Associate Professor Maria Racionero Llorente
Areas of expertise
- Microeconomic Theory 140104
- Welfare Economics 140219
- Economics Of Education 140204
- Labour Economics 140211
- Public Economics Taxation And Revenue 140215
Biography
Dr. Maria Racionero obtained the First National Prize, awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Education, upon completion of her undergraduate studies. She pursued her doctoral studies at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, within the IDEA program (International Doctorate in Economic Analysis), where she obtained both a Master and a Ph D degrees in Economics. From 1997 she benefited from a TMR European Community grant to conduct research at CORE (Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium). Her main field of research is public economic theory, with particular interest in optimal taxation theory, and her work has been published in refereed international journals (Canadian Journal of Economics, European Economic Review, European Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Oxford Economic Papers and International Tax and Public Finance).
Publications
- Del Rey, E, Racionero Llorente, M & Silva, J 2021, 'Labour market effects of reducing the gender gap in parental leave entitlements', Labour Economics, vol. 72, pp. 1-12.
- Del Rey, E, Racionero Llorente, M & Silva, J 2017, 'On the effect of parental leave duration on unemployment and wages', Economics Letters, vol. 158, pp. 14-17pp.
- Pestieau, P & Racionero Llorente, M 2016, 'Harsh occupations, health status and social security', Journal of Economics/ Zeitschrift fur Nationalokonomie, vol. 117, no. 3, pp. 239-257pp.
- Pestieau, P & Racionero Llorente, M 2016, 'Harsh occupations, life expectancy and social security', Economic Modelling, vol. 58, pp. 194-202.
- Pestieau, P & Racionero Llorente, M 2015, 'Tagging with leisure needs', Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 687-706.
- Racionero Llorente, M 2014, 'Income Contingent Loans for Higher Education and Beyond', in Bruce Chapman, Timothy Higgins & Joseph E Stiglitz (ed.), INCOME CONTINGENT LOANS: Theory, Practice and Prospects, Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, Basingstoke and New York, pp. 223-237.
- Del Rey, E & Racionero Llorente, M 2014, 'Choosing the Type of Income-Contingent Loan: Risk-Sharing versus Risk-Pooling', in Gerard, M. and Uebelmesser, S (ed.), The Mobility of Students and the Highly Skilled: Implications for Education Financing and Economic Policy, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, pp. 229-253.
- Racionero Llorente, M 2013, 'Book Review: The Economics of Taxation (Second edition), by Bernard Salanié', Economic Record, vol. 89, no. 285, pp. 276-278.
- Del Rey, E & Racionero Llorente, M 2012, 'Voting On Income-Contingent Loans For Higher Education', Economic Record, vol. 88, no. Special Issue, June 2012, pp. 38-50.
- Marie-Louise, L, Pestieau, P & Racionero Llorente, M 2011, 'Voting on pensions: Sex and marriage', European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 281-296.
- Cremer, H, Pestieau, P & Racionero Llorente, M 2011, 'Unequal wages for equal utilities', International Tax and Public Finance, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 383-398.
- Del Rey, E & Racionero Llorente, M 2010, 'Financing schemes for higher education', European Journal of Political Economy, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 104-113.
- Pestieau, P & Racionero Llorente, M 2009, 'Optimal redistribution with unobservable disability:Welfarist versus non-welfarist social objectives', European Economic Review, vol. 53, no. 6, pp. 636-644.
- Del Rey, E & Racionero Llorente, M 2008, 'An efficiency argument for affirmative action in higher education', Hacienda Publica Espanola, vol. 187, no. 4, pp. 41-48.
- Racionero Llorente, M & Quiggin, J 2006, 'Fixed Wages and Bonuses in Agency Contracts: The Case of a Continuous State Space', Journal of Public Economic Theory, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 761-777.
- Marchand, M, Pestieau, P & Racionero Llorente, M 2003, 'Optimal redistribution when different workers are indistinguishable', Canadian Journal of Economics, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 912-922.
- Boadway, R, Marchand, M, Pestieau, P et al 2002, 'Optimal Redistribution with Heterogeneous Preferences for Leisure', Journal of Public Economic Theory, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 475-498.
- Del Rey, E & Racionero Llorente, M 2002, 'Optimal Educational Choice and Redistribution when Parental Education Matters', Oxford Economic Papers, vol. 54, pp. 435-448.
- Racionero Llorente, M 2001, 'Optimal Tax Mix with Merit Goods', Oxford Economic Papers, vol. 53, pp. 628-641.
- Racionero Llorente, M 2000, 'Optimal Redistribution with Unobservable Preferences for an Observable Merit Good', International Tax and Public Finance, vol. 7, pp. 479-501.
Projects and Grants
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- Optimal taxation when the allocation of time matters (Primary Investigator)