Research

On the economic determinants of prostitution: the marriage compensation and unilateral divorce in U.S. states, Review of Economics of the Household [pdf],  Working paper [pdf]

Coverage: Cato Institute Research Briefs in Economic Policy, Nada es gratis (Spanish)

The Effect of Adult Entertainment Establishments on Sex Crime: Evidence from New York City, joint with Micaela Sviatschi (Princeton University), The Economic Journal [pdf], Working paper [pdf]

Coverage: Cato Institute Research Briefs in Economic Policy, Marginal Revolution, Probable Causation (Episode 6), Washington Post

Banning the purchase of prostitution increases cases of rape: evidence from Sweden, Journal of Population Economics [pdf], Working paper [pdf]

Coverage: Probable Causation (Episode 6), Nada es gratis (Spanish), Frankfurter Allgemeine (German)

The impact of sodomy law repeals on crime, joint with Dario Sansone (University of Exeter), Journal of Population Economics [pdf] (open access), working paper  [pdf] 

Coverage: University of Exeter Research Briefs, Twitter short, Twitter long, Nada es gratis (Spanish)

Order Matters: Eliciting Maternal Beliefs on Educational Choices, joint with Pablo Brañas-Garza (Universidad Loyola Andalucía) and Ericka Rascón (Middlesex University London), Journal of Economic Psychology [pdf], working paper [pdf]

Mobile Phone Network and Migration: Evidence from Myanmar, joint with Jorge García-Hombrados (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) and Ayesha Zainudeen (LIRNEasia), The International Migration Review [pdf], working paper [pdf]

On the economics origins of selling sex, joint with Alessandro Corvasce (Università degli Studi di Milano Statale), submitted [pdf]

Primary elections and electoral outcomes, joint with Jorge García-Hombrados (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Ana García-Hernández (Universidad del Rosario), Laura Gismera (Universidad Pontificia Comillas) and Antonio Núñez-Partido (Universidad Pontificia Comillas), Series-Journal of the Spanish Economic Association [pdf], working paper  [pdf]

Coverage: El Confidencial

A Matter of Size: Comparing IV and OLS estimates, [pdf]

Income effects of prostitution and sex crimes: Evidence from Spain, [pdf]  

A tale of commerce and coerce: economic analysis of sex work and human trafficking laws, joint with Alessandro Corvasce (Università degli Studi di Milano Statale), [pdf]

Gangsta's paradise, joint with Nicolás Bottan (Cornell University), Carlos Schmidt-Padilla (University of Pennsylvania) and Micaela Sviatschi (Princeton University).

FGC and new technologies, joint with Jorge García-Hombrados (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

Serial monogamy and rape, with Marco Serena (CUNEF)

Unilateral divorce laws affect women's welfare, Plos One [pdf], working paper [pdf]

Use of financial diaries to understand smallholder investment finance, joint with Emilio Hernández (CGAP, World Bank) and María del Puerto Soria (FAO),  Agricultural Finance Review [pdf], Working paper [pdf] 

Male outmigration and women's work and empowerment in agriculture, joint with Anuja Kar (World Bank Group), Vanya Slavchevska (FAO), Susan Kaaria (FAO), Sanna Lisa Taivalmaa, Erdgin Mane (FAO), Yurie Tanimichi Hoberg (World Bank Group), Robert Townsend (World Bank Group) and Victoria Stanley (World Bank Group). [pdf]

Female smallholders in the Financial Inclusion Agenda, joint with Niclas Benni (FAO), Susan Kaaria (FAO).  FAO of UN publication. [pdf]  and with Emilio Hernández (CGAP), Yasmin Bin-Humam (CGAP), CGAP (World Bank) publication. [brief]