My main research interests are in the broad fields of applied microeconometrics and health economics. My current research encompass health and human capital formation; the economics of addiction and health-behaviours; the role of noncognitive skills in human development and the impact of health on labour supply.

I am interested in supervising students on a wide range of empirical microeconomic issues in health economics.

Applied microeconometrics

Health Economics, Labour Economics 

Biography

I am an Associate Professor (with tenure) in Economics at the Department of Economic Analysis: Economic Theory and Economic History, Autonoma University of Madrid, Spain.  

I am a Visiting Researcher affiliated to the Health Economics at Lancaster (HEAL) research group; an IZA Research Fellow; a Faculty Associate at the Canadian Centre for Health Economics, University of Toronto, and an External Affiliate to the Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG), University of York.

Previously, I was a Senior Lecturer in Health Economics at Lancaster University and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, UK.

I have held visiting positions at the Universitat de Barcelona (UB); Carlos III (Madrid); CEMFI (Madrid); Curtin (Perth); Monash (Melbourne) where I was Visiting Academic at the Monash Centre for Health Economics (CHE) between 2006-08; and Toronto (UT). I hold a PhD in Economics awarded by the University of York.

Professional roles and affiliations

American Society of Health Economics (ASHE) - Member

Canadian Centre for Health Economics (CCHE) - Faculty Associate  

European Economic Association (EEA) - Member

Health Economics at Lancaster (HEAL), Lancaster University - Affiliate

Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG), University of York - Affiliate

International Health Economics Association (iHEA) - Member

International Microsimulation Association (IMA) - Member

IZA - Research Fellow