Research Fields:

• Labour Economics
• Political Economy
• Economics of Gender
• Development Economics

Publications

• Can Gender Parity Break the Glass Ceiling? Evidence from a Repeated Randomized Experiment
  (joint with Manuel Bagues, Carlos III) Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 77(4), October 2010
  Press: Articles based on this paper appeared in Voxeu.org, Sociedad Abierta (in Spanish), the Spanish business magazine 'La Gaceta de los Negocios', and the Spanish newspapers 'El País' , 'La Vanguardia' and 'Cinco Días' (all in Spanish). It was also featured in the main Spanish radio station, Cadena Ser (here)
  
• Voter Turnout in a Multidimensional Policy Space
  (joint with Rafael Hortalà-Vallvé, LSE) Economics of Governance, Vol. 12(1), March 2011
• Voter Turnout and Electoral Competition in a Multidimensional Policy Space
  (joint with Rafael Hortalà-Vallvé) European Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 27(2), June 2011
• Are Women Pawns in the Political Game? Evidence from Elections to the Spanish Senate
  (joint with Manuel Bagues) Journal of Public Economics, forthcoming
  Press: Articles based on this paper appeared in Voxeu.org, Peruprensa.org (in Spanish), the economics blog Nadaesgratis.es (in Spanish). It was also mentioned in a speech given by the President of the Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission (CNMV) (here)
  

Working papers

• Politicians' Luck of the Draw: Evidence from the Spanish Christmas Lottery
  (joint with Manuel Bagues) Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Political Economy
  Press: Articles based on this paper appeared in the blog Improbable Research, the economics blog Nadaesgratis.es (in Spanish), and the newspapers Diari de Balears (in Catalan) and Levante (in Spanish)
• Gender Discrimination and Growth: Theory and Evidence from India
• Dowry in Rural Bangladesh: Participation as Insurance against Divorce

Work in progress

• The Effect of Ballot Order: Evidence from the Spanish Senate
  (joint with Manuel Bagues)
• Top Civil Service: Meritocracy or Nepotism?
  (joint with Manuel Bagues)
• Performance Pay and Judicial Production: Evidence from Spain
  (joint with Manuel Bagues)
• Gender and Overconfidence in Selection Processes: Evidence from Public Examinations
  (joint with Manuel Bagues)

Other

• Operationalizing Pro-Poor Growth: India Case Study
  (joint with Tim Besley and Robin Burgess, LSE)
• The Policy Origins of Poverty and Growth in India
  (joint with Tim Besley and Robin Burgess, LSE), Chapter 3 in Delivering on the Promise of Pro-Poor Growth, ed. by Tim Besley and Louise Cord (Palgrave Macmillan and The World Bank, 2006) (a shorter version has been published as an article in Poverty in Focus, March 2007, published by the International Poverty Centre, United Nations Development Programme), pp.18-19
• Selección y Rendimiento en la Función Pública
  (joint with Manuel Bagues)
  Chapter in La Ley de Economía Sostenible y las reformas estructurales: 25 propuestas, ed. by Manuel Bagues, Jesús Fernández-Villaverde and Luis Garicano (eBook on Spain's 'Sustainable Economy' Act, published by FEDEA, March 2010), pp. 134-39 (in Spanish). The chapter was cited by the Spanish newspaper 'Cinco Días'.