Dr. Ismael Munoz

Biography

Ismael G. Munoz is a Departmental Lecturer in Evidence Based Social Intervention Policy Evaluation at the University of Oxford. His research focuses on understanding the causes and consequences of educational inequality, with a particular emphasis on the inequities in educational attainment and the influence of family dynamics on health outcomes across the life course. Ismael employs a wide range of methodological designs, including demographic and quasi-experimental techniques, applied both cross-nationally and in close case studies. His current research explores the intergenerational relationships between grandparents and grandchildren, and the health and cognitive outcomes associated with these relationships. Ismael's work also investigates the dynamic influences of education and health outcomes and how these links evolve across cohorts. He has published in esteemed academic journals and books, contributing to the fields of demography and social policy. Prior to his current position, Ismael was a post-doctoral researcher for the ERC-Echo Project at the Institute of Economy, Geography, Demography, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), and is currently an international affiliated member of the Population Society Studies Group (GEPS-CSIC). He holds a PhD in Educational Theory and Policy from Pennsylvania State University, as well as a Master's Degree in International Development Economics from the Economics School of Louvain and a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.

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