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Almudena Sevilla Sanz
Queen Mary University of London
Last updated on February 2013
PhD Economics, Brown University, 2004
M.Sc. in Economics, Brown University (USA), 2000
M.Sc. in Economics and Finance, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Spain), 1999
B.A. in Economics, Universidad de Valladolid (Spain), 1998
B.A. in Business Administration, Universidad de Valladolid (Spain), 1996
Professional Appointments:
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Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7882 5617
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7882 3615
E-mail: a.sevilla@qmul.ac.uk
URL:
http://www.economics.ox.ac.uk/index.php/staff/sevilla/
May 2011-Present Senior Lecturer in Economics, Queen Mary University of London, UK
November 2006- May 2011Senior Research at the Department of Economics and Centre for Time Use
Research, University of Oxford, UK
October 2005- October 2006 Senior Research Officer at the Institute for Social and Economic Research,
University of Essex, UK
September 2004-September 2005 Research Economist at the Congressional Budget Office (Long Term
Modeling Group), Washington DC, USA
Affiliations:
2011- Present Research Fellow IZA Institute for the Study of Labor, Germany
2011- Present Research Fellow at Centre for Time Use Research (CTUR), University of Oxford, UK
2006- Present Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex, UK
Teaching and Research Fields:
Population Economics, Retirement, Consumption, Health Economics
Publications in Refereed Journals:
1 Susan Himmelweit, Christina Santos, Almudena Sevilla, and Catherine Sofer (2013), “Sharing of
Resources within the Household and the Economics of the Family”, forthcoming in the Journal of
Marriage and the Family.
2 Luengo-Prado, M. J. and Sevilla, A. (2013), Time to Cook: Expenditure at Retirement in Spain. The
Economic Journal. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2012.02546.x
3 Borra, C.,Sevilla, A.,Gershuny, J. (2013), Calibrating Time-Use Estimates for the British Household
Panel Survey. Social Indicators Research 109. DOI 10.1007/s11205-012-0198-2
4 Furtado, D., Marcen, M. and Sevilla, A. (2013), “Does Culture Affect Divorce Decisions? Evidence
from European Immigrants in the US”, Demography. DOI 10.1007/s13524-012-0180-2
5 Iacovou, M. and Sevilla, A. (2012), "Feeding Infants to a Schedule Is Associated with Better
Maternal Wellbeing but Poorer Cognitive Development: A Population-based Cohort Study”, The
European Journal of Public Health, DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks012.
6 Gimenez-Nadal J.I. and Sevilla, A. (2012). "Trends in Time Allocation: A Cross-Country Analysis",
The European Economic Review, Volume 56, Issue 6, August, Pages 1338–1359 DOI :
10.1016/j.euroecorev.2012.02.011.

7 Sevilla, A., Gimenez-Nadal, J.I. and Gershuny, J. (2012). "Leisure Inequality in the US: 1965-
2003", Demography, Springer, vol. 49(3), pages 939-964, August, DOI: 10.1007/s13524-012-0100-
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8 Borra, C., Iacovou, M. and Sevilla, A. (2012). “The Effect of Breastfeeding on Children's Cognitive
and Non-Cognitive Development”, Labour Economics, Volume 19, Issue 4, Pages 496-515
August, DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2012.05.007.
9 Gimenez-Nadal,J.I, Molina, J.A., and Sevilla-Sanz, A. (2012). "Household Division of Labor,
Partnerships and Children: Evidence from Europe", Review of the Economics of the Household, vol.
10(2), pages 215-236, June, DOI: 10.1007/s11150-011-9120-y.
10 de Laat, J., and Sevilla-Sanz, A. (2011). "The Fertility and Women's Labor Force Participation
puzzle in OECD Countries: The Role of Men's Home Production", Feminist Economics, Taylor and
Francis Journals, vol. 17(2), pages 87-119.
11 Bryan, M.L., and Sevilla-Sanz, A. (2011). "Does housework lower wages? Evidence for Britain",
Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 63(1), pages 187-210, January.
12 Gimenez-Nadal, J.I., and Sevilla-Sanz, A., (2010). "The Time-Crunch Paradox", Social Indicators
Research (2010), 102(2), pages 181-196.
13 Sevilla-Sanz, A., (2010)."Household division of labor and cross-country differences in household
formation rates", Journal of Population Economics, Springer, vol. 23(1), pages 225-249, January.
14 Sevilla-Sanz, A., Gimenez-Nadal, J.I, and Fernandez, C. (2010)."Gender Roles and the Division of
Unpaid Work in Spanish Households", Feminist Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 16(4),
pages 137-184.
Research Papers under Review:
“Immigration and Parental Time Investments in Children of College-educated Women in the U.S”, with
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes (San Diego State University), under review at Journal of Human Resources.
“The Effect of House Prices on Consumption: A Replication and Comparison Exercise”, with Annalisa
Cristini (University of Bergamo) in the University of Oxford Department of Economics Series Ref: 589,
August 2011, under second round revision in Economica.
“Work Rhythms: Evidence from U.S. Time Diary Data 1965-2003”, with Jose Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal
(University of Zaragoza), under review at Labour Economics.
Dissertation Supervision:
“Time Use within the Household: Household Production, Work-Life Balance and Racial Discrimination”
by Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, University of Zaragoza. Defense: June, 2010
“Marital and Parenting Bargaining: Divorce, Inter-generational Transfers, and Caring ” by Miriam
Marcem, University of Zaragoza. Defense: October, 2010
Dissertation Examination Board:
“Diverging Parenting and Children’s Lives: Education, Gender, Class, and Institutions”, by Pablo Garcia,
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Defense July 2012
“Essays on the Economics of Family Formation, Dissolution, and Bargaining”, by Pablo Brasiolo,
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Defense May 2012
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Graduate Courses Taught:
Immigration Flows (University of Seville), MSc European Studies, lecturer, 2011
Economics of the Family (University of Zaragoza), MSc Economics and Finance, lecturer, 2010
Undergraduate Courses Taught:
BUS208 Microeconomics for Managers (Queen Mary University of London), Lecturer 2012
Empirical Labour Economics (University of Oxford), Lecturer 2012
Public Economics (University of Oxford), College Lecturer, 2009
EC0011 Principles in Economics (Brown University), Lecturer, 2003
EC0911 Globalization and Economics (Brown University), Lecturer, 2003
EC0131 Labor Economics (Brown University), Lecturer, 2003
EC0903 Microeconomics - Economic Policy (Brown University), Lecturer, 2002
Conference Presentations:
Society Society for Population Studies, Nottingham (UK), September 2012
Meeting of the European Society of Population Economics, Bern (Switzerland), June 2012
Conference of the International Association of Time Use Research, Oxford (UK), August 2011
Meeting of the European Society of Population Economics, Hangzhou (China), June 2011
The Royal Economic Society Annual Conference, London (UK), April 2011
Population Association of America Meeting, Washington DC (US), March 2011
Simposio de Analisis Económico, Madrid (Spain), December 2010
Conference of the International Association of Time Use Research, Paris (France), July 2010
4th ESRC Research Methods Festival, St Catherine's College (Oxford), July 2010
COSME Workshop, Madrid (Spain), June 2010
Within Household Inequalities and Public Policy: Workshop, Oxford (UK), March 2010
Microeconometric Network in Copenhagen, Copenhagen (Dennmark), July 2009
Meeting of the European Economic Association, Seville (Spain), June 2009
COSME Workshop, Madrid (Spain), June 2009
Annual Meeting of the European Association of Labour Economists, Amsterdam (The Netherlands),
September 2008
Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Milan (Italy), August 2008
Microeconometric Network in Copenhagen, Copenhagen (Dennmark), July 2008
Meeting of the European Society for Population Economics, London (UK), June 2008
I Workshop in Gender Economics, Granada (Spain), June 2008
Annual Meeting of the European Economic Association, Budapest (Hungary), August 2007
Meeting of the European Society for Population Economics, Chicago (USA), February 2007
Conference of the British Household Panel Survey, Essex (UK), May 2007
VII Jornadas de Economía Laboral, MasPalomas (Spain), June 2007
II Workshop on "Economics of the Family", Zaragoza (Spain), October 2006
Simposio de Analisis Económico, Madrid (Spain), December 2006
Meeting of the European Society for Population Economics, Verona (Italy), June 2006
Fifth IZA/SOLE Transatlantic Meeting, Munich (Germany), May 2006
Meeting of the European Society for Population Economics, Paris (France), June 2005
Annual Conference of the Population Association of America, Philadelphia (USA), February 2005
Annual Conference of the America Economic Association, Philadelphia (USA), January 2005
Annual Meeting of the Econometric Society, Madrid (Spain), August 2004
Annual Meeting European Economic Association, Madrid (Spain), August 2004
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Meeting of the European Society for Population Economics, Bergen (Norway), June 2004
Annual Conference of the Population Association of America, Boston (USA), February 2004
Annual Conference of the Population Association of America, Minneapolis (USA), March 2003
Spring Meeting of Young Economists, Leuven (Belgium), April 2003
Seminar Presentations:
University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (Spain) 2012
University Carlos III, Madrid (Spain) 2012
Queen Mary University, London (UK) 2011
City University, London (UK) 2011
Institute of Aging, University of Oxford, Oxford (UK) 2011
University of Seville, Seville (Spain) 2011
University of Bristol, Bristol (UK) 2011
CEMFI, Madrid (Spain) 2010
University of Zaragoza, (Spain) 2009
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, (Spain) 2007
University of Zaragoza, III Workshop on "Economics of the Family", (Spain) 2007
University of Zaragoza, (Spain) 2006
University of Vigo, (Spain) 2006
Royal Holloway Univeristy, (UK) 2006
University of Essex, (UK) 2005
Congressional Budget Office, (USA) 2005
Northeastern University, (USA) 2004
Brown University Population Studies and Training Center, (USA) 2004
University of Connecticut, (USA) 2004
Carlos III University, (Spain) 2004
FEDEA, (Spain) 2004
University of Alicante, (Spain) 2004
Invited Policy Meetings:
About Time- Examining the case for a shorter working week, The New Economics Foundation and CASE
(LSE) London (UK) 2012
Early intervention and social mobility: Are pro-breastfeeding policies worth it?, A policy discussion at the
British Academy, London (UK) 2012
Within Household Inequalities and Public Policy (Gender Equality Network) expert workshop,
Department of Social Policy and Social Work (University of Oxford), March 2010
Meeting of Time Use Experts”, UNIFEM, Mexico DF, (Mexico) 2009
London School of Economics, Gender Network. Seminar: "Low Fertility in Industrialized Countries",
London (UK) 2007
“Gender and Work Family Balance”, Statistics Canada (Canada) 2006
Staff Development and Training
PGCAP 2012-2013
Media Training Course, QM (UK) 2012
ESRC Peer Review College Briefing Event, London School of Economics (UK) 2012
UK Data Archive Seminar on Data management planning and practices for ESRC Research Centres and
Programmes, Royal Statistical Society London (UK) 2011
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Editorial work:
Editorial Board for the Review of the Economics of the Household, Economic and Business Letters.
Referee work:
Referee for “Advances in Life Course Research”, "Journal of Consumer Policy", "Demographic
Research", "Demography", "Economic Inquiry", "Economic Modelling", "Economics of Education
Review", "Feminist Economics", "Hacienda Publica Espanola", "Journal of Family and Economic
Issues", "Labour Economics", “Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics”, "Population Economics",
“Review of Economic Dynamics", "Review of the Economics of the Household", "Sociological
Methodology", "Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics"
Grant Assessor:
December 2012-Present: ESRC academic member on the ESRC Peer Review College.
Professional Memberships:
Member of the American Economic Association (AEA), British Society of Population Studies (BSPS),
Committee for the Status of Women in the Economic Profession (CSWEP), COSME (Comite sobre la
Integracion de la Mujer en la Economia), the European Association of Labor Economics (EALE), the
European Econometric Society (ESEM), the European Economic Association (EEA), the European
Society for Population Economics (ESPE), the International Association for Time Use Research
(IATUR), the Population Association of America (PAA), the Royal Economic Society, the Women's
Budget Group (WBG)
Awarded Research Grants:
2005-2008 Grant from the Spanish Ministry of Education (SEJ2005-06522/ECON). Title:
"Transferencias intergeneracionales y el bienestar de la población: inversión en el capital humano"
(award amount: TBA €). PI: Jose Alberto Molina
2012-2013 Grant from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Title: “Parental Time
Investment in Children: Implications for Inequality”, grant ES/TBA/1 (award amount: £81,237.00). PI:
Almudena Sevilla-Sanz
2011-2012 Grant from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Title: “Flexible Working and
Couples’ Coordination of Time Schedules”, with Mark Bryan (University of Essex), grant ES/J003271/1
(award amount: £41,434.00). PI: Almudena Sevilla-Sanz
2008-2010 Grant from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) . Title: “The Effects of
Breastfeeding on Children, Mothers and Employers”, with Emilia del Bono, Maria Iacovou, and Birgitta
Rabe, grant RES-062-23-1693 (award amount: £194,599.79). PI: Emilia del Bono
2008-2012 Grant from the Spanish Ministry of Education (ECO2008/01297). Title: "Family, Population,
and Welfare" (award amount: 36.905 €). PI: Jose Alberto Molina
2005-2008 Grant from the Spanish Ministry of Education (SEJ2005-06522/ECON). Title: "Family
Decisions, Efficient Bargaining and Welfare" (award amount: 39.984 €). PI: Jose Alberto Molina
Awarded Grants for Teaching Innovation:
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2010-2011 “The Smartpen in the University”, with Miriam Marcén, Teaching Innovation Project PIIDUZ
2010 – 2, University of Zaragoza
2010-2011 “Study Time Management in Economics”, with Miriam Marcén, Teaching Innovation Project
PIIDUZ 2010 – 4, University of Zaragoza
2009-2010 "Time management in the Social Sciences ", with Miriam Marcén y Noemí Martínez,
Teaching Innovation Project PIIDUZ_09_4_101, University of Zaragoza. Published as “Gestión eficiente
del tiempo de los universitarios: evidencias para estudiantes de primer curso de la Universidad de
Zaragoza” Revista Innovar Journal, 2012, 22 (43), 117-130.
2008-2009 “Effective Learning in the Classroom”, with Miriam Marcén, Teaching Innovation Project
PIIDUZ_08_2_314, University of Zaragoza
Honors, Scholarships, and Fellowships:
2004 Marie J. Langlois Prize for an Outstanding Dissertation in the Area of Gender
2003-2004 Brown University Dissertation Fellowship
2000-2002 La Caixa Doctoral Fellowship
1998-2000 Ministerio de Educación y Cultura Doctoral Fellowship
Additional Information:
Languages Fluent in English, Spanish (native) and German
Computing Mathematical-Statistical: Proficient in Stata, Maple, Matlab. Programming Languages:
Proficient in FORTRAN 90/95, HTML
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