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Almudena Sevilla

Almudena Sevilla

Associate and Professor of Economic and Social Policy

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Upcoming: CEP Public Events
Women in economics: progress, challenges and perspectives

08 December 2025

Stephen Machin (CEP, LSE), Clare Lombardelli (Bank of England), Almudena Sevilla (CEP and LSE), Janet Henry (HSBC)

Explore the gender disparities in economic careers and what they mean for economics and society.... Read more...
CEP discussion papers
A new model of parental time investments: A paradigm shift for addressing gender inequality in the labor market

19 September 2025

Pilar Cuevas-Ruiz, Jose Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, Sveva Manfredi and Almudena Sevilla

This paper introduces a new framework for understanding the persistence of the motherhood penalty by emphasizing the role of on-call care. Using a pseudo-panel event study based on the 2003-2022 American Time Use Survey ... Read more...
Blog
Banning NDAs in universities is only the first step toward a better research culture

15 July 2025

Dina Rabie and Almudena Sevilla

The UK government is moving to ban non-disclosure agreements being used to silence employees who have suffered harassment or discrimination. Such a ban has already come into place in higher education, economists Dina Rab... Read more...
Journal article
Parental time investments and instantaneous well-being in the United States

01 February 2025

Steven J Bosworth, Jose Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal and Almudena Sevilla

This study investigates the relationship between maternal education, child-care time, and well-being in the United States, with a particular focus on the role of societal norms. Highly educated mothers spend more time on... Read more...
Journal article
Does the child penalty strike twice?

01 February 2025

Mette Gørtz, Sarah Sander and Almudena Sevilla

This paper compares the labor market trajectories of grandparents before and after the arrival of their first grandchild. We find gender gaps in earnings of 4 and 10 percent five and ten years, respectively, after the fi... Read more...
Journal article
The Causal Effect of an Income Shock on Children’s Human Capital

20 August 2024

Cristina Borra, Ana Costa-Ramon, Libertad Gonzalez and Almudena Sevilla

We investigate the causal impact of a generous unconditional cash transfer at birth on children's health and academic performance. Using rich administrative data, we take advantage of the unexpected introduction of a “ba... Read more...
Blog
The persisting pay gap and the motherhood penalty

20 March 2024

Almudena Sevilla

Despite progress in gender equality, the pay gap continues to be a major challenge. Policymakers are yet to understand the nuances and intricate mechanics of why women's earnings take a hit after they become mothers, arg... Read more...
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Women's representation and the gender pay gap: rank, institutional research intensity and ethnicity in UK business schools

12 March 2024

Geraldine Healy, Emily Pfefer and Almudena Sevilla

We employ a multi-faceted framework to explore the importance of women's representation to the gender pay gap (GPG) in all UK business schools to analyse an authoritative and complete administrative sample from the Highe... Read more...
Blog
The 'child penalty' creates most of the gender earnings gaps in rich countries

08 March 2024

Anneliese Dodds, Myung Jin, Camille Landais and Almudena Sevilla

After having children, women tend to change their working hours and wage rates, and even transition to new jobs. This phenomenon, known as the child penalty, explains the bulk of the gender earnings gap in developed coun... Read more...
CEP Public Events
Women, work and economics: evidence and experience

28 February 2024

Camille Landais (LSE), Almudena Sevilla (CEP and LSE), Anneliese Dodds (Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities in the UK), Felicia Odamtten (Resolution Foundation and The Black Economists Network)

An event exploring childcare and the gender pay gap around the world and an interview with Felicia Odamtten, founder of the Black Economists Network.... Read more...
Journal article
Social restrictions, leisure and well-being

06 January 2024

Francesca Foliano, Almudena Sevilla and Valentina Tonei

A wide-ranging public debate surrounds how pandemic lockdown measures differentially impacted individuals and which precise mechanisms – whether financial-, health-, or policy-driven – predominate in determining these ef... Read more...
Wellbeing Seminars
Routine-Biased Technological Change, Effort at Work, and Workers’ Well-being

06 June 2019

Almudena Sevilla (CEP and LSE)

This paper links detailed 24-hour diary surveys in the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) over the last decades to document increases in effort at work and its implications for workers well-being. We provide ... Read more...

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