Families-Inequality-Polarization
Our working paper with Carola Binder and the BdE team (Mis)measuring uncertainty, came out at NBER wp series.
New version of The Shadow of Polarization is Long: Trust in the Government and Independent Institutions after 142 Government Changes R&R at Journal of Comparative Economics.
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.
My CV (Link)
Recent Publications
Father's behavior while on paternity leave Review of Economics of the Household (with Libertad González and Laura Hospido)
Partisan Abortions Journal of Population Economics. (with Libertad González and Blanca Zapater)
Click here for a detailed account of my research.
Research interests:
Inequality and gender gaps.
Fertility and family choices, and related policies, such as paternity leave.
The integration of female immigrants
The effect of political polarization on economic expectations and trust.
See a wordy summary here.
Contact information: luism.guirola at ub.edu luism.guirola at gmail.com /
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