Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela

Member of the advisory council of the Center for Economic Poliy - EsadeEcPol

Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela holds a PhD in Economics (European University Institute). She is a researcher at the Center for Economic Performance, and research coordinator at the Center for Vocational Education Research at the London School of Economics.

brief Gender & inequality
What do we know about the use of paternity leave in Spain?
Lídia Farré, Libertad González, Claudia Hupkau, Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela
12 Mar, 2024

In recent years, paternity leave permits in Spain haves been progressively extended until to becominge the most generous ones in the OECD. Since 2021, paternity leave in Spain is 16 weeks, matching the length of maternity leave. This level has been achieved through successive reforms that have increased the length of leave from 2 weeks […]
webinar Global challenges
Debate at the Cercle d’Economia about “Un País Posible”
Toni Roldán, Andreu Mas-Colell, Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela
20 NOV, 2023

Last Monday, November 20, a debate about ‘Un país posible: manual de reformas políticamente viables’ (“Un País Posible: manual of politically viable reforms”) took place at the Cercle d’Economia de Barcelona. The conversation around the book coordinated by Toni Roldán, Lucas Gortazar, Teresa Raigada and Jorge Galindo was moderated by Miquel Nadal, general director of […]
brief Education Gender & inequality Oportunidades y movilidad social
Fracaso escolar en España: ¿Por qué afecta tanto a los chicos y alumnos de bajo nivel socioeconómico?
Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela, José Montalbán Castilla
14 Sep, 2022

A pesar de las mejoras experimentadas en la última década, España tiene la segunda tasa de abandono escolar temprano más alta de la Unión Europea. Este fenómeno afecta en mayor proporción a los chicos, y a los jóvenes con familias de menor renta, siendo España uno de los países donde estos grupos sufren mayores brechas. […]
brief Gender & inequality
Work and children in Spain: Challenges and opportunities for equality between men and women
Claudia Hupkau, Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela
5 Mar, 2021

Despite overall convergence between men and women in labour market participation rates, women still fare worse than men.
insight Covid-19 Education Future of work
Job loss and insecurity in times of covid-19: possible effects on children’s education
Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela
14 Apr, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has increased the unemployment rate and many families have been hit hard.