Families-Inequality-Polarization
My JMP Partisan Abortions with Libertad Gonzalez and Blanca Zapater was accepted at the Journal of Population Economics!
New version of The Shadow of Polarization is Long: Trust in the Government and Independent Institutions after 142 Government Changes submitted.
Working paper out: Fathers’ Time-Use while on Paternity Leave: Childcare or Leisure? .
I am an applied microeconomist working on family and labor economics and political economy.
I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Barcelona where I teach econometrics. I wrote my dissertation at Duke (2021), and since 2025. I am a member of AQR and GEPS. Before that, I worked at the Bank of Spain for a decade.
My CV (Link)
Last Publications
Partisan Abortions Journal of Population Economics. (with Libertad González and Blanca Zapater)
Economic expectations under the shadow of party polarization European Economic Review, 2025, p. 104910.
Family and career: an analysis across Europe and North America Fiscal Studies 45.2 (2024): 243-257. (with Laura Hospido and Andrea Weber)
Current projects
Fathers’ Time-Use while on Paternity Leave: Childcare or Leisure? (WP) (with Libertad González and Laura Hospido)
Employers' response to paternity leave (with Libertad González)
Click here for a detailed account of my research.
Research interests:
Inequality, especially gender gaps.
Fertility and family choices.
Policies, such as parental leave.
The effect of political polarization on economic expectations and trust.
See a wordy summary here.
Contact information: luism.guirola@gmail.com / luism.guirola@ub.edu
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