Javier Arribas holds a Ph. D. in Economics at the Universidad Complutense, Madrid. He currently works as Assistant Professor at the Universidad Complutense. The Ph. D. was funded by a doctoral research fellowship granted by the Madrid City Hall. He has been Visiting Lecturer and Visiting researcher in Quito (Ecuador) or Mar del Plata (Argentina). His research has been focused on public services and institutional economy. Together with Luis Cárdenas, he coordinated the book in Routledge titled “Institutional Change after the Recession: European Growth Models at the Crossroads”. He also is the author of the book “Economía y sostenibilidad: El debate de la gestión” with the collaboration of the public foundation ICO. Luis Cárdenas holds a PhD in Economics, he is Assistant Professor at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and Associate Researcher at the Complutense Institute of International Studies (ICEI). His research has focused on macroeconomic analysis and labor economics. First, the analysis of "growth models" on how institutions affect macroeconomic dynamics. In particular, the role of industrial relations as determinants of wages and its effects on aggregate demand and unemployment. Second, the determinants of labor segmentation and the effect of institutional change on the dualization of labor markets. It has been published in articles "Cambridge Journal of Economics", "Structural Change and Economic Dynamics", "British Journal of Industrial Relations", “The Economic and Labour Relations Review”, "International Labour Review", "Review of Keynesian Economics", “Journal of Economic Issues” or "Journal of Economic Studies", among others. As well as the coordination of a book in Routledge titled “Institutional Change after the Recession: European Growth Models at the Crossroads”.