Joan Monràs

UPF and BSE

PhD, Columbia University

Research interests

  • Labor Economics
  • Urban Economics
  • International Trade
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Joan Monràs is a professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and an Associate Research Professor of the Barcelona School of Economics (BSE). He is also Research Affiliate at CEPR, IZA, and CReAM, and an Associate Researcher at CREI.

Professor Monràs has been a Research Advisor to the United States Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, a Kenen Fellow at Princeton University, and a professor of Economics at CEMFI and Sciences Po.

His research interests include Labor Economics, Urban Economics, and International Trade.

Monràs holds a BA in Mathematics from Universitat de Barcelona, an MSc in History and Theory of International Relations from the London School of Economics, and an MA in Economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

Awards, Grants, and Honors

  • BSE Associate Research Professor appointment (2024-2029)
  • BBVA Foundation Leonard Grant, “Investigating the Implications of the Demand for Housing for Welfare Inequality” (2024)
  • BSE Seed Grant, “Public Good Provision and the Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity” (2021)
  • Ramón Areces Foundation Grant, “Immigration, cities of residence, economic activity, and housing markets” (2018)

Working Papers

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Working Paper

Immigrant Assimilation Beyond the Labor Market

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Joan Monràs
BSE Working Paper 1517
October 2025
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The Labor Supply Curve is Upward Sloping: The Effects of Immigrant-Induced Demand Shocks

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Jonathan Vogel,Andreas Kostøl,Joan Monràs, andSigurd Galaasen
BSE Working Paper 1496
June 2025
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Industrialization without Innovation

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Paula Bustos,Joan Monràs, andJacopo Ponticelli
BSE Working Paper 1444
May 2024
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The Effect of Rent Controls along the ‘Excess’ Price Distribution

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José García-MontalvoandJoan Monràs
BSE Working Paper 1345
April 2022
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Understanding the Effects of Granting Work Permits to Undocumented Immigrants

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Ferran Elias,Joan Monràs, andJavier Vázquez-Grenno
BSE Working Paper 1228
December 2020
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The Regional Impact of Economic Shocks: Why Immigration is Different from Import Competition

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Christoph AlbertandJoan Monràs
BSE Working Paper 1223
December 2020

Publications

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Understanding the Effects of Granting Work Permits to Undocumented Immigrants

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Ferran Elias, Joan Monràs, and Javier Vázquez-Grenno
Journal of Labor Economics

July 2025
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Immigration and Spatial Equilibrium: The Role of Expenditures in the Country of Origin

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Christoph AlbertandJoan Monràs
American Economic Review

October 2023
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Local Adjustment to Immigrant-Driven Labor Supply Shocks

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Joan Monràs
Journal of Human Capital

April 2022
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Why local housing markets matter for immigration and import competition effects

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Christoph AlbertandJoan Monràs

February 2021
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How segregated is urban consumption?

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Donald R Davis, Jonathan I. Dingel, Joan Monràs, and Eduardo Morales
Journal of Political Economy

September 2019
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Immigration and Wage Dynamics: Evidence from the Mexican Peso Crisis

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Joan Monràs
Journal of Political Economy

September 2019
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Minimum wages and spatial equilibrium: Theory and evidence

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Joan Monràs
Journal of Labor Economics

May 2019
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