I am an economist specialised in public finance and labour economics, with a particular interest in economic policy. I am Associate Professor at Universidad Loyola Andalucía. I was ranked among the top 200 young economists in Repec in 2024 and am currently in the top 3% economists worldwide in Repec (publication last 10 years). I previously worked for the European Commission for five years in the DG Joint Research Centre and for two years in DG ECFIN. Bedore Joining the European Commission, I was working for the Austrian Think Tank Agenda Austria.

Academic Background 

Doctor of Social and Economic Sciences (Dr. rer. soc. oec.), Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria 

Master in Quantitative Finance (MSc), Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria 

Master in Economics (Mag. rer. soc. oec.), University of Vienna, Austria 

Bachelor in Economics (Bakk. rer. soc. oec.), University of Vienna, Austria 

Professional Background 

since 2025 Associate Professor in Economics at Loyola University Analucia

2024 - 2025 Economic Analyst at the Fiscal Policy Analysis Unit of DG Joint Research Center (DG JRC) of the European Commission.

2023 - 2025 Adjunct Profesor at Loyola University Analucia, Sevilla.

2022 - 2023 Economic Analyst at DG for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) of the European Commission.

2022 - 2023 Adjunct Lecturer at Johannes Keppler University Linz, Department of Economics

2018 - 2022 Economic Analyst at the Fiscal Policy Analysis Unit of DG Joint Research Center (DG JRC) of the European Commission.

2013 - 2018 Economist, tax policy and labour markets, Agenda Austria 

2011 - 2018 Research Associate  at Macro-Consult 

Grants and Awards 

Erwin Wenzl Award 2020 Recognition Award of the Erwin Wenzl Foundation for outstanding PhD thesis ("Essays on the Econometric Analysis of European Labour Markets").

Best Poster Award 2017 of the European Association of Labour Economists (EALE) for “Gender wage gap and the role of skills: evidence from PIAAC dataset” 

Young Economist Award 2015 of the Austrian Economic Association (NOeG) together with M. Köppl-Turyna and D. Kucsera for the paper “Employment effects of minimum wages in Europe revisited” 

Language skills: 

German (mother tongue)

Fluent in English and Spanish

Programming skills:

Advanced proficiency in use of STATA Data Analysis and Statistical Software R for Statistical Computing. Familiar with MATLAB.