I am a poverty scholar at heart and an applied economist by training. Currently, I am an Associate Professor (tenured) at the Department of Economics at the Universitat de Girona (Spain). I obtained my PhD at the Applied Economics Department at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) in 2009. Previously, I graduated from a MSc in European Social Policy at the London School of Economics and I hold a BSc in Economics and another one in Journalism at UAB.
Most of my research focuses on the Economics of Poverty and Inequality, Economics of the Family, Labour Economics, Health Economics and Applied Microeconometrics.
I am an IZA Research Fellow and a member of the research group EQUALITAS.
(Only good) News:
September 2025: New report! `Invertir en un futur just: prestacions econòmiques contra la pobresa infantil' (with Pau Marí-Klose, Alba Lanau and Albert Arcarons), Servei de Publicacions i Assessorament Lingüístic del Departament de Drets Socials i Inclusió (in Catalan). [link]
July 2025: New Working Paper! 'The causal impact of school-meal programmes on children in developed economies: A meta-analysis' (with Samuel Lado), IZA Discussion Paper no. 18042. [link]
June 2025: New Working Paper! "Sorting' out gender discrimination and disadvantage: Evidence from student evaluations of teaching' (with Lars Lefgren, Richard Patterson, Olga Stoddard and Nicolás Urdaneta Andrade), NBER Working Paper 33911. [link] Also IZA Discussion Paper no. 18040. [link]
February 2025: New Working Paper! 'Child penalties and marriage dissolution' (with Linda Kirkpatrick and Alex Plum), IZA Discussion Paper no. 17658. [link]
January 2025: New Working Paper! 'More than just lunch: School-meal subsidies and language proficiency' (with Samuel Lado), IZA Discussion Paper no. 17631. [link]
January 2025: New Working Paper! 'Gender bias in student evaluations of teaching: Do debiasing campaings work?' (with Camila Zamora), IZA Discussion Paper no. 17632. [link]
Most of my research focuses on the Economics of Poverty and Inequality, Economics of the Family, Labour Economics, Health Economics and Applied Microeconometrics.
I am an IZA Research Fellow and a member of the research group EQUALITAS.
(Only good) News:
September 2025: New report! `Invertir en un futur just: prestacions econòmiques contra la pobresa infantil' (with Pau Marí-Klose, Alba Lanau and Albert Arcarons), Servei de Publicacions i Assessorament Lingüístic del Departament de Drets Socials i Inclusió (in Catalan). [link]
July 2025: New Working Paper! 'The causal impact of school-meal programmes on children in developed economies: A meta-analysis' (with Samuel Lado), IZA Discussion Paper no. 18042. [link]
June 2025: New Working Paper! "Sorting' out gender discrimination and disadvantage: Evidence from student evaluations of teaching' (with Lars Lefgren, Richard Patterson, Olga Stoddard and Nicolás Urdaneta Andrade), NBER Working Paper 33911. [link] Also IZA Discussion Paper no. 18040. [link]
February 2025: New Working Paper! 'Child penalties and marriage dissolution' (with Linda Kirkpatrick and Alex Plum), IZA Discussion Paper no. 17658. [link]
January 2025: New Working Paper! 'More than just lunch: School-meal subsidies and language proficiency' (with Samuel Lado), IZA Discussion Paper no. 17631. [link]
January 2025: New Working Paper! 'Gender bias in student evaluations of teaching: Do debiasing campaings work?' (with Camila Zamora), IZA Discussion Paper no. 17632. [link]