Research

“Changing Gender Norms Across Generations: Evidence from a Paternity Leave Reform” (with Lídia Farré, Christina Felfe , and Patrick Schneider). Reject and resubmit, Journal of Political Economy (February 2024). 

“The Causal Effect of an Income Shock on Children’s Human Capital” (with Cristina Borra, Ana Costa and Almudena Sevilla). Conditionally accepted, Journal of Labor Economics (January 2024).

“Preventing Child Maltreatment: Beneficial Side Effects of Public Childcare Provision” (with Malte Sandner and Stephan Thomson). Conditionally accepted, Economic Journal (January 2023).

“Does Paternity Leave Promote Gender Equality within Households?” (with Hosny Zoaby) Revise and resubmit, Journal of the European Economic Association (April 2024).

“Do More Tourists Promote Local Employment?” (with Tanya Surovtseva). Revise and resubmit, Journal of Human Resources (June 2023).

“The Effect of Abortion Legalization on Fertility, Marriage, and Long-Term Outcomes for Women” (with Sergi Jiménez, Natalia Nollenberger and Judit Vall). Revise and resubmit, Economic Journal (June 2022).

“Can Public Policies Break the Gender Mold? Evidence from Paternity Leave Reforms in Six Countries” (with Sébastien Fontenay) Barcelona School of Economics Working Paper 1422 (January 2024).

“Partisan Abortions” (with Luis Guirola and Blanca Zapater). Barcelona School of Economics Working Paper 1385 (March 2023).

“The short- and long-term effects of family-friendly policies on women’s employment” (with Alicia De Quinto). Barcelona School of Economics Working Paper No. 1434 (March 2024).

“The effect of childbirth on job separations” (with Héctor Pifarré i Arolas and José Andrade) CRES-UPF Working Paper 202110-122 (October 2021).

Main publications

“Mothers’ School Starting Age and Infant Health” (with Cristina Borra and David Patiño). Health Economics 23(6): 1153-1191 (2024).

“The Impact of Covid-19 on Fertility in Spain” (with Sofia Trommlerová). Forthcoming, AEA Papers & Proceedings (May 2024).

“Cash Transfers and Fertility: How the Introduction and Cancelation of a Child Benefit Affected Births and Abortions” (with Sofia Trommlerová). Journal of Human Resources 58(3): 783-818 (2023).

“Cash Transfers before Pregnancy and Infant Health” (with Sofia Trommlerová) Journal of Health Economics 83 (2022).

“Gender Inequality in Paid and Unpaid Work during Covid-19 times” (with Lídia Farré, Yarine Fawaz and Jennifer Graves). Review of Income and Wealth 68(2) (2022).

“Inequality in Mortality between Black and White Americans by Age, Place, and Cause, and in Comparison to Europe, 1990-2018” (with Hannes Schwandt, Janet Currie, et al.) PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) 118(40) (2021). Media coverage: The Atlantic, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian.

“Inequality in Mortality in Spain” (with Ana Rodriguez). Fiscal Studies 42(1): 103-121 (2021).

“Political Instability and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from the 1981 Military Coup in Spain”(with Ainhoa Aparicio) Health Economics 30(2): 328-341 (2021).

“Gender Norms and Intimate Partner Violence” (with Nuria Rodriguez Planas) Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 178: 223-248 (2020).

“Newborn Health and the Business Cycle” (with Ainhoa Aparicio and Judit Vall). Economics and Human Biology 37 (May 2020). Media coverage: The Atlantic (see article), Diari Ara etc. See also my blog post in Nada Es Gratis.

“Does Paternity Leave Reduce Fertility?” (with Lídia Farré). Journal of Public Economics 172: 52-66 (2019).

“The Impact of Scheduling Birth Early on Infant Health” (with Cristina Borra and Almudena Sevilla), Journal of the European Economic Association 17(1) (2019). See my blog post in Nada Es Gratis; watch me present it in this video.

“Sex Selection and Health at Birth among Indian Immigrants” Economics and Human Biology 29: 64-75 (2018). Media coverage: Barcelona GSE Focus (here), El País (see article), ABC (see article), El Mundo (see article). See also my blog post in Politikon, and this interview by Fundación Ramón Areces.

“The Long-Term Effects of Legalizing Divorce on Children” (with Tarja Viitanen), IZA Discussion Paper 3789. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 80(2): 327-357 (2018).

“Birth Timing and Neonatal Health” (with Cristina Borra and Almudena Sevilla), American Economic Review (Papers & Proceedings), 106(5): 329-32 (2016).

“The Effects of a Universal Child Benefit on Conceptions, Abortions, and Early Maternal Labor Supply.” American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 5(3) (2013). Blogs: Nada es Gratis, (see post), Politikon (see post).

“The Risk of Divorce and Household saving Behavior” (with Berkay Ozcan), Journal of Human Resources 48(2): 404-434 (2013). Media coverage: New York Times Economix Blog (see post).

“Immigration and Housing Booms: Evidence from Spain” (with Francesc Ortega). Journal of Regional Science, 53(1): 37-59 (2013).

“Female Labor Supply and Divorce: New Evidence from Ireland” (with Olivier Bargain, Claire Keane and Berkay Ozcan). European Economic Review, 56(8): 1675–1691 (2012). Media coverage: The Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, The Times of India, Belfast Telegraph.

“Immigration, Family Responsibilities and the Labor Supply of Skilled Native Women” (with Lidia Farre and Francesc Ortega). The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: Vol. 11: Iss. 1 (Contributions), Article 34 (2011).

“How Do Very Open Economies Absorb Large Immigration Flows? Evidence from Spanish Regions.” (with Francesc Ortega) Labour Economics 18: 57-70 (2011).

“Targeting Fertility and Female Participation through the Income Tax” (with Ghazala Azmat) Labour Economics 17(3): 487–502 (2010).

“The Effect of Divorce Laws on Divorce Rates in Europe” (with Tarja Viitanen), European Economic Review 53: 127–138 (2009). Media coverage: The Times of Malta, Politiken.

“Single Mothers, Welfare, and Incentives to Work.” LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations 22 (3): 447–468 (2008).

“The Effect of Benefits on Single Motherhood in Europe: Evidence from the ECHP.” Labour Economics 14(3): 393-412 (2007). Media coverage: The Sunday Times, BBC Radio 4.

“Nonparametric Bounds on the Returns to Language Skills.” Journal of Applied Econometrics 20(6): 771-795 (2005).

“Single Mothers and Work.” Socio-Economic Review 2: 285-313 (2004).

Other publications

“The social effects of divorce laws” (2015) Els Opuscles del CREI, N. 40. (Survey piece)

“Should divorce be easier or harder?” (2014) IZA World of Labor. (Policy piece) Watch summary video here.

“How do Open Economies Adjust to Large Immigration Flows? Sectoral Specialization, Household Services, and Other Mechanisms” (with Francesc Ortega). Lead article, CESifo DCE Report 12(2): 3-9 (2014).