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Ángel Muñiz, M.Sc.

Department of Business and Economics
Economics

Education

Ph.D. (candidate) in Economic History (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
M.Phil. in Social Sciences (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
M.Sc. in Economics (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
B.Sc. in Economics (Universidade de Vigo)

Practice Areas

  • Migration and remittances 
  • Land property rights 
  • Economic development 
  • Contrasts in regional growth 

Research Interests

My research focuses on the intersection of economic history and development, specifically the long-term dynamics of migration and land property rights. I use quantitative methods to investigate how institutional changes, such as land privatisation, influenced mass migration flows during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. My work also explores innovative pedagogical techniques designed to enhance student motivation in undergraduate economics.

Publications and Media Placements

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Muñiz-Mejuto, A. (March 2026) Spanish Emigrant Remittances and their Impact on Public Finances, 1870-1936, Revista de Historia Industrial–Industrial History Review. (forthcoming, currently in press).

Maravall, L., Meseguer, C. and Muñiz-Mejuto A. (under review). State Sponsored Emigration under Francoist Rule: An Exploration. Migration Studies.

Vevere, V., Resentini, C., Alfaya, M.G. and Muñiz-Mejuto, A. (2017). Cultural Adaptation of Erasmus Students in Latvia and Host University Responsibility. Economics and Culture, 14(2), 2017. 44-54. DOI: 10.1515/jec-2017-0017.

Book chapters

Muñiz-Mejuto, A. and Garrido Ruiz, C. (2025) Memes-Based Learning: A Pilot Experiment in Microeconomics. in J. Camacho, A. Levi and F. Soto (Eds.), Formación superior transformadora: 6 pilares para potenciar la empleabilidad y competencias profesionales. Marcial Pons, Ediciones Jurídicas y Sociales, S.A. ISBN: 979-13-87913-48-9.

Conference Presentations

Muñiz-Mejuto, A. (forthcoming 2026). How Does Land Privatisation Affect Migration? Evidence from Galicia During the Age of Mass Migration. Paper to be presented at Agricliometrics VI. Alcalá de Henares, Spain.

Muñiz-Mejuto, A. (forthcoming 2026). How Does Land Privatisation Affect Migration? Evidence from Galicia During the Age of Mass Migration. Paper to be presented at the Economic History Society Annual Conference. London, UK.

Muñiz-Mejuto, A. (2026). How Does Land Privatisation Affect Migration? Evidence from Galicia During the Age of Mass Migration. Paper presented at the "Congreso de la Sociedad de Estudios de Historia Agraria". 

Muñiz-Mejuto, A. (2025). Fields of Despair: Land Property Rights and the Galician Diaspora. Paper presented at the Economic History Society Annual Conference. Glasgow, UK.

Muniz-Mejuto, A. (2025). Fields of Despair: Land Property Rights and the Galician Diaspora. Paper presented at the World Economic History Congress. Lund, Sweden.

Muñiz-Mejuto, A. (2025). Fields of Despair: Land Property Rights and the Galician Diaspora. Paper presented at the UB-UC3M-UV Inter-University PhD Workshop in Economic History. Valencia, Spain.

Muñiz-Mejuto, A. (2025). Fields of Despair: Land Property Rights and the Economic Drivers of the Galician Diaspora. Paper presented at the XI International Conference on Iberian Cliometrics. Sevilla, Spain.

Muñiz-Mejuto, A. (2025). Remittances as An Instrument of Value Sharing: Insights from Spain's Fiscal System (1870-1936). Paper presented at the Workshop on Money as A Value System. Banque de France, Paris, France.

Muñiz-Mejuto, A. (2024). The Economic Lifeline: Spanish Emigrant Remittances and their lmpact on Public Finances. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Society for Economic and Social History. Oslo, Norway.

Muñiz-Mejuto, A. (2024). The Economic Lifeline: Spanish Emigrant Remittances and their lmpact on Public Finances. Paper presented at the Economic History Society Ph.D. Thesis Workshop. Online.

Muñiz-Mejuto, A. (2024). The Economic Lifeline: Spanish Emigrant Remittances and their lmpact on Public Finances. Paper presented at The Connected World: New Perspectives in Global Economic History. London, UK.

Muñiz-Mejuto, A. (2024). The Economic Lifeline: Spanish Emigrant Remittances and their lmpact on Public Finances. Paper presented at the Galician Diaspora Christmas Meeting on Economic Theory and Applications. Vigo, Spain.

Muñiz-Mejuto, A. (2024). The Economic Lifeline: Spanish Emigrant Remittances and their lmpact on Public Finances. Paper presented at the Annual Workshop in Economic History of the University Carlos III of Madrid. Getafe, Madrid.

Muñiz-Mejuto, A. (2023). The Economic Lifeline: Spanish Emigrant Remittances and their lmpact on Public Finances, 1870-1936 Paper presented at the Galician Diaspora Christmas Meeting on Economic Theory and Applications. Vigo, Spain.

Muñiz-Mejuto, A. (2022). The persistence of the 'foros' system in Galicia and its effect on Wages. Paper presented at the Annual Workshop in Economic History of the University Carlos III of Madrid. Getafe, Madrid.

Muñiz-Mejuto, A. (2021). Taxes, land tenure systems and emigration in 19th-century Spain. Paper presented at the Annual Workshop in Economic History of the University Carlos III of Madrid. Getafe, Madrid.

Honors and Awards

2025-2026, Competitively selected for the IMFAHE International Mentoring Programme.

2025, Shortlisted for the Economic History Society New Researchers Poster Prize.

2021 and 2025, Recipient of the Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility Grant.

2023, Competitively selected to assist in a research Project at ICADE–Comillas Pontifical University.

2021, Recipient of the National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC) Research Scholarship (awarded but declined due to teaching commitments).