CV
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Education
| Ph.D., Economics, University of Chicago | 2000 |
| M.A., Economics, University of Chicago | 1996 |
| B.A., Economics, University of Barcelona | 1994 |
Academic appointments
| Associate Professor (with tenure), IE University, Madrid | 2013 – present |
| Vice-Dean for Economics, IE School of Politics, Economics & Global Affairs, Madrid | 2022 – 2026 |
| Chair of the Economics Department, IE University, Madrid | 2012 – 2026 |
| Associate Professor, IE University, Madrid | 2008 – 2013 |
| Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Saint Louis University – Madrid Campus | 2003 – 2008 |
Research affiliations
| Research Fellow, IZA & LISER Network | 2023 – present |
| Member, International Health Economics Association | 2025 – present |
| Research Visiting Professor, Monash University (host: David Johnston) | May 2026 |
| Research Visiting Professor, Kyoto University (host: Jay Kang) | June 2026 |
Professional experience
| Consultant, Competition Policy and Regulation Practice, N/E/R/A (Chicago, Boston and Madrid offices) | 2000 – 2003 |
| Consultant, Competition Policy and Damages Practice, Chicago Partners Consulting (Chicago, IL) | 1999 – 2000 |
Research awards and recognitions
| IE Research Sustainability Awards: Best Published Paper, for “High Speed Internet and the Gender Gap in Adolescent Mental Health” (Journal of Health Economics) | 2025 |
| Ned Holstein Shared Parenting Research Annual Best Paper Award, for “Bargaining under Threats: The Effect of Joint Custody on Intimate Partner Violence” (American Journal of Health Economics) | 2025 |
| Ned Holstein Shared Parenting Research Annual Best Paper Award, for “The Impact of Equal Parenting Time Laws on Family Outcomes and Risky Behavior by Teenagers” (Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization) | 2023 |
Funded research projects (as principal investigator)
| FUNCAS – Maternity Benefits, Consumption and Labor Supply: Estimating Causal Effects with Bank Transaction Data | 2026 – 2027 |
| FUNCAS – Internet de alta velocidad y la brecha de género en la salud mental de los adolescentes: evidencia de registros hospitalarios en España | 2024 |
| FUNCAS – ¿Existen efectos perversos de las leyes que promueven la custodia compartida de los hijos en un contexto de divorcio? | 2018 |
| FUNCAS – ¿Existen efectos perversos de las políticas públicas para mejorar el empleo femenino en España? | 2016 |
| FUNCAS – El impacto de un contexto de crisis en el futuro laboral de los jóvenes en España: un análisis empírico usando datos de la Seguridad Social | 2014 – 2015 |
Rankings and citations
| Google Scholar citations: 2,317 (h-index 19, i10-index 24), as of October 2026 | |
| SSRN: top 5% of authors by all-time Economics author citations | |
| RePEc: top 17% (average rank score, last 10 years; citations weighted by impact factor) | |
Service as referee
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Journal of Human Resources, Economic Journal, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Population Economics, Review of Economics of the Household, SERIEs – Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, Labour Economics, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Economics of Education Review, Economica, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Economic Inquiry, Applied Economics, Social Sciences.
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