María holds a Master’s degree in Economic Development and Growth from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Lund University. She previously worked for BBVA Research, Bank of Spain and Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas in topics related to the Spanish pension system, education and labour market. Her PhD reseach "Labour regulation and economic performance in SSA" is part of the European Joint Doctorate “ADAPTED” (ERADICATING POVERTY: PATHWAYS TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE SDGS) which is funded from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 956909 and coordinated by the IEE. She is jointly supervised by Prof. Dr. Rémi Bazillier (Centre d’Economie de la Sorbonne University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne (UP1), Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, France)and Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Löwenstein (IEE).

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