Paula López Peña

Paula López-Peña is an Assistant Professor of Business Economics at the Smith School of Business.

Before joining Queen's University, she was a Postdoctoral Associate and Lecturer in Economics at Yale University. Paula studies how noncognitive skills and adverse life events affect health and labor market outcomes. Her current projects focus on entrepreneurship, firm productivity, and the causes and consequences of violence.

Paula received a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Warwick and a MSc in Economics from The London School of Economics and Political Science. Prior to starting her doctoral studies, she worked as a research fellow with the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington DC and Nicaragua.

Academic Area

Business Economics

Academic Degrees

• Ph.D. in Economics University of Warwick (2018)
• MSc in Economics London School of Economics and Political Science (2012)
• MA in Applied Economics Universidad de Oviedo (2008)
• BA Business Administration and Management Universidad de Oviedo (2006)

Academic Experience

• Smith School of Business, Queen’s University
  • Assistant Professor (2021 - Present)
• Yale University
  • Postdoctoral Associate & Lecturer (2019-2021)
• Innovations for Poverty Action, Bangladesh
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2018-2019)