Daniel Fernández-Kranz

Research

My research lies at the intersection of empirical microeconomics and public policy, with a focus on family economics, labor markets, gender economics and health economics. I study how institutions, laws and economic incentives shape individual behavior and outcomes within households and the labor market. Current working papers, with abstracts, are listed on the Working Papers page.

Main publications

“Alimony and Marital Commitment: the Unintended Consequences of Alimony Reform on Assortative Matching” (with Jennifer Roff). Review of Economics of the Household, Vol. 24, 395-441 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-025-09821-1

“Bargaining under Threats: The Effect of Joint Custody Laws on Intimate Partner Violence” (with Natalia Nollenberger and Jennifer Roff). American Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 12(1) (2026). https://doi.org/10.1086/731585

Winner of the 2025 Ned Holstein Shared Parenting Research Annual Best Paper Award.

“High Speed Internet and the Widening Gender Gap in Adolescent Mental Health: Evidence from Hospital Records” (with Esther Arenas-Arroyo and Natalia Nollenberger). Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 102 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2025.103014

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15728, click here.

Press coverage: VoxEU, Atlantico, RNE Cinco Continentes (July 2026).

Winner of the 2025 IE Research Sustainability Award for Best Published Paper.

“The Effect of Alimony on Married Women's Labor Supply and Fertility: Evidence from State Level Reforms” (with Jennifer Roff). Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 44(4) (2025). https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.22661

“The Effect of Equal Parenting Time Laws on Family and Child Outcomes: Evidence from Spain” (with Natalia Nollenberger). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 195, March 2022, pp. 303-325 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2022.01.001

Winner of the 2023 Ned Holstein Shared Parenting Research Annual Best Paper Award.

“Child Custody Laws and Household Outcomes” (with Jennifer Roff). Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, K.F. Zimmermann (ed.), Springer, Cham (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_272-1

“Can Economic Incentives for Joint Custody Harm Children of Divorced Parents? Evidence from State Variation in Child Support Laws” (with Jennifer Roff and Hugette Sun). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 189, pp. 1-27 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2021.06.020

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12025, click here.

“Too Family Friendly? The Consequences of Parents' Right to Request Part-Time Work” (with Núria Rodríguez-Planas). Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 197 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2021.104407

Press coverage: The New York Times, “When Family-Friendly Policies Backfire”, May 26, 2015; Nada es Gratis, June 24, 2013; La Vanguardia, October 28, 2014. TV coverage: Espejo Público, Antena 3, October 15, 2014.

“Intimate Partner Violence under Forced Cohabitation and Economic Stress: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic” (with Esther Arenas-Arroyo and Natalia Nollenberger). Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 194 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104350

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13570, click here.

“The Perfect Storm: Effects of Graduating in a Recession in a Segmented Labor Market” (with Núria Rodríguez-Planas). Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 71(2), pp. 492-524 (2018).

Press coverage: El País, “La crisis golpea el futuro de los jóvenes: más paro y peores sueldos”, May 9, 2020.

“Difference-in-Difference Estimation by Fixed Effects and OLS when there is Panel Non Response” (with Michael Lechner and Núria Rodríguez-Planas). Journal of Applied Statistics, Vol. 43(11), pp. 2044-2052 (2016).

“Part-Time Status, Fixed-Term Contracts, and the Returns to Experience” (with Marie Paul and Núria Rodríguez-Planas). Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 77(4), August 2015, pp. 512-541 (2015).

“The Motherhood Earnings Dip: Evidence from Administrative Records” (with Núria Rodríguez-Planas and Aitor Lacuesta). The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 48(1), Winter 2013 (2013).

Press coverage: El País, December 5, 2010.

“Temporary Contracts and Work-Family Balance in a Dual Labor Market” (with Rocío Bonet, Cristina Cruz and Rachida Justo). Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 66(1) (2013).

“The Part-Time Penalty in a Segmented Labor Market” (with Núria Rodríguez-Planas). Labour Economics, Vol. 18(5), October 2011, pp. 591-606 (2011).

Press coverage: an article based on this paper appeared in El Economista, October 7, 2009 (in Spanish). This paper has been featured in El País, January 5, 2010 (in Spanish), and in La Vanguardia, April 23, 2010.

“International Differences in the Family Wage Gap: the Role of Labor Market Institutions” (with Arnaud Dupuy). Applied Economics, Vol. 43(4), pp. 413-438 (2011).

“When Necessity Becomes a Virtue: The Effect of Product Market Competition on CSR” (with Juan Santaló). The Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Vol. 19(2), pp. 453-487 (2010).

“Why Has Wage Inequality Increased More in the US than in Europe? An Empirical Analysis of the Demand and Supply of Skill”. Applied Economics, Vol. 38(7) (2006).

“A Cross-Section Analysis of the Income Elasticity of House Demand in Spain: Is There a Real Estate Bubble?” (with Mark Hon). Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Vol. 32(4), pp. 449-470 (2006).

Other publications

  • “El acceso a la banda ancha y la creciente brecha de género en la salud mental de los adolescentes en España,” Cuadernos de Información Económica, Nº 309, pp. 79-91, 2025.
  • “The need for caution on Spain's recent minimum wage hike,” Funcas, Spanish Economic and Financial Outlook, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 2019.
  • “Spain's gender pay gap and gender bias in a reduced workweek,” Funcas, Spanish Economic and Financial Outlook, Vol. 7, No. 2, March 2018.
  • “La brecha de género en España y el contrato de reducción de jornada por cuidado de menores,” Cuadernos de Información Económica, ISSN 1132-9386, Nº 264, pp. 45-60, 2018.
  • “Wage moderation in Spain's economic recovery,” Spanish Economic and Financial Outlook, Vol. 6, N. 4, July 2017.
  • “Los salarios en la recuperación española,” Cuadernos de Información Económica, Septiembre-Octubre 2017.
  • “The economic growth threshold for job creation in Spain: the importance of wage moderation,” Spanish Economic and Financial Outlook, Vol. 5, N. 4, July 2016.
  • “El umbral de crecimiento para la creación de empleo en España: ¿qué sabemos y qué nos dicen los datos?” Cuadernos de Información Económica, Julio-Agosto 2016.
  • “¿Cuáles son las consecuencias de terminar los estudios en un contexto de crisis económica en España?” with N. Rodríguez-Planas, Cuadernos de Información Económica, Noviembre-Diciembre 2015.
  • “The consequences of graduating in a recession in Spain,” with N. Rodríguez-Planas, Spanish Economic and Financial Outlook, Vol. 4, N. 6, November 2015.
  • “Spanish wages during the Great Recession: Has the 2012 labor reform had an impact?” Spanish Economic and Financial Outlook, Vol. 4, N. 3, May 2015.
  • “Ingresos salariales en España durante la crisis económica: ¿ha sido efectiva la reforma laboral de 2012?,” Cuadernos de Información Económica, Mayo-Junio 2015.
  • “Spain's labor market two years after the reform,” Spanish Economic and Financial Outlook, Vol. 3, N. 1, January 2014.
  • “El Mercado de trabajo en España dos años después de la reforma,” Cuadernos de Información Económica, Enero-Febrero 2014.
  • “Wage adjustment in Spain during the economic crisis,” Spanish Economic and Financial Outlook, Vol. 3, N. 3, 2014.
  • “Labour Market Duality: The Unresolved Issue of the 2012 Reform,” Spanish Economic and Financial Outlook, Vol. 2, N. 1, January 2013.
  • “Dualidad: La Asignatura Pendiente de la Reforma Laboral de 2012,” Cuadernos de Información Económica, Enero-Febrero 2013.
  • “¿Porqué no es posible flexibilizar el Mercado laboral español a través del contrato a tiempo parcial?,” with Núria Rodríguez-Planas, Capítulo 9, Libro Electrónico FEDEA: Propuesta para la Reactivación Laboral en España, January 2010.
  • “Strategic CSR: Pragmatic Companies and Pragmatic Consumers in Increasingly Competitive Markets,” IE Business Leadership Forum, December 2008.
  • “La Opa de Gas Natural sobre Endesa: efectos pro y anticompetitivos,” Revista de Empresa No. 12, Instituto de Empresa, Abril-Junio 2006.
  • “Medición de las Preferencias de los Consumidores sobre el Comportamiento Socialmente Responsable de las Empresas,” with Anna Merino-Castelló, Fundación Salud Innovación Sociedad, April 2005 (25).
  • “¿Existe Disponibilidad a pagar por RSC? Percepción de los Consumidores,” with Anna Merino-Castelló, Universia Business Review, Vol. 5, 2005.
  • “Mercados Electrónicos y Problemas de Información: Implicaciones para la Política de la Competencia,” with Anna Merino-Castelló, Revista de Economía Industrial, 2001 (31).
  • “Competència i Innovació en la Nova Economia,” with E. Cañizares, J. Padilla and A. Ramos, Papers d'Economia Industrial, No. 16, Department of Industry, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain, 2001.
  • “Comercio Electrónico B2B y Política de Competencia: Algo Nuevo Bajo el Sol?,” with Atilano Jorge Padilla, NERA Papeles de Competencia, 2001.

Conferences and presentations

ESPE (Helsinki, 2026); ASSA (Philadelphia, 2026); Gender Economics Workshop (UPF, 2026); 14th Workshop of the Economics of Risky Behaviors (Madrid, 2025); IHEA (Bali, 2025); OECD-WomEmpower Workshop (Paris, 2025); SEHO (Singapore, 2024); SEHO (Copenhagen, 2023); EBES (Berlin, 2021); SEHO (Lisbon, 2019); ESPE (Antwerp, 2018); ESPE (Glasgow, 2017); ESPE (Berlin, 2016); EALE-SOLE (Montreal, 2015); WFRN (New York, 2014); EALE (Torino, September 2013); ESPE (Aarhus, June 2013); EALE (Bonn, 2012); ESPE (Bern, June 2012); CEMFI (May 2011); COSME-FEDEA Workshop on Gender Economics (Madrid, May 2010); SAEe, Valencia (December 2009); Bank of Spain (October 2009); Annual Meeting of the European Association of Labour Economists-EALE, Tallinn (September 2009); II Workshop in Gender Economics, Granada (June 2009); Bank of Spain (March 2009); COSME poster session at the Spanish Economic Analysis Symposium, Zaragoza (December 2008); Universidad de Zaragoza (October 2008); Annual Conference of the Strategic Management Society, San Diego (October 2007); North Atlantic Economic Society, Madrid (March 2007); “La Caixa” Research Department (February 2007); Research Centre for Education and the Labor Market-ROA, Maastricht University (November 2006); Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim (March 2006).

Invited seminars: Economics Department, Monash University (2026); Economics Department, Kyoto University (2026); Economics Department, Universidad de Sevilla (2025).