PhD, Northwestern University
Libertad González is a professor of Economics at Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Affiliated Professor of the BSE. She holds a PhD in Economics from Northwestern University, and has been a visiting scholar at Columbia University and Boston University.
Her research lies in the areas of Labor, Public, and Health Economics. She has worked on topics that include the economic effects of immigration, and the effects of public policy on fertility, female labor supply, and child health.
She has published in journals such as the Journal of the European Economic Association, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, the Journal of Human Resources, the European Economic Review, the Journal of Applied Econometrics, Labor Economics, etc.
- ICREA Acadèmia Grants (2015-20; 2020-25)
- BSE - "la Caixa" Foundation Research Grants on Socioeconomic Well-being (2017)
- European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant: "The Causal Effect of Public Policy and Income on Child Health and Human Capital" (2017)
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Working Papers
Changing Gender Norms across Generations: Evidence from a Paternity Leave Reform
Publications
Open Access Libertad González and Sofia Trommlerová
Open Access
Cash Transfers before Pregnancy and Infant Health
Journal of Health Economics, Vol.83, May 2022, 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2022.102622Open Access
Lídia Farré, Yarine Fawaz, Libertad González and Jennifer Graves
Gender Inequality in Paid and Unpaid Work During Covid-19 Times
Review of Income and Wealth, December 2021, 10.1111/roiw.12563
Libertad González and Ana Rodriguez-Gonzalez