Yolanda Pena Boquete

Yolanda Pena Boquete is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Fundamentals of Economic Analysis, Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. She is affiliated with the Institute of Studies and Development of Galicia (IDEGA) and the GAME Economic Analysis and Modeling Group. Her doctoral thesis (2009), supervised by Dr. Melchor Fernández Fernández and Dr. Sergio Destefanis, focused on women's employment dynamics in Galicia. She has also held roles at Universidade de Vigo, the Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics, and Istituto di Studi sul Mediterraneo (CNR- ISMed).

Her research spans labor economics, gender inequality, environmental policy, tourism economics, and regional development. Key topics include wage discrimination, climate policy design, recycling schemes, and labor conditions in the service sector. She has published 54 works with an H-index of 9, including influential studies in journals like International Journal of Manpower and Energy Policy.

Recent projects include a European Commission-funded study (LIFE11) on WEEE re-use schemes in Spain, analyzing economic and environmental benefits. Her work frequently integrates quantitative methods to address socio-economic challenges in Galicia and beyond.