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Salas Rojo, Pedro
PhD: Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Office A4-17.3
Biography
Pedro Salas-Rojo is a Lecturer in the Department of Economics at CUNEF Universidad. Before joining CUNEF, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the London School of Economics and as an advisor at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. He has held visiting positions at the University of Florence and the Luxembourg Income Study. His research, situated at the intersection of inequality of opportunity, intergenerational mobility, and wealth inequality, combines machine learning tools and economic theory. His work has been published in journals such as the Journal of Economic Inequality, Economics Letters, SERIEs, and Social Indicators Research.
Education
PhD in Economics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2022)
MSc in Economic Growth and Development, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2017) and Lund University (2018)
BA in Economics, Universidad de Málaga (2016)
Research Interests
Income and wealth inequality, machine learning, intergenerational mobility and inequality of opportunity
Professional Career
Expert Advisor, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, January 2023-March 2023
Most relevant publications
Salas-Rojo, P., Jordà, V., & Brunori, P. (2025). Polarization of opportunities. Economics Letters, 253, Art. 112386.
Palencia-Esteban, A., & Salas-Rojo, P. (2023). Personal wellbeing and intergenerational mobility in Spain. Research on Economic Inequality, 30, 109-137.
Salas-Rojo, P., & Rodríguez, J. G. (2022). Inheritances and wealth inequality: A machine learning approach. Journal of Economic Inequality, 20, 27-51.
Cabrera, L., Marrero, G., Rodríguez, J. G., & Salas-Rojo, P. (2021). Inequality of opportunity in Spain: New insights from new data. Review of Public Economics, 237, 153-185.
Salas-Rojo, P., & Rodríguez, J. G. (2021). The distribution of wealth in Spain and the USA: The role of socioeconomic factors. SERIEs, 12, 389-421.