PhD, European University Institute
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Lídia Farré is a Tenured Scientist at the Institute for Economic Analysis (IAE-CSIC), Affiliated Professor at the Barcelona School of Economics, and the Program Director of the BSE Master's Program in Economics of Public Policy. She is also a Research Fellow at IZA and External fellow at CReAM (UCL).
She holds a PhD in Economics from the European University Institute (EUI). Her research interests are in the field of Labor and Public Economics with a particular focus on Gender Economics. She has published in the Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Human Resources, and the Journal of Development Economics, among others. She is Associated Editor of SERIEs – The Journal of the Spanish Economic Association and leads several research projects related to gender in the labor market financed by different institutions such as La Caixa and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation.
In 2022, she served as the president of COSME, the subcommittee of the Spanish Economic Association that is in charge of evaluating and promoting the situation of women in the Economics profession. Currently, she is a Council Board Member of Ivàlua, the Catalan Institute for Public Policy Evaluation.
Working Papers
Changing Gender Norms across Generations: Evidence from a Paternity Leave Reform
Publications
Geographic mobility of college students and the gender gap in academic aspirations
Journal of Labor Economics, Vol.90, October 2024, 10.1016/j.labeco.2024.102550Open Access
Selecting Talent. Gender Differences in Success in Competitive Selection Processes
Journal of Human Resources, Vol.58, No 6, 1881-1913, November 2023, 10.3368/jhr.0320-10767R1Commuting time and the gender gap in labor market participation
Journal of Economic Geography, Vol.23, No 4, 847–870, July 2023, 10.1093/jeg/lbac037Open Access