EDUCATION

1993-1998 Ph.D., Economics, Boston University

1993-1996 M.A., Political Economy, Boston University

1988-1993 Llicenciatura en Ciències Econòmiques i Empresarials, Universitat de Barcelona

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

Since 2004 Assistant professor, UAB, Department of Economics and Economic History

NON-ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

2000 - 2004 Researcher, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. , Washington, D.C.

http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/

1998 - 1999 Economist, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC

www.federalreserve.gov/

1997-1998 Research Fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.

http://www.brook.edu/

OTHER AFFILIATIONS

From 2009- MOVE research fellow

http://movebarcelona.eu/

From 2009- CREMed, Research Affiliate

www.cremed.eu

From 2008- INSIDE-Spain, Member

http://www.inside.org.es/en/spain_frames.html

From 2007- Fundación de Estudios de Economía Aplicada (FEDEA), Research Affiliate

http://www.fedea.es/

From 2004- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Research Fellow

http://www.iza.org/

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Labor Economics, Migration, Social Cohesion, Evaluation of Public Policy, and Gender Issues

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Female, born in 1970 in Barcelona, Spain. Citizen of Spain, France, and the United States of America

One daughter (born in 2006), one son (born in 2008), and one step-son (born in 1996)

LANGUAGES

Perfectly fluent in French (Baccalauréat Français), English, Spanish, and Catalan (Certificat nivell C).