Alexis León

Education

• PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2004)
• BSc Universitat Pompeu Fabra (1999)

Positions Held

• Visiting Professor, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, September 2013
• Adjunct Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, September 2012
• Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, August 2004–June 2011
• Research Associate, IESE Business School, June–August 2002

Honors and Awards

- MIT Graduate Economics Association (GEA) Award for excellence in teaching, 2005.

- ‘la Caixa’ fellowship for graduate studies in the United States, 1999-2001.

• Erasmus European Union scholarship for undergraduate studies in Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA), the Netherlands, 1998.

Working Papers

• “The Effect of Education on Fertility: Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Laws”
• “The Labor Market Effects of State and Local Expansions of the Earned Income Tax Credit” with Sunita Mondal
• “Does Ethnic Capital Matter? Identifying the Role of Ethnic Peer Effects in the Intergenerational Transmission of Ethnic Differentials”
• “Family Allowances and Female Labor Force Participation”