RESEARCH


PUBLICATIONS

• Sexual orientation and household financial decisions: Evidence from couples in the United States
  (with B. Negrusa)
  Review of Economics of the Household, 9-4, 2011.
  

• Physical activity and obesity in Spain: evidence from the Spanish National Health Survey
  (with J. Garcia and C. Quintana-Domeque)
  The Economics of Sport, Health and Happiness: The Promotion of Well-Being through Sporting Activities; Placido Rodriguez, Stefan Kesenne and Brad Humphreys (Eds.), Chapter 3, 2011.

• Sexual orientation and household decision making. Same-sex couples balance of power and labor supply choices
  Labour Economics, 18-2, 2011. Leading article.
  

• Anthropometry and socioeconomics among couples: evidence in the United States
  (with C. Quintana-Domeque)
  Economics and Human Biology, 8-3, 2010.
  

• Endogenous minimum participation in international environmental treaties
  (with C. Carraro and C. Marchiori)
  Environmental and Resource Economics, 42-3, 2009.
  

• Quality of available mates, education and household labor supply
  (with B. Negrusa)
  Economic Inquiry, April 2008 (online); 48-3, 2010 (press).
  

• Birth control and female empowerment. An equilibrium analysis
  (with P-A. Chiappori)
  Journal of Political Economy, 116-1, 2008.
  

• Did the legalization of abortion increase women’s household bargaining power? Evidence from labor supply
  Review of Economics of the Household, 5-2, 2007.
  

WORKING PAPERS

• Black-white marital matching: Race, anthropometrics, and socioeconomics
  (with P-A. Chiappori and C. Quintana-Domeque)
  December 2011. IZA Discussion Paper 6196.
  

• Culture and household decision making: Native and foreign-born couples’ balance of power and labor supply choices in the US
  September 2011. Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas AD 2011-18.
  Submitted.
  

• Fatter attraction: Anthropometric and socioeconomic matching on the marriage market
  (with P-A. Chiappori and C. Quintana-Domeque)
  April 2010. IZA Discussion Paper 4594. Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas AD 2010-23.
  Revised and resubmitted to The Journal of Political Economy.
  

• A Matter of Weight? The Role of Spouses' Physical Attractiveness on Hours of Work
  (with C. Quintana-Domeque)
  December 2011.
  Submitted.

• Matching with a handicap: The case of smoking in the marriage market
  (with P-A. Chiappori and C. Quintana-Domeque)
  December 2010. IZA Discussion Paper 5392.
  
  
  

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