Belén Rodríguez Moro

Ciao! I am Belén Rodríguez, and I hold a Ph.D. in Economics from the European University Institute (EUI), Florence. I am an Applied Microeconomics researcher working on the topics of gender and family economics. My thesis focuses mainly on understanding the determinants and consequences of household specialization on families (more details below), but I'm also happy to discuss ideas related to inequality and urban economics.

I will be starting a Post-doctoral position at Universitat Pompeu Fabra this fall.

You can still find me here: belen.rodriguez(at)eui.eu

Twitter: @beleninininina

Just published! "The Unchanging Divide: Balancing Housework and Labour Market Responsibilities In Late Family Stages" In this paper, we document the persistent gendered division of domestic and labor market responsibilities within families as children grow into adulthood and eventually leave home. Mothers continue to bear the double shift—managing a disproportionate domestic workload of around twenty hours per week alongside labor market responsibilities—even when their young adult children are thirty. The emancipation of young adults brings minimal change to this imbalance, underscoring the long-lasting effects of the division of responsibilities that emerge with the birth of the first child. (Check out our other paper for more on this!)

w o r k i n g p a p e r s

Children, household specialization and relationship quality

joint project with Olatz Román (EUI)

The Unchanging divide: balancing housework and labour market responsibilities in late family stages

Time After Birth: Parenthood and the Reorganization of Daily Life for Mothers and Fathers

joint project with Laura Hospido and Alicia De Quinto