Research
WORKING PAPERS (Submitted)
1. “Preferences, Financial Literacy, and Economic Development” with Maddalena Davoli. IZA Discussion Paper #14759. Revise & resubmit.
2. “Gender Norms and the Motherhood Employment Gap” with Simone Moriccone. IZA Discussion Paper #14898.
3. “Domestic Violence and Income: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from the Earned Income Tax Credit” with Resul Cesur, Jennifer Roff, and David Simon. NBER Working Paper #29930; IZA Discussion Paper #15208.
4. “Gender, Preferences, and Financial Literacy” with Maddalena Davoli. IZA Discussion Paper #15054.
5. “Unintended Effects of the Flexible Grading Policy” with Mehlika Ozsoy. IZA Discussion Paper #15887.
6. “Does Domestic Violence Legislation Reduce Permissive Attitudes about Intimate Partner Violence? Longitudinal Evidence from Men and Women from 61 Countries” with Robin Richardson, Alexandria Hadd, Katjana Wiederkehr, Farheen Jamshed, Benjamin Glasner, Tarik Benmarhnia, and Cari Jo Clark. Won a Population Association Annual Meetings PAA 2022 Poster Award. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.23.23297413v1
7. “COVID-19 Lockdown, Study Time, and Academic Performance: A Longitudinal Analysis” with Mengdi Hao and Chun-Yu Ho.
8. “College Students’ Social Capital and their Perceptions of Local and National Cohesion” with Alan Secor. IZA Policy Paper #201.
9. “Resilience Thinking and College Students' Resilience: Evidence from a Randomized Trial” with Rafael de Balanzo Joue and Alan Secor.
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS (selected publications)
1. “Long-Term Consequences of Teaching Gender Roles: Evidence from Desegregating Industrial Arts and Home Economics in Japan” with Hiromi Hara. (Earlier version of the paper: IZA Discussion Paper #14611). Accepted at the Journal of Labor Economics , September 2023. Forthcoming April 2024.
2. “Gender Norms in High School: Impacts on Risky Behaviors from Adolescence to Adulthood” with Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano and Annastasia Terskaya. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 2022. 196, April 2022, Pages 429-456
3. “COVID-19 and College Academic Performance: A Longitudinal Analysis.” Journal of Public Economics. 2022 March, vol. 207:104606.
4. “Hitting Where It Hurts Most: COVID-19 and Low-Income Urban College Students.” Economics of Education Review. 2022 April, 87: 102233.
5. “Gender Norms and Women’s Decision to Work: Evidence from Japan” with Ryuichi Tanaka. Review of Economics of the Household. 2022. 20(1): 15-36.
6. “Penalty Point System, Deterrence and Road Safety: An Empirical Approach” with Yolanda Rebollo-Sanz and Jesús Rodríguez López. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 2021, 191: 408-433.
7. “Too Family Friendly? The Consequences of Parents' Right to Request Part-Time Work” with Daniel Fernández-Kranz. Journal of Public Economics. December 2021. Vol. 197: 104407.
Press coverage: New York Times: “When Family-Friendly Policies Backfire”, May 26, 2015; La Vanguardia, October 28th, 2014; Nada es Gratis: June 24th, 2013.
TV coverage: Espejo Publico, Antena 3, October 15th, 2014.
8. “Is the Math Gender Gap Associated with Gender Equality? Only in Low-Income Countries” with Brindusa Anghel and Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano. Economics of Education Review. December 2020, vol. 79, 102064.
9. “Gender Norms and Intimate Partner Violence” with Libertad Gonzalez. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. July 21, 2020, vol. 178(C), pages 223-248.
10. “Culture and Adult Financial Literacy: Evidence from the United States” with Maddalena Davoli. Economics of Education Review. Vol. 78. October 2020. 102013, ISSN 0272-7757
11. "When the Going Gets Tough... Reducing Unemployment Benefits in the Aftermath of the Great Recession" with Yolanda Rebollo. Journal of Human Resources. January 1, 2020, vol. 55, no.1: 119-163.
12. “Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Social Norms and Teenage Smoking” with Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano. Social Science & Medicine. 2019. 222: 122-132.
13. “Mortgage Finance and Culture.” Journal of Regional Science. September 2018, 58 (4): 786-821. DOI: 10.1111/jors.12385.
14. "The Perfect Storm: Effects of Graduating in a Recession in a Segmented Labor Market" with Daniel Fernández-Kranz. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. March 2018, 71(2): 492-524.
Press coverage: El Pais, May 8 2020. https://elpais.com/economia/2020-05-08/jovenes-el-eslabon-mas-debil-de-la-economia.html
15. “Let the Girls Learn! It’s not Only about Math… It is About Gender Social Norms” with Natalia Nollenberger. Economics of Education Review. February 2018, vol. 62: 230-253.
16. "School, Drugs, Mentoring and Peers: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in the U.S.” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. July 2017, vol. 139: 166-181.
17. "The Math Gender Gap: The Role of Culture" with Natalia Nollenberger and Almudena Sevilla. American Economic Review, May 2016, 106 (5): 257-61.
Press coverage: Times of India: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/Girls-from-more-equal-societies-do-better-in- maths/articleshow/52292469.cms
Physics.org: http://phys.org/news/2016-05-girls-societies-math.html
Science Daily: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160513084545.htm Science Newsline: http://www.sciencenewsline.com/summary/2016051318270038.html
Breaking News Headlines: http://www.breakingnewsheadlines24.com/headlines/2057619/girls-from-progressive-societies-do better-at-math-study-finds.html
Daily Digest: http://dailydigest.us/2016/05/14/girls-from-progressive-societies-do-better-at-math-study-finds/
18. "Speaking in Numbers: The Effect of Reading Performance on Math Performance of Immigrants" with Ingo Isphording and Marc Piopiunik. Economic Letters, February 2016, Volume 139, Pages 52-56.
19. "Difference-in-Difference Estimation by Fixed Effects and OLS when there is Panel Non-Response" with Michael Lechner and Daniel Fernández-Kranz. Journal of Applied Statistics, 2016, Vol. 43, No. 11, pp. 2044-2052.
20. “Full-Time Universal Childcare in a Context of Low Maternal Employment: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Spain" with Natalia Nollenberger. Labour Economics, October 2015, Volume 36, pages 124-136.
21. “Part-Time Status, Fixed-Term Contracts, and the Returns to Experience” with Daniel Fernández-Kranz and Marie Paul. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, August 2015, Volume 77, Issue 4, pages 512–541.
22. “Can't Buy Mommy's Love? Universal Childcare and Children's Long-Term Cognitive Development: Evidence from a Natural Experiment" with Christina Felfe and Natalia Nollenberger. Journal of Population Economics, April 2015, Volume 28 (2), pp 393-422.
Press coverage: Nada es Gratis by Antonio Cabrales, March 11th, 2013.
23. "A Roadmap to Vocational Education and Training Systems in Industrialized Countries" with Werner Eichhorst, Ricarda Schmidl, and Klaus F. Zimmermann. Industrial Labor Relations Review, March 2015, vol. 68 no. 2 314-337.
24. “The Motherhood Earnings Dip: Evidence from Administrative Data” with Daniel Fernández-Kranz and Aitor Lacuesta. Journal of Human Resources, 2013, 48 (1), 169-197.
Press coverage: El País, December 5th, 2010.
25. “Playing Hard to Get: Theory and Evidence on Layoffs, Recall Expectations and Unemployment.” Research in Labor Economics, 2013, Volume 38.
26. “Longer-Term Impacts of Mentoring, Educational Services, and Learning Incentives: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in the U.S.” American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2012, (4), 121–139.
Press coverage: The Wilson Quarterly, Fall 2013, and Nada es Gratis, by Antonio Cabrales, May 10th, 2010.
27. “The Part-Time Penalty in a Segmented Labor Market” with Daniel Fernández-Kranz. Labour Economics, 2011, Volume 18, 591–606.
Press coverage: El Economista, Nov. 7th, 2009; La Vanguardia, April 23rd, 2010.
28. “Channels through which Public Employment Services and Small-Business Assistance Programs Work.” Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2010, Volume 72, No. 4, 458-485.
Press coverage: UAB Divulga, July 2011.
29. “Evaluating Active Labor Markets in Romania” with Jacob Benus. Empirical Economics, 2010, Volume 38, Issue 1, 65-84.
30. “A Signaling Model of Temporary Layoff.” Oxford Economic Papers, 2009, Volume 61, No. 3, 566-585.
Press coverage: UAB Divulga, December 2009.
OTHER ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS (also refereed)
31. “Crisis and Reorganization in Urban Dynamics: The Barcelona Case Study” with Rafael de Balanzó. Ecology & Society. October 2018. 23 (4): 6. URL: https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol23/iss4/art6/
32. "Labor Market Integration of New Immigrants in Spain" with Natalia Nollenberger. IZA Journal of Labor Policy. February 2016.
33. “Do Youth Mentoring Programs Change the Perspectives and Improve the Life Opportunities of At-Risk Youth?” IZA World of Labor, May 2014, pages 1-10.
34. “Do Moroccans Fare Better or Worse than other Migrants in Spain?” with Raquel Vegas. Middle East Development Journal, 2014, vol. 3(02), pages 119-139.
35. “Immigrants from Eastern Partnership (EaP) Countries in Spain” with Lídia Farré. IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 22 January 2014.
36. “Youth Unemployment and Vocational Training” with Klaus F. Zimmermann, Costanza Biavaschi, Werner Eichhorst, Corrado Giulietti, Michael J. Kendzia, Alexander Muravyev, Janneke Pieters, and Ricarda Schmidl. Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics, 2013, Volume 9 Issue 1–2, 1‐157.
37. “Determinants of Immigrant’s Cash-Welfare Benefit Intake in Spain.” International Journal of Manpower, 2013, Volume 34 Number 1/2.
38. “Mentoring, Educational Services, and Financial Incentives: What Do We Know about Them?” Evaluation and Program Planning, 2012, 35, 481–490. Top 8th article in the domain of article 22459009, since its publication as of September 2015.
39. “Wage and Occupational Assimilation by Skill Level. Migration Policy Lessons from Spain.” IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 31 Dec 2012.
40. “Moroccans’ Assimilation in Spain: Family-Based versus Labor-Based Migration” with Raquel Vegas. Middle East Development Journal, 2011, Volume 3 (2): 119-139.
BOOKS, CHAPTERS, REPORTS, AND ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
1. "Vocational Training". In: James D Wright, Editor-in-Chief, The International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, Oxford: Elsevier Ltd (in press).
2. "Migration, Crisis and Adjustment in an Enlarged E(M)U: The Spanish Perspective" with Lídia Farré in: Kahanec, M., and Zimmermann, K.F., Migration and the Great Recession: Adjustments in the Lab our Market of an Enlarged European Community, Edward Elgar, January 2016, ISBN 978-3-662-45320-9.
3. "Wage and Occupational Assimilation by Skill Level" with Miguel-Angel Alcobendas and Raquel Vegas in The Socio-Economic Impact of Migration Flows: Measuring Effects on Trade, Labour Market, Remittances and Output, 2014. Springer Editorial (Series on “Population Economics”).
4. “¿Por Qué No es Posible Flexibilizar el Mercado Laboral Español a Través del Contrato a Tiempo Parcial?” with Daniel Fernandéz-Kranz. eBook: Propuesta para la reactivación laboral en España (Fundación Fedea). January 2010.
5. “El Contrato a Tiempo Parcial en España” with Daniel Fernández-Kranz. Papeles de Economía Número 124, 2010. Press coverage: Expansión, July 23rd, 2010.
6. “Metodología para el Diseño e Implementación de Estudios de Evaluación de Políticas Sociales.” Chapter 3 in Metodología para el Diseño e Implementación de Estudios de Evaluación de Políticas Públicas, Editorial Bosch, 2009.
7. “Diseño de la Evaluación de la Efectividad de las Políticas Activas de Ocupación en Rumania.” Chapter 4 in Metodología para el Diseño e Implementación de Estudios de Evaluación de Políticas Públicas, Editorial Bosch, 2009.
8. Does Inclusion Pay? Evaluating Impacts and Cost-Effectiveness of Active Social Policy and Active Labor Market Policy on Inclusion. Chapter on Spain. Ministry of Labor of Finland, November 2006.
9. Pressupostos de Gènere. Eines 3. Editor: Generalitat de Catalunya, Institut Català de la Dona, Barcelona, February 2006.
10. “The Quantum Opportunity Program Demonstration: Implementation and Short-Term Impacts” with Maxfield, Myles, and Allen Schirm. 2003. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
11. “The Quantum Opportunity Program Demonstration: Short-Term Impacts” with Schirm, Allen, Myles Maxfield, and Christina Tuttle. 2003. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
12. “The Quantum Opportunity Program Demonstration: The Initial Post-Intervention Impacts” with Schirm, Allen, and Núria Rodríguez-Planas. 2004. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
13. “Workers’ Recall Expectations and their Implications for Worker Profiling.” Workforce Security Research Conference Paper Proceedings, 2001.