Professor Javier Ortega

About

I received my PhD in Economics from DELTA (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris) in 1996. Among other positions, I have been Associate Professor at the Toulouse School of Economics (1998-2008) and then Senior Lecturer at City, University of London --and Head of the Economics Department in the period 2013-2017.

I joined Kingston University as Professor of Economics in January 2019, and was appointed Associate Dean for Research of the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences in January 2020. From October 2021 till May 2023, I served as Interim Dean of the Faculty.

I have taught a variety of courses including Labour Economics, Macro, Public Economics, Economics of the European Integration, and Economics of Identity, Culture and Language.

My main areas of research interest are Labour Economics and Political Economy. Currently, I am working on papers on the impact of immigration on natives, on nation-building through education and on political correctness.

For my detailed CV and links to my working papers, see my personal webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/javierortega

Academic responsibilities

Associate Dean for Research, Faculty of Business and Social Sciences & Professor of Economics

Qualifications

  • Doctorat d'Economie, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris), 1996
  • MSc Economics, Université Catholique de Louvain (1992)
  • BSc Economics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (1991)

Teaching and learning

  • Kingston University, 2019: Macroeconomics (UG), Becoming an economist (UG), Contemporary Issues in Economics (UG), Political Economy (PGT), Macroeconomics (PGT).
  • City University, 2008-17: Public Economics (UG), Economics of European Integration (UG), Welfare Economics (PGT).
  • London School of Economics, 2010-13: Macroeconomics (UG).
  • Université de Toulouse, 1998-2008: Macroeconomics (UG), Labour Economics (UG), Public Economics (UG), Labour Economics (PGR), Economics of Language, Nationalism and Identity (PGR)
  • Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 1997-98: Applied Economics (UG), Labour Economics (UG) 

Research

Hauk, E. and J. Ortega (2022) "Political Correctness and Elite Prestige". Barcelona School of Economics Working Papers 1375. December 2022.

Ortega, J. (2000) "Pareto-Improving Immigration in an Economy with Equilibrium Unemployment", Economic Journal 110 (460), 92-112 

See links to my working papers at https://sites.google.com/view/javierortega

Publications

Number of items: 10.

Article

Ortega Diego, Javier and Verdugo, Gregory (2022) Corrigendum to: Who stays and who leaves? Immigration and the selection of natives across locations. Journal of Economic Geography, 22(2), p. 261. ISSN (print) 1468-2702

Ortega, Javier and Verdugo, Gregory (2022) Who stays and who leaves? Immigration and the selection of natives across locations. Journal of Economic Geography, 22(2), pp. 221-260. ISSN (print) 1468-2702

Hauk, Esther and Ortega, Javier (2021) Schooling, nation building and industrialization. Journal of Theoretical Politics, 33(1), pp. 56-94. ISSN (print) 0951-6298

Ortega, Javier and Verdugo, Gregory (2015) Assimilation in multilingual cities. Journal of Population Economics, 28(3), pp. 785-815. ISSN (print) 0933-1433

Ortega, Javier and Verdugo, Gregory (2014) The impact of immigration on the French labor market : why so different? Labour Economics, 29, pp. 14-27. ISSN (print) 0927-5371

Ortega, Javier and Rioux, Laurence (2010) On the extent of re-entitlement effects in unemployment compensation. Labour Economics, 17(2), pp. 368-382. ISSN (print) 0927-5371

Ortega, Javier and Tangeraas, Thomas P. (2008) Unilingual versus bilingual education : a political economy analysis. Journal of the European Economic Association, 6(5), 1078 - 1108. ISSN (print) 1542-4766

Ortega, Javier (2007) Determinantes del nivel de Catalán de los inmigrantes en Cataluña : un análisis de sección cruzada a nivel comarcal [= Determinants of the level of Catalan immigrants in Catalonia : a cross-sectional analysis at the regional level]. Cuadernos Economicos de ICE, 1(74), 101 - 127. ISSN (print) 0210-2633

Ortega, Javier and Rioux, Laurence (2002) Duree des contrats et indemnisation du chomage : une analyse quantitative du dualisme du marche du travail francais [= Duration of contracts and unemployment compensation : a quantitative analysis of the dualism of the French labor market]. Revue Economique, 53(6), pp. 1273-1303. ISSN (print) 0035-2764

Conference or Workshop Item

Ortega Diego, Javier and Hauk, Ester (2019) Equilibrium political correctness. In: 10th Annual Faculty Research Conference: Contemporary Issues in Business and Social Sciences in a period of uncertainty; 03 - 04 Jun 2019, Kingston upon Thames, U.K.. (Unpublished)

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Leadership and management

Interim Dean, Faculty of Business and Social Sciences (October 2021-May 2023)

Associate Dean for Research, Faculty of Business and Social Sciences (from January 2020)

Social media

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