Policies, Institutions, and Social Justice in Employment and Human Capital Development
1. “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.
2. "School, Drugs, Mentoring and Peers: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in the U.S.”
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. July 2017, vol. 139: 166-181.
3. “Too Family Friendly? The Consequences of Parents' Right to Request Part-Time Work” with Daniel Fernández-Kranz. In press at
the Journal of Public Economics. December 2020.
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.
4. "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.
5. “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.
6. "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
7. “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.
15 top cited articles published in Springers economic journal.
8. “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.
9. “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.
10. “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.
11. "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.
12. “Playing Hard to Get: Theory and Evidence on Layoffs, Recall Expectations and Unemployment.” Research in Labor Economics, 2013, Volume 38.
13. “A Signaling Model of Temporary Layoff.” Oxford Economic Papers, 2009, Volume 61, No. 3, 566-585.
Press coverage: UAB Divulga, December 2009.
14. “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.
15. "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.
Social Norms and Behavioral Decisions
16. "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
Physics.org
Science Daily
17. “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.
18. “Independent Thinking and Hard Working, or Caring and Well Behaved? Short- and Long-Term Impacts of Gender Identity Norms” with Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano and Annastasia Terskaya. Status: Conditionally Accepted at the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
19. “Gender Norms and Intimate Partner Violence” with Libertad Gonzalez. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. July 21, 2020, vol. 178(C), pages 223-248.
20. “Mortgage Finance and Culture.” Journal of Regional Science. September 2018, 58 (4): 786-821. DOI: 10.1111/jors.12385.
21. “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
22. “Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Social Norms and Teenage Smoking” with Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano. Social Science & Medicine. 2019. 222: 122-132.
23. “Gender Norms and Women’s Decision to Work: Evidence from Japan” with Ryuichi Tanaka. In press at Review of Economics of the Household. January 2021.
24. “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.\
Public Health Issues (domestic violence, risky behaviors, and the COVID-19 pandemic)
25. “COVID-19, College Academic Performance, and the Flexible Grading Policy: A Longitudinal Analysis.” In press at the Journal of Public Economics.
26. “Hitting Where It Hurts Most: COVID-19 and Low-Income Urban College Students.” Conditionally Accepted at the Economics of Education Review.
27. “Penalty Point System, Deterrence and Road Safety: A Quasi-Experimental Analysis” with Yolanda Rebollo-Sanz and Jesús
Rodríguez-López. In press at the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
*** “Gender Norms and Intimate Partner Violence” with Libertad Gonzalez. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. July 21, 2020, vol. 178(C), pages 223-248.
*** “Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Social Norms and Teenage Smoking” with Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano. Social Science & Medicine. 2019. 222: 122-132.
*** "School, Drugs, Mentoring and Peers: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in the U.S.”
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. July 2017, vol. 139: 166-181.
*** “Independent Thinking and Hard Working, or Caring and Well Behaved? Short- and Long-Term Impacts of Gender Identity Norms”
with Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano and Annastasia Terskaya. Status: Conditionally Accepted at the Journal of Economic Behavior and
Organization.
WORKING PAPERS
28. “Long-Term Effects of Co-Educational Industrial Arts and Home Economics” with Hiromi Hara. IZA Discussion Paper #14611.
Status: Submitted.
29. “Gender Norms and the Motherhood Employment Gap” with Simone Moriccone. IZA Discussion Paper #14898. Status: Submitted.
30. “Preferences, Financial Literacy, and Economic Development” with Maddalena Davoli. IZA Discussion Paper #14759. Status:
Submitted.
31. “Gender, Preferences, and Financial Literacy” with Maddalena Davoli. Status: Submitted.
