Teaching Assistant:

⦁ Mathematics I

- BA in Business Administration , University of Alicante, Fall 2019.

⦁ Statistics and introduction to Econometrics

- BA in Law and Business Administration , University of Alicante, Fall 2019.

Research

Job Market Paper

⦁ The cost of friendship: Who is a better working partner? [last version]

This papers studies how team composition can affect performance and well-being, to better understand the possible trade-offs students may face when working in groups. We conduct a lab-in-the-field experiment in schools in which students have to work with a randomly assigned partner. By comparing how pairs formed by students with different characteristics perform, we shed light on the relationship between group composition, well-being and performance. Our results indicate that students with a baseline ability below the median benefit from working in group, independently of the ability of their assigned partners, while students above the median do not. We also find that the relationship the students have with their partner affects their level of well-being when working together, but it has no impact on their performance.