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Villanueva, Ernesto

Senior Economist

Professional information

Fields of interest

Household wealth and consumption, Inter vivos transfers, bequests, Wage structure and compensation

JEL Codes

  • D91, H21, J28

Staggered contracts and unemployment during recessions Effrosyni Adamopoulou, Luis Díez-Catalán and Ernesto Villanueva

JEL Codes: 2412

Published online in Journal of Monetary Economics, v. 156, December 2025, 103830Opens in new window. 

Wage determination and the bite of collective contracts in Italy and Spain: evidence from the metal working industry Effrosyni Adamopoulou and Ernesto Villanueva

JEL Codes: 2036

The risk of job loss, household formation and housing demand: evidence from differences in severance payments Cristina Barceló and Ernesto Villanueva

JEL Codes: 1849

The impact of high school financial education on financial knowledge and choices: evidence from a randomized trial in Spain Olympia Bover, Laura Hospido and Ernesto Villanueva

JEL Codes: 1801

Published in Journal of Human Resources, v.61, issue 2, March 2026, pp. 335-366.Opens in new window

Education, labour market experience and cognitive skills: evidence from PIAAC Juan Francisco Jimeno, Aitor Lacuesta, Marta Martínez-Matute and Ernesto Villanueva

Published in: Review of Economics of the Household, Volume 21, March 2023, pp 59-93Opens in new window

Finance for all: the impact of financial literacy training in compulsory secondary education in Spain Laura Hospido, Ernesto Villanueva and Gema Zamarro

JEL Codes: 1502

Contract staggering and unemployment during the Great Recession: evidence from Spain Luis Díez-Catalán and Ernesto Villanueva

JEL Codes: 1431

The distribution of debt across euro area countries: the role of Individual characteristics, institutions and credit conditions Olympia Bover, Jose Maria Casado, Sonia Costa, Philip Du Caju, Yvonne McCarthy, Eva Sierminska, Panagiota Tzamourani, Ernesto Villanueva and Tibor Zavadil

JEL Codes: 1320

Published in: International Journal of Central Banking, June 2016, 71-128Opens in new window

The schooling response to a sustained Increase in low-skill wages: evidence from Spain 1989-2009 Aitor Lacuesta, Sergio Puente and Ernesto Villanueva

JEL Codes: 1208

Published in: SERIEs, Volume 11, December 2020, Pages 457-499Opens in new window

The recent slowdown of bank lending in Spain: are supply-side factors relevant? Ignacio Hernando and Ernesto Villanueva

JEL Codes: 1206

Published in: SERIEs August 2014, Volume 5, Issue 2, pp 245–285Opens in new window

Consumption and initial mortgage conditions: evidence from survey data Giacomo Masier, Ernesto Villanueva

JEL Codes: 1101

Published in: ECB Working Papers Series NO 1297, February 2011Opens in new window

The response of household wealth to the risk of losing the job: evidence from differences in firing costs Cristina Barceló and Ernesto Villanueva

JEL Codes: 1002

Published in: Labour Economics (2016), vol. 39, pp. 35-54Opens in new window

Employment risk and household formation: evidence from differences in firing costs Mario García-Ferreira y Ernesto Villanueva

JEL Codes: 0737

The effects of the introduction of tax incentives on retirement savings Juan Ayuso, Juan F. Jimeno y Ernesto Villanueva

JEL Codes: 0724

Publicado en:  SERIEs. Volume 10, November 2019, Pages 211-249Opens in new window

Does limited access to mortgage debt explain why young adults live with their parents? Nuno Martins and Ernesto Villanueva

JEL Codes: 0628

The Impact of High School Financial Education on Financial Knowledge and Saving Choices: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Spain Olympia Bover, Laura Hospido and Ernesto Villanueva (2026)

The Journal of Human Resources

 JEL Codes: D14, D91, G53, I22, J24

Staggered contracts and unemployment during recessions Effrosyni Adamopoulou, Luis Díez Catalán, Ernesto Villanueva (2025)

Journal of Monetary Economics 103830

 JEL Codes: J23; J31; J50

Task Specialization and Cognitive Skills: Evidence from PIAAC and IALS Marta Martinez-Matute and Ernesto Villanueva (2023)

Review of Economics of the Household Volume 21, pages 59–93

Wage determination and the bite of collective contracts in Italy and Spain Effrosyni Adamopoulou and Ernesto Villanueva (2022)

Labour Economics Volume 76, 102147

 JEL Codes: J31, J38, J52

The schooling response to a sustained Increase in low-skill wages: evidence from Spain 1989-2009 Aitor Lacuesta, Sergio Puente y Ernesto Villanueva (2020)

Publicado en: SERIEs, Volume 11, Pages 457-499

The effects of the introduction of tax incentives on retirement saving Juan Ayuso, Juan F. Jimeno and Ernesto Villanueva (2019)

SERIEs Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, Volume 10, pp. 211-249

The response of household wealth to the risk of job loss: evidence from differences in severance payments Cristina Barceló and Ernesto Villanueva (2016)

Labour Economics 39, pp. 35-54

 JEL Codes: D12, D91, J41, H31

The distribution of debt across euro area countries: the role of individual characteristics, institutions and credit conditions Ernesto Villanueva, Olympia Bover, José María Casado, Sonia Costa, Philip Du Caju, Yvonne McCarthy, Eva Sierminska, Panagiota Tzamourani, Tibor Zavadil (2016)

International Journal of Central Banking, Volume 12 Issue 2

 JEL Codes: D14, G21, G28, K35

Does high cost of mortgage debt explain why young adults live with their parents? Nuno Martins and Ernesto Villanueva (2009)

Journal of the European Economic Association, 7 (5), pp. 974-1010

 JEL Codes: J14, H20

The impact of mortgage interest rate subsidies on household borrowing Nuno Martins and Ernesto Villanueva (2006)

Journal of Public Economics 90 (8-9) pp. 1601-1623

 JEL Codes: D91, E91, H20