My Research Papers
Divorce
“The Risk of
Divorce and Household Saving Behavior” (with Berkay
Ozcan), IZA Discussion Paper No. 3726, September 2008 (This version: January 2012).
Revised and resubmitted to the Journal of
Human Resources. (Additional
tables)
Media
coverage:
“The
Long-Term Effects of Legalizing Divorce on Children” (with Tarja
Viitanen), IZA Discussion Paper 3789, October 2008. (This version: September
2009)
“Female
Labor Supply and Divorce: New Evidence from Ireland” (with Olivier Bargain,
Claire Keane and Berkay Ozcan). IZA Discussion Paper No. 4959, May 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, August 2008 (see article),
Servicio de Información y Noticias
Científicas, May 2009 (see article),
Danish newspaper
Politiken, May 2009 (see article).
Immigration
“Immigration
and Housing Booms: Evidence from Spain” (with Francesc Ortega). CReAM
Discussion Paper No 19/09, July 2009 (This version: October 2009).
“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). 
Family policy
“The
Effects of a Universal Child Benefit” Revise and resubmit, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
(see
an earlier related opinion article in Sociedad Abierta, July 2007).
Media
coverage: Nada es Gratis, April 2011 (see post),
Rebelión,
May 2010 (see article).
“Targeting Fertility and Female Participation through the
Income Tax” (with
Ghazala Azmat) Labour Economics 17(3):
487–502 (2010).
Single mothers
“The Determinants of the Prevalence of
Single Mothers: A Cross-Country Analysis.” IZA Discussion Paper No. 1677,
July 2005.
Media
coverage: The Sunday Times, September 2003 (see article).
“Single Mothers, Welfare, and Incentives to Work.” LABOUR: Review of
Labour Economics and Industrial Relations 22 (3): 447–468 (2008).
“Single Mothers in Europe: A Decomposition Approach.” In Demographic Economics Research Perspectives, Edited by Paul
E. Gordeev, Nova Publishers (2008).
Media
coverage: New York Times “Room for Debate”, May 2009 (see post).
“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, August
2006 (see article),
BBC Radio 4,
September 2006 (listen to interview).
“Single Mothers
and Work.” Socio-Economic Review
2: 285-313 (2004).
Other
topics
“Forest fires and the housing boom:
Evidence from Spain.” UPF Working Paper No. 1060, October 2007. (This
version: July 2009)
“Sex
Segregation in College and Family Formation” (with Pablo Brassiolo)
“Nonparametric
Bounds on the Returns to Language Skills.” Journal of Applied Econometrics 20(6): 771-795 (2005).