Jose Garcia-Louzao Perez, PhD

Department	TMTS, Applied Macroeconomic Research Division, Economics Department
Address	Totorių g. 4, 01121 Vilnius, Lithuania
Email	tl.bl@oazuoLaicraGJ
Personal website	https://sites.google.com/view/garcialouzao/

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Research interests

Labour Economics, Applied Econometrics, Policy Evaluation

Recent publications

Černiauskas, N. & Garcia-Louzao, J. (2025). The Earnings Distribution in Lithuania: The Role of Minimum Wage. Journal of Economic Inequality, forthcoming, doi: 10.1007/s10888-025-09692-7

Burdin, G., & Garcia-Louzao, J. (2025), Employee-Owned Firms and the Careers of Young Workers. Labour Economics, 95, 102686, doi: 10.1016/j.labeco.2025.102686

Garcia-Louzao, J., & Jonuškaitė, K. The Public-Private Sector Wage Gap in Lithuania: Evidence from Social Security Data. Baltic Journal of Economics, 25(1), 72-87, doi: 10.1080/1406099X.2025.2475593

Ding, Z., Garcia-Louzao, J., & Jouvanceau, V. (2025). The Dynamics of Product and Labor Market Power: Evidence from Lithuania. Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, 33(1), pp. 165-194, doi: 10.1111/ecot.12427

Garcia-Louzao, J., & Silva, M. (2024). Coworker Networks and the Labor Market Outcomes of Displaced Workers: Evidence from Portugal. Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 63(3), 2024, pp. 389-413, doi: 10.1111/irel.12348

Garcia-Louzao, J., & Jouvanceau, V. (2023). Wage Growth in Lithuania from 2008 to 2020: Observed Drivers and Underlying Shocks. Baltic Journal of Economics, 23(2), pp. 117-141. doi: 10.1080/1406099X.2023.2254488

Garcia-Louzao, J., & Tarasonis, L. (2023). Wage and Employment Impact of Minimum Wage: Evidence from Lithuania. Journal of Comparative Economics, 51(2), 592-609, doi: 10.1016/j.jce.2022.12.002

Garcia-Louzao, J., Hospido, L., & Ruggieri, A. (2023). Dual Returns to Experience. Labour Economics, 80, 102290, doi: 10.1016/j.labeco.2022.102290

Garcia-Louzao, J., & Tarasonis, L. (2023). Productivity-Enhancing Reallocation during the Great Recession: Evidence from Lithuania.  Oxford Economic Papers, 75(3), 729–749, doi: 10.1093/oep/gpac032

Garcia-Louzao, J. (2022). Workers' Job Mobility in Response to Severance Pay Generosity. Labour Economics, 75, 102143, doi: 10.1016/j.labeco.2022.102143

Garcia-Louzao, J. (2021). Employment and Wages over the Business Cycle in Worker-Owned Firms: Evidence from Spain. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 59, 2021, pp. 418-443, doi: 10.1111/bjir.12559

Working/Discussion/Occasional Papers:

Bielskis, K., Brenna, F., Garcia-Louzao, J., Girstmair, S., & Mulay, A. (2025). An Ex-Ante Assessment of the Proposal to Reform the Second Pillar of the Lithuanian Pension System. Occasional Paper No 57/2025

Garcia-Louzao, J. & Tarasonis, L. (2025). Earnings Inequality and Risk Over Two Decades of Economic Development in Lithuania. Working Paper No 131/2025

Garcia-Louzao, J. & Jonuškaitė, K. (2025). The Public-Private Sector Wage Gap in Lithuania: Evidence from Social Security Data. Discussion Paper No 40/2025

Černiauskas, N. & Garcia-Louzao, J. (2024). The Earnings Distribution in Lithuania: The Role of Minimum Wage. Discussion Paper No 37/2024

Garcia-Louzao, J. & Perez-Sanz, R. (2024). Women‘s Voice at Work and Familiy-Friendly Firms. Working Paper No 120/2024

Ding, Z., Garcia-Louzao, J., & Jouvanceau, V. (2023). The Dynamics of Product and Labor Market Power: Evidence from Lithuania. Working Paper No 118/2023

Garcia-Louzao & Ruggieri, A. (2023). Labor Market Competition and Inequality. Working Paper No 117/2023

Burdin, G. & Garcia-Louzao, J. (2023). Employee-Owned Firms and the Careers of Young Workers. Working Paper No 113/2023

Garcia-Louzao, J. & Jouvanceau, V. (2023). Wage Growth in Lithuania from 2008 to 2020: Observed Drivers and Underlying Shocks. Discussion Paper No 44/2023

Garcia-Louzao, J & Tarasonis, L. (2022). Wage and Employment Impact of Minimum Wage: Evidence from Lithuania. Working Paper No 103/2022

Garcia-Louzao, J., Hospido, L., & Ruggieri, A. (2022). Dual Returns to Experience. Working Paper No 102/2022

Garcia-Louzao, J. & Silva, M. (2021). Coworker Networks and the Labor Market Outcomes of Displaced Workers: Evidence from Portugal. Working Paper No 95/2021

Garcia-Louzao, J. & Vėlyvis, K. (2021). Beyond the Traditional Unemployment Rate during Covid-19 in Lithuania. Occasional Paper No 40/2021

Garcia-Louzao, J. & Tarasonis, L. (2021). Productivity-Enhancing Reallocation during the Great Recession: Evidence from Lithuania. Working Paper No 86/2021

Garcia-Louzao, J. & Tarasonis, L. (2020). A First Glance at the Minimum Wage Incidence in Lithuania using Social Security Data. Discussion Paper No 23/2020

Garcia-Louzao, J. (2020). Workers' job mobility in response to severance pay generosity Working Paper No 76/2020.

Garcia-Louzao, J. (2019). Employment and Wages over the Business Cycle in Worker-Owned Firms: Evidence from Spain  Working Paper No 68/2019

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