Juan Manuel Puerta

Juan Manuel Puerta is a PhD student (expected 2009) in Economics at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. Juan Manuel was born in Buenos Aires where he got his bachelor’s degree in Economics (Universidad Argentina de la Empresa). He continued his studies in Prague and, next, in Barcelona. In his dissertation, Juan Manuel focuses on the economic effects of social legislation and, in particular, its effects on human capital accumulation and the fertility transition.