Empty Nest Syndrome: Parents’ Labor Supply and Well-Being

Exploring how children's departure from the household affects parents' work patterns and psychological outcomes.

Presented at: European Health Economics Association (Brussels); ECONtribute European Doctoral Program Jamboree (Bonn); PSE Behavioural Atelier (Paris); GENDHI (EHESS, Paris).

The Price of Settling Down

(with Sveva Manfredi)

Surviving School Holidays

(with Manuel E. Lago)

Inequality, Repression, and Redistributive Preferences in Catalonia

(with Stefano Falcone and Daniel Carrera)

Using a regression discontinuity design (RDD) comparing municipalities close to but on the opposite side of the historical frontier, this paper shows that the existence of this frontier separating areas conquered relatively slowly (the North of Southern Catalonia) and those conquered faster (the South of Southern Catalonia) led to ground-breaking differences in preferences for socialism and redistribution, both historically and today.

Banking Crises Without Panics

During my stay at the European Central Bank (ECB), I provided research assistance to Luc Laeven and Matthew Baron.

Presented at: European Central Bank.