Fields of Interest
Economics of Education, Public Economics, Economics of Poverty and Inequality, Program Evaluation, Applied Microeconomics
Publications
On the identification of the effect of education on health: A comment on Fonseca et al. (2020), (with P. Albarrán and I. Iturbe-Ormaetxe), SERIEs: Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, 2022.
Social influence and position effects (with N. Jiménez and D. López) Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 182, 113-131, 2021.
Education and health: is there a causal effect? (with I. Iturbe-Ormaetxe and P. Albarrán) Social Science & Medicine 249, 112830, 2020.
Childhood-related policies and adult poverty: Evidence from some European countries Social Indicators Research 144 (1): 191-217, 2019.
Long-run Effects of Public Expenditure on Poverty (with I. Iturbe-Ormaetxe) The Journal of Economic Inequality 16 (1): 1-22, 2018.
Media coverage: NadaEsGratis
No student left behind? Evidence from the Program for School Guidance in Spain (with J.I. García-Pérez) Economics of Education Review 60: 97-111, 2017.
Media coverage: NadaEsGratis Politikon
University merging process: a guideline proposal for excellence-enhancing (with G. Valera) The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy 16(3): 1359-1386, 2016.
Tracking can be more Equitable than Mixing The Scandinavian Journal of Economics 116 (4): 964-981, 2014.
Does grade retention affect student's achievement? Some evidence from Spain (with J.I. García-Pérez and J. A. Robles-Zurita) Applied Economics 46 (12): 1373-1392, 2014.
Should we transfer resources from college to basic education? (with I. Iturbe-Ormaetxe) Journal of Economics 105 (1): 1-27, 2012.
On the optimal allocation of students when peer effects are at work: tracking vs. mixing SERIEs: Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 2(1): 31-52, 2011
Working Papers/ Work In Progress
"Non-cognitive skills and remedial education" (with M. Battaglia).
IVIE-Working PaperAD 2019-01 Universidad Pablo de Olavide Working Paper ECON 20.10 Submitted
"Education and political participation" (with L. Bellani). Revised June 2022.
"Primary vs. secondary school intervention" (with M. Battaglia). Revised June 2022
"Peer effects in higher education" (with D. López). Revised June 2022