Cumulative (female) part-time wage penalty by years in part-time work 

Labour Economics 2011 

with Daniel Fernandez-Kranz https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2011.01.001 

Much of the motherhood earnings gap is driven by part-time work and reduced work experience

Journal of Human Resources 2013 

with Daniel Fernandez-Kranz & Aitor Lacuesta)

http://dx.doi.org/10.3368/jhr.48.1.169 

Universal pre-K childcare increases maternal employment 

Labour Economics 2015 

with Natalia Nollenberger https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2015.02.008

 Universal pre-K childcare improves children's cognitive development in the long run (age 16) and more so for girls than boys 

Journal of Population Economics 2015 

with Felfe & Nollenberger

DOI 10.1007/s00148-014-0532-x

Gender differences in math performance are socially constructed 

American Economic Review 2016 

with Natalia Nollenberger & Almudena Sevilla https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.p20161121

Descending from more gender-equal societies makes girls relatively more prone to smoke than those from less gender-equal societies relative to their male counterparts.

Social Science & Medicine 2019

 with Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.11.005 

Unintended effects (for all women) of the parents' right to request part-time work 

Journal of Public Economics 2021 

with Fernandez-Kranz https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104407

Drawing by Louise Bourgeois: 

Femme (2006)

Teaching gender roles in middle school changes intra-household distribution of time use in the long run.

 Journal of Labor Economics 2025 

with Hiromi Hara ttps://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/728428

Drawing by Uma De Balanzo (2018)