sample of publications

• articles 

  • From dual to unified employment protection: Transition and steady state.  Quantitative Economics.  12:547-585. 2021
  • Monetary policy and inequality under labor market frictions and capital-skill complementarity.  American Economic Journal-Macroeconomics.  13:292-332. 2021
  • Quantile Factor Models.  ECONOMETRICA.  89:875-910. 2021
  • LM Tests for Joint Breaks in the Dynamics and Level of a Long-Memory Time Series.  Journal of Business and Economic Statistics.  1-22. 2021
  • The changing nature of gender selection into employment over the great recession.  ECONOMIC POLICY.  35:635-677. 2020
  • Past, present and future of the Spanish labour market: when the pandemic meets the megatrends.  Applied Economic Analysis.  29:21-41. 2020
  • Dual employment protection and (lack of) on-the-job training: PIAAC evidence for Spain and other European countries.  Series-Journal of the Spanish Economic Association.  8:345-371. 2017
  • Does dual employment protection affect TFP? Evidence from Spanish manufacturing firms.  Series-Journal of the Spanish Economic Association.  7:421-459. 2016
  • Gender Gaps in Performance Pay: New Evidence from Spain.  Annals of Economics and Statistics (Annals of Economics and Statistics).  41-59. 2015
  • Detecting big structural breaks in large factor models.  JOURNAL OF ECONOMETRICS.  180:30-48. 2014
  • The Effects of Global Shocks on Small Commodity-Exporting Economies: Lessons from Canada.  American Economic Journal-Macroeconomics.  6:207-237. 2014
  • On gender gaps and self-fulfilling expectations: alternative implications of paid-for training.  ECONOMIC INQUIRY.  51:1829-1848. 2013
  • Youth unemployment.  Intereconomics.  48:196-235. 2013
  • Reforming an insider-outsider labor market: the Spanish experience.  IZA Journal of Labor Policy.  1:1-29. 2012
  • Are men and women-economists evenly distributed across research fields? Some new empirical evidence.  Series-Journal of the Spanish Economic Association.  3:367-393. 2012
  • The pros and cons of the latest labour market reform in Spain.  Spanish labour law and employment relations journal.  1:22-30. 2012
  • Two-Tier Labour Markets in the Great Recession: France Versus Spain.  ECONOMIC JOURNAL.  122:155-187. 2012
  • On gender Gaps and self-fulfilling expectations: alternative implications of paid-for training.  ECONOMIC INQUIRY.  51:1829-1848. 2012
  • Comments on: Some recent theory for autoregressive count time series.  TEST.  21:442-446. 2012
  • The new new labour market reform in Spain: Objectives, instruments, and shortcomings.  CESifo DICE Report.  10:3-7. 2012
  • El conflicto entre la demanda de flexibilidad laboral y la resistencia a la reforma del mercado de trabajo en España.  Papeles de economía española.  84-96. 2010
  • Which Factors Determine Academic Performance of Economics Freshers?: Some Spanish Evidence.  Investigaciones Economicas.  33:179-210. 2009
  • On-the-Job Search in a Matching Model with Heterogeneous Jobs and Workers.  ECONOMIC JOURNAL.  119:200-228. 2009
  • Does Immigration Affect the Phillips Curve?: Some Evidence from Spain.  EUROPEAN ECONOMIC REVIEW.  52:1398-1423. 2008
  • Ceilings or Floors? Gender Wage Gaps by Education in Spain.  JOURNAL OF POPULATION ECONOMICS.  21:751-776. 2008
  • Two-Tier Employment Protection Reforms: The Spanish Experience.  CESifo DICE Report (CESifo DICE Report).  6:49-56. 2008
  • Wald Tests of I(1) against I(d) Alternatives: Some New Properties and an Extension to Processes with Trending Components.  STUDIES IN NONLINEAR DYNAMICS AND ECONOMETRICS.  12 :1-32. 2008
  • Ceilings or floors? Gender wage gaps by education in Spain (Journal of Population Economics DOI: 10.1007/s00148-006-0128-1).  JOURNAL OF POPULATION ECONOMICS.  21:777-778. 2008

• book chapters 

  • Economía laboral y big data: panorámica sobre técnicas de regularización en la evaluación de efectos causales. In: Análisis econométrico y big data.  FUNDACIÓN DE LOS BANCOS Y CAJAS DE CECA (FUNCAS). 49-69. 2021
  • Dual Labour Markets Revisited. In: Oxford Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance.  OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS. 2020
  • European Union Dual Labour Markets: Consequences and Potential Reforms. In: Economics without Borders.  CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS. 73-112. 2017
  • Comentario: las diferentes explicaciones del desempleo en España y sus consecuencias para la política de empleo. In: El mercado de trabajo en la obra de Luis Toharia.  MINISTERIO DE TRABAJO Y ECONOMÍA SOCIAL. 125-130. 2012
  • Remuneración por rendimiento y diferencial salarial de género en España. In: Talento, esfuerzo y movilidad social.  Fundación de Estudios de Economía Aplicada (FEDEA). 231-270. 2011
  • Paro y empleo temporal durante la crisis: una comparación entre Francia y España. In: La crisis de la economía española: análisis económico de la Gran Recesión.  FUNDACION DE ESTUDIOS DE ECONOMIA APLICADA. 311-350. 2010
  • Ajuste ocupacional y pluriempleo de los médicos: ¿importan las parejas?. In: La feminización de las profesiones sanitarias.  Fundación BBVA (FBBVA). 199-251. 2010
  • Diferencias de género y temporalidad: el caso de los profesionales superiores en el sector sanitario en España. In: La feminización de las profesiones sanitarias.  Fundación BBVA (FBBVA). 97-134. 2010
  • Simple Wald Tests of the Fractional Integration Parameter: An Overview of New Results. In: The Methodology and Practice in Econometrics: A Festschrift in Honour of David F. Hendry.  UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. 300-321. 2009
  • Investigación. In: Libro blanco de la universidad digital 2010.  EDITORIAL ARIEL, S.A.. 63-82. 2008

• books 

  • No country for young people? : youth labour market problems in Europe.  London: CEPR Press. 2015
  • La crisis de la economía española: análisis económico de la gran recesión.  MADRID: Fundación de Estudios de Economía Aplicada (FEDEA). 2010

• conference contributions 

  • Do Men and Women-Economist Choose the Same Research Fields?: Evidence from Top-50 Departments? 2008
  • Do Men and Women-Economist Choose the Same Research Fields?: Evidence from Top-50 Departments? 2008
  • Do Men and Women-Economist Choose the Same Research Fields?: Evidence from Top-50 Departments? 2008
  • Does Immigration Affect the Phillips Curve?: Some Evidence from Spain 2008
  • Does Immigration Affect the Phillips Curve?: Some Evidence from Spain 2008
  • Does Immigration Affect the Phillips Curve?: Some Evidence from Spain 2008
  • On Gender Gaps and Self-fulfilling Expectations: Theory, Policies and Some Evidence 2008
  • On Gender Gaps and Self-fulfilling Expectations: Theory, Policies and Some Evidence 2008
  • On Gender Gaps and Self-fulfilling Expectations: Theory, Policies and Some Evidence 2008
  • On Gender Gaps and Self-fulfilling Expectations: Theory, Policies and Some Evidence 2008
  • Simple Wald Test of the Frantional Integration Parameter: An Overview of New Results 2008
  • Simple Wald Tests of the Fractional Integration Parameter: An Overview of New Results 2008
  • Testing for I(d) Against I(1) with Wald Tests: Some New Properties and an Extension to Processes with Trending Components ? 2008
  • The International Migration System Today and in the Years Ahead, and Implications for Policy 2008

• working papers 

  • Quantile Factor Models 2020
  • Quantile Factor Models 2017
  • The effects of global shocks on small commodity-exporting economies: new evidence from Canada 2012
  • Does dual employment protection affect TFP? Evidence from Spanish manufacturing firms 2012
  • Detecting big structural breaks in large factor models 2011
  • The Effect of Public Sector Employment on Women's Labour Market Outcomes 2011
  • The Effect of Public Sector Employment on Women's Labour Market Outcomes 2011
  • The Effect of Public Sector Employment on Women's Labour Market Outcomes 2011
  • Detecting big structural breaks in large factor models 2011
  • Does dual employment protection affect TFP? Evidence from Spanish manufacturing firms 2011
  • Two-Tier Labor Markets in the Great Recession: France vs. Spain 2010
  • Performance Pay and the Gender Wage Gap: Evidence from Spain 2010
  • Do Temporary Contracts Affect TFP?: Evidence from the Spanish Manufacturing Firms 2008
  • Do Temporary Contracts Affect TFP?: Evidence from the Spanish Manufacturing Firms 2008
  • Simple Wald test of the Fractional Integration Parameter: An Overview of New Results 2008