Guillermo Cabanillas Jiménez

I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Alcalá (Universidad de Alcalá, UAH), where I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in applied economics and econometrics. I joined UAH after completing my PhD in Economics at the University of Kent, and I have previously held academic positions as Lecturer at the University of Kent.

My research lies in applied microeconomics, with a particular focus on labor economics and household behavior. I study how individuals and households respond to economic shocks, institutional constraints, and income fluctuations, combining micro-level administrative and survey data with quasi-experimental methods. A central theme of my work is consumption and labor supply responses to income shocks, including windfalls such as lottery prizes, as well as the role of social and cultural constraints in shaping labor market outcomes.

My research has been published in journals such as Oxford Economic Papers, Empirica, European Journal of Development Research, and Applied Economic Analysis. I am currently involved in several funded research projects, including grants from the Community of Madrid and the European Social Fund and collaborative projects with Spanish public institutions. My ongoing work addresses topics such as dependency penalties in the labor market, household consumption smoothing, and the distributional effects of economic crises.

I obtained my undergraduate degree in Economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), specializing in advanced quantitative methods, and completed my M.Res. in Economics through the IDEA program at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). In 2017, I moved to the UK to pursue my PhD at the University of Kent, where I was awarded the Vice-Chancellor’s Research Scholarship.

Beyond research and teaching, I have been actively involved in academic service. At the University of Kent, I co-organized the PhD Student Seminar Series and the Micro Research Seminar Series, which later became a joint seminar with the University of Sussex during the COVID-19 period. Currently, I serve as Undergraduate Coordinator for the Degree in Economics and International Business at the UAH.