Curriculum Vitae

 September 2008

Virginia Sánchez Marcos

Nationality: Spanish
Date of Birth: 26.10.1974

Contact information

E-mail: sanchezv@unican.es

Postal Address: Departamento de Economía
                         Universidad de Cantabria
                         Avda. Los Castros s/n
                         39005 Santander
                         Cantabria, Spain

Phone: +34 942 202025
Fax:     +34 942 201603

Education

Ph.D. in Economics. Advisors: J.V. Ríos-Rull and J. Ruiz-Castillo Ucelay. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain. 2002. 

B.A. in Economics. Universidad de Cantabria, Spain. 1996.

Research of interests

Quantitative Macroeconomics, Family Economics, Labour Market, Social Security, Housing.

Professional experience

Assistant Professor. Universidad de Cantabria. May 2002-present.

Teaching Assistant. Universidad Carlos III of Madrid. Department of Business. September 1996-August 1997.

Journal Publications

"Explaining Changes in Female Labor Supply in a Life-Cycle Model" .(Joint with O. Attanasio and H. Low). Forthcoming in American Economic Review.

"Balancing family and work: the effect of cash-benefits on working mothers" .(Joint with R. Sánchez Mangas). Forthcoming in Labour Economics.

"An Aggregate Economy with Different Size Houses".(Joint with J.V. Ríos-Rull). Forthcoming in  Journal of the European Economic Association, P&P.

"What accounts for the increase in college attainment of women?".  Forthcoming in Applied Economic Letters.

"Can Social Security be welfare improving when there is demographic uncertainty?" (with A. Sánchez Martín). Forthcoming in the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control.

"Female labor suppy as insurance against idiosyncratic risk" (with O.Attanasio and H.Low). Forthcoming in the Journal of the European Economic Association P&P 2005, 3(2-3), p.755-764.

"College attendance of women" (with J.V. Ríos-Rull). 2002. Review of Economic Dynamics, 2002. Volume 5 (4), pp. 965-998.

Work in progress

"Cross-Sectional Facts for Macroeconomists: Spain" . (Joint with J. Pijoan-Mas).

"Aggregate Shocks and the Volatility of Housing Prices" (with Jose-Víctor Ríos-Rull).

Conference Presentations

Sveriges Riksbank, Stockholom September 2008.

Simposio de Análisis Económico, Granada. December 2007.

Simposio de Análisis Económico, Oviedo. December 2006.

European of the Economic Association Annual Meeting, Viena. August 2006.

Society for Economic Dynamics Meeting, Budapest. June 2005.

IV Taller de Macroeconomía Dinámica, Granada. May 2005.

European of the Economic Association Annual Meeting, Madrid. August 2004.

III Jornadas Béticas de Macroeconomía Dinámica, Málaga. May 2004.

Society for Economic Dynamics Meeting, Paris. June 2003.

European Society for Population Economics Meeting, New York. June 2003.

Simposio de Análisis Económico, Salamanca. December 2002.

VII Workshop on Dynamic Macroeconomics, Vigo. July 2002.

Simposio de Análisis Económico, Alicante. December 2001.

Macroeconomics Perspectives on Families and Inequality, C.V. Starr, New York University. October 2001.

Society for Economic Dynamics Meeting, Stockhlom. June 2001.

V Workshop on Dynamic Macroeconomics, Vigo. July 2000.

Seminars

Fedea. 2007.

Banco de España. 2007.

Departamento de Economía. Universidad de  Vigo. 2007.

Department of Economics. University of  Toulouse. 2007.

Department of Economics. University of  Oslo. 2006.

Departamento de Economía. Universidad de  Tenerife. 2006.

Departamento de Economía. Universidad de Oviedo. 2006.

MadMac, Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros. 2004.

Department of Economics. University of  Pennsylvania.2003.

Departamento de Economía. Universidad de  Navarra.2002.

Departamento de Economía. Universidad del  País Vasco.2002.

Funded Research Projects

Fundación Ramón Areces: "Determinants of wage uncertainty and their effect on female labour supply: the family as an insurance mechanism". Research head: Josep Pijoan-Mas.