Research

The Impact of COVID-19 on Abortions in Spain

• with L. González

• Working paper is here.

• Forthcoming in Population and Development Review

DHS Timing and Quality

• with M. Rieger and M. de Vries Mecheva

• Revise & Resubmit

C-sections in Slovakia

• with P. Ďurček

• Submitted

Evaluation of Family Policies in Slovakia

Reproductive Behavior and Public Policies in Slovakia

• with B. Šprocha and M. Sloboda

Success of Female Politicians

• with O. Gyárfášová (national-level politicians)

• with M. Sloboda (local politicians)

Understanding Gender Differences in Single-Parent Families in Slovakia

COVID-19 and Reproductive Behavior

• with L. González

• A popular blog post (in Spanish) can be found here.

Abortions in the EU

• with A. Szabo-Morvai et al.

The Impact of COVID-19 on Fertility in Spain

AEA Papers and Proceedings 114: 381-386 (2024)

(with L. González)

• https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20241123

• Replication files are available here and on the article webpage.

Cash Transfers and Fertility: How the Introduction and Cancellation of a Child Benefit Affected Births and Abortions 

Journal of Human Resources 58(3): 783-818 (2023) --- OPEN ACCESS

(with L. González)

• https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.59.1.0220-10725R2

• Barcelona GSE Focus wrote a popular research summary of our work (read here).

• A non-technical summary aimed at general public can be found here.

• An open access preprint is available here.

• Working paper is here.

• Replication files are available here and on the article webpage.

Cash Transfers before Pregnancy and Infant Health

Journal of Health Economics 83: 102622 (2022) --- OPEN ACCESS

(with L. González)

• https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2022.102622

• BSE Focus wrote a popular research summary of our work (read here).

• A non-technical summary aimed at general public can be found here.

• Working paper is here.

When Children Have Children: The Effects of Child Marriages and Teenage Pregnancies on Early Childhood Mortality in Bangladesh 

Economics & Human Biology 39: 100904 (2020)

• https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2020.100904

• I wrote a popular blog post explaining my findings on ISS blog BLISS (read here).

• A non-technical summary aimed at general public can be found here.

The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Expansion on Mothers’ Attitudes Towards Domestic Violence in Turkey

The World Bank Economic Review 34(2): 464–484 (2020) --- FREELY ACCESSIBLE

(with S. Gulesci and E. Meyersson)

• https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhy021

• A non-technical summary aimed at general public can be found here.

Temporal Stability of Child Growth Associations in Demographic and Health Surveys in 25 Countries

SSM - Population Health 7: 100352 (2019) --- OPEN ACCESS

(with M. Rieger, R. Ban, K. Jeffers, and M. Hutmacher)

• https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100352

Age-Specific Correlates of Child Growth

Demography 53(1): 241–267 (2016) --- OPEN ACCESS

(with M. Rieger)

• https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-015-0449-3

What Has Driven the Decline of Infant Mortality in Kenya in the 2000s? 

Economics & Human Biology 21: 17–32 (2016)

(with G. Demombynes)

• https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2015.11.004

• Previous version of this article (World Bank Policy Research Working Paper #6057) was featured in The Economist, The Washington Post, Le Monde, and elsewhere in 2012 and in The Guardian in 2015.

• A non-technical summary aimed at general public can be found here.

Determinants of Empowerment in a Capability-Based Poverty Approach: Evidence from The Gambia

World Development 66: 1–15 (2015)

(with S. Klasen and O. Leßmann)

• https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.07.008

• Working paper is here. 

Mode of Delivery by Maternal Characteristics: The Case of C-sections in Slovakia

Demografie 66(1): 68–86 (2024) --- OPEN ACCESS

(with P. Ďurček)

• https://doi.org/10.54694/dem.0325

Can Preferential Votes Facilitate Women’s Entry Into Top Politics?

Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review 55(1): 5–43 (2023) --- OPEN ACCESS

(with O. Gyárfášová)

• https://doi.org/10.31577/sociologia.2023.55.1.1

• A blog post (in Slovak) summarizing our results is here.

Gender Wealth Gap in Slovakia

In: Sierminska, E. and A. Girshina eds. Wealth and Gender in Europe. Luxembourg: European Commission: 144–150 (2017) --- FREELY ACCESSIBLE

• https://doi.org/10.2838/39491