Selected publications

Journal articles:

(2024) Teacher Bias in Assessments by Student Ascribed Status: A Factorial Experiment on Discrimination and Cultural Reproduction. European Commission, Seville, 2024, JRC136851. [Co-authored with Carlos Gil-Hernández, Irene Pañeda and Jonatan Castaño]. 

(2024) Perinatal health in Spain during and after the Great Recession: Educational selection into fertility as a protective factor in high unemployment contexts. Social Science & Medicine 340. [Co-authored with Marta Seiz and Tatiana Eremenko]. 

(2023). Distributional and Financial Impact of Universal Inheritance in four European countries, European Commission, Seville, 2023, JRC134659. [Co-authored with Guillem Vidal-Lorda, Andreas Thiemann and José A. Noguera].

(2023). Educational gradients in the prevalence of Medically Assisted Reproduction (MAR) births in a comparative perspective, European Commission, Seville, 2023, JRC132792.  [Co-authored with Alice Goisis, Peter Fallesen, Marta Seiz, Tatiana Eremenko and Marco Cozzani].

(2023). Socioeconomic differences in access to and use of Medically Assisted Reproduction (MAR) in a context of increasing childlessness. European Commission, Seville, JRC132097. [Co-authored with Marta Seiz and Tatiana Eremenko].

(2022). Bringing about the data revolution in development: What data skills do aspiring development professionals need? Journal of International Development, 34(7): 1381-1397. [Several co-authors].

(2020) “Educational Expectations in the Great Recession: Has the Impact of Social Background Become Stronger?”. Socio-Economic Review 18(2): 465-491. [Co-authored with Jonas Radl and Héctor Cebolla-Boado].

(2017) “Avoiding Selection Bias without Random Assignment? The Effect of Breastfeeding on Cognitive Outcomes in China”. Social Science & Medicine 194: 151-159. [Co-authored with Héctor Cebolla-Boado and María Jiménez-Buedo].

(2017) “Does Living in a Fatherless Household Compromise Educational Success? A Comparative Study of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills”. European Journal of Population 33(2): 217-242. [Co-authored with Jonas Radl and Héctor Cebolla-Boado].

(2017): "Preschool Education as the Great Equalizer? A Cross-Country Study into the Sources of Inequality in Reading Competence". Acta Sociologica 60(1): 41-60. [Co-authored with Héctor Cebolla-Boado and Jonas Radl].    

(2016): "Differences in Perinatal Health between Immigrant and Native-Origin Children: Evidence from Differentials in Birth Weight in Spain". Demographic Research 35(7): 167-200. [Co-authored with Héctor Cebolla-Boado].

(2014): "Education, Marriage and Fertility: The Spanish Case". Journal of Family History 39(3): 283-302. [Co-authored with Miguel Requena].

(2011): "Educational Assortative Mating and Earnings Inequality in the United States". American Journal of Sociology 117(3): 808-843. [Co-authored with Richard Breen].

(2010): "Has Increased Women's Educational Attainment Led to Greater Earnings Inequality in the UK? A Multivariate Decomposition Analysis". European Sociological Review 26(2): 143-157. [Co-authored with Richard Breen].

(2009): "¿Es la inversión pública en educación una política redistributiva? Un análisis de la composición del gasto por nivel de enseñanza". Revista Internacional de Sociología (RIS) 67(3): 655-679. [Co-authored with Dulce Manzano].

Books:

(2014): Learning over the Life Course: Inequality of Opportunities in Education from Preschool to Adulthood. "la Caixa" Foundation. Social Studies Collection n 39. Barcelona. [Winner of "la Caixa" Prize in Social Sciences, 2013 edition].  [Co-authored with Héctor Cebolla-Boado and Jonas Radl].

(2014): Aprendizaje y ciclo vital. La desigualdad de oportunidades desde la educación preescolar hasta la edad adulta. Obra Social "la Caixa". Barcelona. [Galardonado con el premio "la Caixa" en Ciencias Sociales, edición de 2013].  [Co-authored with Héctor Cebolla-Boado and Jonas Radl].

(2013): Estratificación social. McGraw-Hill. Madrid. ISBN: 9788448183097.  [Co-authored with Miguel Requena and Jonas Radl].

Book chapters:

(2022) "La igualdad pendiente. La persistencia de la desigualdad de oportunidades tras la expansión educativa”. En Ayala, Luis (coord.) Desigualdad y pacto social. Observatorio Social de la Fundación “la Caixa”. Pp. 76-92. ISBN: 978-84-9900-312-2.  [Co-authored with Miguel Requena].

(2021). Varios autores. España 2050. Fundamentos y propuestas para una Estrategia Nacional de Largo Plazo. Oficina Nacional de Prospectiva y Estrategia. Gobierno de España. 

(2021) “Educación: asignaturas pendientes”. En El Atlas de las desigualdades. Claves para entender un mundo injusto. Clave Intelectual. Madrid. Pp. 90-91. 

(2020) “Social Inequalities”. En Muro, Diego and Ignacio Lago (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Spanish Politics. Oxford University Press. Oxford. Pp. 542-558.

(2018) “Desigualdad de género: más allá del mercado laboral”. En Ayala, Luis y Jesús Ruiz-Huerta (eds.) III Informe sobre la Desigualdad en España. Fundación Alternativas. Madrid. Pp. 65-84. 

(2012): "De la teoría a las cifras. La contrastación de hipótesis a través del análisis de regresión". En Guinea-Martin, Daniel (ed.) Trucos del oficio de investigador. Casos prácticos de investigación social. Gedisa. Barcelona. Pp. 135-156. ISBN: 9788497847261.

(2011): "Estratificación y clases sociales en España". Informe España 2011: una interpretación de su realidad social. Fundación Encuentro-CESC. Madrid. Pp. 301-366. ISBN: 9788489019386. [Co-authored with Miguel Requena and Jonas Radl].

(2009): "Is Increased Earnings Inequality an Unexpected Consequence of Educational EXpansion?". In Becker, Rolf & Andreas Hadjar (eds.) Expected and Unexpected Consequences of the Educational Expansion in Europe and the US. Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Findings in Comparative Perspectives. HAUPT Verlag Bern-Stuttgart-Wien. Pp. 315-326. ISBN: 9783258075198.