Núria Rodríguez-Planas

Núria Rodríguez-Planas is a Professor of Economics at Queens College, CUNY (since 2014) and Doctoral Faculty at the CUNY Graduate Center (since 2019). She holds prestigious roles as Distinguished Researcher at the Barcelona Institute of Economics (IEB, Universitat de Barcelona, since 2024) and Director of the IEB’s Gender, Institutions, and Culture Program (since 2024). Her research focuses on gender economics, labor economics, domestic violence, and education policy, with notable work funded by the ERC Advanced Grant (WomEmpower Project) examining the causal effects of motherhood, gender norms, and cash transfers on intimate partner violence.

Her work explores topics such as pandemic impacts on low-income urban college students, gender disparities in financial literacy, and legislative effects on domestic violence norms. Key affiliations include the Russell Sage Foundation as a Visiting Scholar (2023–24), CESIfo Research Fellow (since 2024), and IZA Research Fellow (since 2004). Her publications span over two decades, addressing issues like labor market segmentation, education policy interventions, and the intergenerational transmission of gender norms.

• Education: While not explicitly stated, her roles imply advanced training in economics and policy analysis.
• Labs/Teams: Leads the IEB Gender, Institutions, and Culture Program, focusing on cultural and institutional drivers of gender disparities.

Her research combines quasi-experimental methods with policy analysis, contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on inequality reduction and gender equity. Recent work highlights pandemic-era challenges faced by marginalized student populations and the long-term consequences of educational policies on gender norms.