Overview
Judit Vall Castelló is a health and labor economist at CRES, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and IZA. Her research focuses on disability insurance, income effects of benefit generosity, and labor market transitions in Spain, including the cyclical behavior of DI during the Great Recession.
Key Contributions / Features
- Jiménez-Martín, Juanmartí Mestres, and Vall Castelló (2016) — Barcelona GSE Working Paper 896; co-led the empirical analysis using Spain's MCVL administrative panel (N=419,813, 2007Q2–2013Q4); competing-risk logit models documenting the procyclical DI reversal during Spain's Great Recession; inflow decline concentrated among non-employed — especially older non-employed men (−51.3% transition rate 2007–2013) and women. See DI Countercyclicality.
- Marie and Vall Castelló (2012) — Journal of Public Economics 96(1): 198–210; estimated income effect of disability insurance generosity on labor market participation in Spain.
- Earlier work with Jiménez-Martín (2009) established the pre-2008 countercyclical baseline for Spain.
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