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Olga Alonso-Villar

ECOBAS, Universidade de Vigo, Spain

Participating in this project is an exciting challenge. Making academic research on labor market outcomes from a diversity perspective more accessible to policymakers and stakeholders is crucial to advancing society and reducing labor inequalities among social groups.

IZA World of Labor role

Author

Current position

Professor of Applied Economics (Catedrática de Economía Aplicada), ECOBAS, Universidade de Vigo, Spain

Research interest

Labor economics (gender and race), economic inequality

Website

https://ovillar.webs.uvigo.es/

Positions/functions as a policy advisor

Manager (colaboradora permanente) of the Spanish Research Agency (Agencia Estatal de Investigación)

Qualifications

PhD Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain,1996

Selected publications

  • "Poverty among Same-Sex Couple Families in the United States: Is There a Premium for Married Couples?" Journal of Economic Inequality 22 (2024): 495-517 (with C. del Río).

  • “Local Segregation and Wellbeing.” Review of Income and Wealth 63 :2 (2017): 269–287 (with C. del Río).

  • “The Evolution of Occupational Segregation in the United States, 1940-2010: The Gains and Losses of Gender-Race/Ethnicity Groups.” Demography 52:3 (2015): 967-988 ((with C. del Río).

  • "The Extent of Occupational Segregation in the US: Differences by Race, Ethnicity, and Gender.” Industrial Relations, 51:2 (2012): 179-212 (with C. del Río and C. Gradín).

  • "Local versus Overall Segregation Measures." Mathematical Social Sciences 60:1 (2010): 30-38 (with C. del Río).

article(s)

  • Intersectionality and labor market outcomes

    Putting the lens on the interaction of gender, race, and other social identities since this creates unique experiences of advantage and disadvantage

    Olga Alonso-VillarCoral del Río Otero, July 2025

    The privilege or disadvantage of individuals is not determined by a single social identity. The sexual division of labor affects women’s and men’s labor supply, the industries and occupations they enter, their earnings and progress. However, being a racial/ethnic or sexual minority (along with class and age) also influences job opportunities. Evidence shows that minority women’s experiences are unique and jointly determined by their gender and minority status, although the gender effect appears to precede that of minority.

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