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Professor Almudena Sevilla

Professor of Economic and Social Policy

About

Almudena Sevilla is a Professor of Economic and Social Policy in the Department of Social Policy at LSE, and has been appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her contributions to economics and the advancement of women in the field.

She is currently the Founding Chair of the Royal Economic Society UK Women in Economics Network and the LSE Women in Social and Public Policy Research Hub. She has also held positions at University College London, Queen Mary University, University of Oxford, University of Essex, and the Congressional Budget Office in Washington DC. She received her Ph.D. from Brown University in 2004 in the fields of family and population economics and econometrics.

Professor Sevilla holds key leadership positions in major economic associations, has recently been elected President of the Society of the Economics of the Household, and is a sought-after speaker at leading academic and policy forums where she discusses women's roles in the economy.

Key Published Work

Nollenberger, N., Rodríguez-Planas, N., & Sevilla, A. (2016). The math gender gap: The role of culture. American Economic Review, 106(5), 257-61. DOI: 10.1257/aer.p20161121

Amuedo-Dorantes, C., Arenas-Arroyo, E., & Sevilla, A. (2018). Immigration enforcement and economic resources of children with likely unauthorized parents. Journal of Public Economics, 158, 63-78. Read here.

Borra, C., González, L., & Sevilla, A. (2016). Birth timing and neonatal health. American Economic Review, 106(5), 329-32. DOI: 10.1257/aer.p20161123

Sevilla, A., & Smith, S. (2020). Baby steps: The gender division of childcare during the COVID-19 pandemic. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 36 (Supplement_1), S169-S186, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/graa027

Sevilla, A., Phimister, A., Krutikova, S., Kraftman, L., Farquharson, C., Dias, MC, Cattan, S., & Andrew, A.(2020). How are mothers and fathers balancing work and family under lockdown? (IFS Briefing Note; No. 290).
https://doi. org/10.1920/BN. IFS. 2020. BN0290

Sevilla, A. (2020). Gender economics: an assessment. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 36(4), 725-742.
https://academic.oup.com/oxrep/article-abstract/36/4/725/6124296