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:
November 2024: New funding! 'Paternity leave reforms in Spain: Impacts on fertility and labour market outcomes', Women Institute, Spanish Ministry of Equality (PI).
November 2024: New publication! Ayllón, S.; Brugarolas, P.; Lado, S. (2024). 'New estimates for inequality of opportunity in Europe using elastic net algorithms', Applied Economics Letters, forthcoming.
March 2024: Two new book chapters! Take a look (open access):
- Ayllón, S.; Brugarolas, P.; Lado, S. (2024). ‘ICT use and children’s self-reported life satisfaction’ in Understanding the everyday digital lives of children and young people, ed. H. B. Holmarsdottir, I. Seland, C. Hyggen, M. Roth, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 239-280. [link]
- Ayllón, S.; Lado, S.; Symeonaki, M. (2024). ‘Digitally disengaged and digitally unconfident children in Europe’ in Understanding the everyday digital lives of children and young people, ed. H. B. Holmarsdottir, I. Seland, C. Hyggen, M. Roth, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 27-56. [link]
February 2024: CALL FOR PAPERS! In the framework of the project "SCHOOL_MEALS" we are organising a workshop on the causal impact of school-meal programmes on child development. Deadline: 30th June 2024 [call for papers]
December 2023: I was interviewed in the Catalan TV channel to discuss on school meals. See video from 4.50' [video]
November 2023: I was interviewed in the national newspaper "El País" to talk about school meals [link and pdf]
Next venues:
- Meta-Analysis of Economics Research Network Annual (MAER) Conference (Augsburg)
- European Association of Labour Economists (EALE) Annual Conference (Bergen)
- ESPAnet 2024 (European Network for Social Policy Analysis) (Tampere)
- Workshop “Economics of Childhood Nutrition” (London)
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:
November 2024: New funding! 'Paternity leave reforms in Spain: Impacts on fertility and labour market outcomes', Women Institute, Spanish Ministry of Equality (PI).
November 2024: New publication! Ayllón, S.; Brugarolas, P.; Lado, S. (2024). 'New estimates for inequality of opportunity in Europe using elastic net algorithms', Applied Economics Letters, forthcoming.
March 2024: Two new book chapters! Take a look (open access):
- Ayllón, S.; Brugarolas, P.; Lado, S. (2024). ‘ICT use and children’s self-reported life satisfaction’ in Understanding the everyday digital lives of children and young people, ed. H. B. Holmarsdottir, I. Seland, C. Hyggen, M. Roth, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 239-280. [link]
- Ayllón, S.; Lado, S.; Symeonaki, M. (2024). ‘Digitally disengaged and digitally unconfident children in Europe’ in Understanding the everyday digital lives of children and young people, ed. H. B. Holmarsdottir, I. Seland, C. Hyggen, M. Roth, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 27-56. [link]
February 2024: CALL FOR PAPERS! In the framework of the project "SCHOOL_MEALS" we are organising a workshop on the causal impact of school-meal programmes on child development. Deadline: 30th June 2024 [call for papers]
December 2023: I was interviewed in the Catalan TV channel to discuss on school meals. See video from 4.50' [video]
November 2023: I was interviewed in the national newspaper "El País" to talk about school meals [link and pdf]
Next venues:
- Meta-Analysis of Economics Research Network Annual (MAER) Conference (Augsburg)
- European Association of Labour Economists (EALE) Annual Conference (Bergen)
- ESPAnet 2024 (European Network for Social Policy Analysis) (Tampere)
- Workshop “Economics of Childhood Nutrition” (London)