Iñaki Permanyer is a Ramón y Cajal research fellow working in the Center for Demographic Studies (CED) since 2010. With a degree in Mathematics, he holds a PhD in Demography from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) since 2007. Before coming to the CED, he has worked in the UAB Economics Department (2000-2008), in the Institute for Economic Analysis (IAE-CSIC, 2007-2008) and in the Department of City and Regional Planning in Cornell University (2008-2010). He has been awarded with several research grants, like the Fulbright Fellowship, the Juan de la Cierva and the Ramón y Cajal fellowships and, more recently, a Starting Grant from the European Research Council. He has more than twenty publications in top field journals like the Journal of Development Economics, World Development, Population and Development Review, Demography or Demographic Research (see full CV).

Iñaki Permanyer Ugartemendia
ORCID 0000-0002-7051-5144 ICREA Research Professor
Educational qualifications: Ph.D in Demography (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Research Theme/s:
Health Inequalities, Ageing and Society, Elderly Care, Poverty, Childhood and Families, Gender and Inequality
BOERTIEN; Diederik; ABURTO, José M.; PERMANYER, Iñaki; LÓPEZ-GAY, Antonio; ESTEVE, Albert (2021) “La influencia de los hogares en la propagación de Covid-19 a través de una simulación”. Coyuntura Demográfica, 19: 95-101 / 153-157 (Metodología). ISSN: 2007-5456.
PERMANYER, Iñaki; SUPPA, Nicolai (2021) “Racing ahead or lagging behind? Territorial cohesion in human development around the globe”. Working Paper, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality-ECINEQ, 569: 1-35.
TRIAS-LLIMÓS, Sergi; PERMANYER, Iñaki (2020) “A need for better understanding old-age mortality dynamics”. BMJ Global Health, Correspondence letter in response to: Bergeron-Boucher M-P, Aburto JM, Raalte A van. (2020) “Diversification in causes of death in low-mortality countries: emerging patterns and implications”. BMJ Glob Health, 5 (7): e002414 (ISSN: 2059-7908).
I.F.: JCR_2019_Q1_Public Health, Environmental & Occupational Health, i.i. 4.280
SJR_2019_Q1_Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, i.i. /
PERMANYER, Iñaki; SPIJKER, Jeroen (2020) “Socioeconomics and the Macro- and Micro-Level Determinants of Global Health Inequality”. HARING, Robin; KICKBUSCH Ilona; GANTEN, Detlev; MOETI, Matshidiso (Eds) Handbook of Global Health. Springer, Cham, 1-36 (e-ISBN: 978-3-030-05325-3). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05325-3_50-1
SMITS, Jeroen; PERMANYER, Iñaki (2020) “The Subnational Gender Development Index: Within-country variation in gender (in)equality revealed”. HDialogue. Human Development Reports. United Nations Development Programe.
PERMANYER, Iñaki; SMITS, Jeroen (2020) “The Subnational Human Development Index: details on inequality”. IUSSP’s online news magazine (october 19, 2020): 1-5 (ISSN: 2704-7067).
PERMANYER, Iñaki; GÓMEZ-CASILLAS, Amalia (2020) “Is the ‘Nordic Paradox’ an illusion? Measuring intimate partner violence against women in Europe”. International Journal of Public Health, 65: 1169-1179 (ISSN: 1661-8556). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-020-01457-5
I.F.: JCR_2019_Q2_Public, Environmental & Occupational Health, i.i. 2.419
SJR_2019_Q1_ Health (social science), i.i. 1.048
PERMANYER, Iñaki; SMITS, Jeroen (2020) “Inequality in Human Development across the Globe”. Population and Development Review, 46 (3): 583-601 (ISSN: 1728-4457). https://doi.org/10.1111/padr.12343
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JCR_2019_Q1_Demography, i.i. 2.909
SJR_2019_Q1_Demography, i.i. 1.616
ESTEVE, Albert; PERMANYER, Iñaki; BOERTIEN, Diederik; VAUPEL, James W. (2020) “National age and coresidence patterns shape covid-19 vulnerability”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America-PNAS, 117 (28): 16118-16120 (ISSN: 0027-8424). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2008764117
I.F.: JCR_2018_Q1_ Multidisciplinary Sciences-Scie, i.i. 9.580
SJR_2019_Q1_Multidisciplinary, i.i. 5.165
PERMANYER, Iñaki (2019) “Measuring poverty in multidimensional contexts”. Social Choice and Welfare, 53 (4): 677–708 (ISSN: 0176-1714). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-019-01207-4
I.F.: JCR_2019_Q4_Social Sciences, Mathematical methods, i.i. 0.525
SJR_2019_Q1_Social Sciences (miscellaneous), i.i. 0.621
PERMANYER, Iñaki; ESTEVE, Albert; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2019) “Decomposing patterns of college marital sorting in 118 countries: Structural constraints versus assortative mating”. Social Science Research, 83 (Article 102313): 1-18 (ISSN: 0049-089X).
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JCR_2018_Q2_Sociology, i.i.1,765
SJR_2018_Q1_ Sociology and Political Science, i.i.1,293
PERMANYER, Iñaki; SCHOLL, Nathalie (2019) “Global trends in lifespan inequality: 1950-2015”. PLoS ONE, 14 (5-e0215742): 1-19 (ISSN: 1932-6203).
I.F.: JCR_2017_Q1_Multidisciplinary Sciences, i.i. 2.766
SJR_2017_Q1_Medicine (miscellaneous), i.i. 1.164
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BOERTIEN, Diederik; PERMANYER, Iñaki (2019) “Educational Assortative Mating as a Determinant of Changing Household Income Inequality: A 21-Country Study”. European Sociological Review, 35 (4): 522-537 (ISSN: 0266-7215).
I.F.: JCR_2018_Q1_Sociology, i.i. 2.763
SJR_2018_Q1_ Sociology and Political Science, i.i. 2.24
SMITS, Jeroen; PERMANYER, Iñaki (2019) “The Subnational Human Development Database”. Scientific Data, 6: 190038 (ISSN: 2052-4463).
I.F.: SJR_2017_Q1_Multidisciplinary sciences, i.i. 5.311
JCR_2017_Q1_Statistics and Probability / Education, i.i. 3.026
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PERMANYER, Iñaki; BOERTIEN, Diederik (2019) “A century of change in global education variability and gender differences in education”. Plos One, 14 (2): e0212692 (ISSN: 1932-6203).
I.F.: JCR_2017_Q1_Multidisciplinary sciences, i.i. 2.766
SJR_2017_Q1_Medicine (miscellaneous), i.i. 1.164
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PERMANYER, Iñaki; SPIJKER, Jeroen; BLANES, Elisenda; RENTERÍA, Elisenda (2018). “Longevity and lifespan variation by educational attainment in Spain: 1960-2015”. Demography, 55 (6): 2045–2070 (ISSN: 0070-3370).
I.F.: JCR_2017_Q1_Demography, i.i. 2.572
SJR_2017_ Q1_Demography, i.i. 2.345
PERMANYER, Iñaki (29.06.2018). “Un nou indicador de Desenvolupament Humà a Escala Subnacional”. UAB Divulga.
I.F.: JCR_2017_NO
SJR_2017_NO
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PERMANYER, Iñaki (2018) "La explosión demográfica: el apocalipsis en el retrovisor, el abismo en el horizonte". DOMINGO, Andreu (Ed.) Demografia y posverdad. Estereotipos, distorsiones y falsedades sobre la evolución de la población. Barcelona: Icaria & Antrazyt, 17-36 (ISBN: 978 84 9888 858 4).
PERMANYER, Iñaki; HUSSAIN, M. Azhar (2017) “First Order Dominance Techniques and Multidimensional Poverty Indices: An Empirical Comparison of Different Approaches”. Social Indicators Research (online, 26 April 2017): 1-27.
PERMANYER; Iñaki (2016). “Tendències globals en desigualtat i pobresa: relacions i implicacions”. Nota d’Economia. Revista d’economia catalana i de sector public (Monogràfic: Anàlisi i eines per fer front a la pobresa i la desigualtat), 103: 25-39 (ISSN: 2013-8709). | [PDF]
ESTEVE, Albert; SCWHARTZ, Christine; VAN BAVEL, Jan; PERMANYER, Iñaki; KLESMENT, Martin; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2016). “The End of Hypergamy: Global Trends and Implications”. Population and Development Review, 42 (4): 615-625 (ISSN: 1728-4457). | [PDF]
ESTEVE, Albert; LÓPEZ-GAY, Antonio; LÓPEZ-COLÁS, Julián; PERMANYER, Iñaki; KENNEDY, Sheela; LAPLANTE, Benoît; LESTHAEGHE, Ron J.; TURU, Anna; CUSIDÓ, Teresa. A. (2016). “A Geography of Cohabitation in the Americas, 1970-2010”. ESTEVE, Albert; LESTHAEGHE, Ron (Ed.). Cohabitation and Marriage in the Americas: Geo-historical Legacies and New Trends. New York: Springer International Publishing, Chapter 1: 1-23 (ISBN 978-3-319-31440-2). | [PDF]
PERMANYER, Iñaki; HUSSAIN, M. Azhar (2015) “Multidimensional Poverty Indices and First Order Dominance Techniques: An Empirical Comparison of Different Approaches”. EQUALITAS Working Paper, 35: 1-33.
PERMANYER, Iñaki (2015) "Avaluació dels indicadors per mesurar la pobresa multidimensional". UAB Divulga. Revista de Divulgació Científica (12.01.2015, ISSN: 2014-6388).
PERMANYER, Iñaki; ESTEVE, Albert; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan; McCAA, Robert (2015) "Human Development Index-like small area estimates for Africa computed from IPUMS-integrated census microdata". Journal of Human Development and Capabilities. A Multi-Disciplinary Journal for People-Centered Development, 16(2): 245-271. DOI: 10.1080/19452829.2014.956300.
LÓPEZ-GAY, Antonio; ESTEVE, Albert; LÓPEZ-COLÁS, Julián; PERMANYER, Iñaki; TURU, Anna; LESTHAEGHE, Ron (2015) "Geografía de la unión libre en América Latina y el Caribe a comienzos del siglo XXI". Scripta Nova. Revista Electrónica de Geografía y Ciencias Sociales, XIX (509), 1-21.
PERMANYER, Iñaki (2015) "Why call it "equality" when it should be "achievement"? A proposal to un-correct the "corrected gender gaps" in the EU Gender Equality Index". Journal of European Social Policy, 25 (4): 414-430 (ISSN: 0958-9287).
PERMANYER, Iñaki (2015) "Measuring Achievement and Shortfall Improvements in a Consistent Way". Review of Income and Wealth, 62 (4): 758-774 (ISSN: 0034-6586).
PERMANYER, Iñaki.; D'AMBROSIO, Conchita (2015) "Measuring social polarization with ordinal and categorical data". Journal of Public Economic Theory, 17 (3): 311-327 (ISSN: 1467-9779).
PERMANYER, Iñaki (2014) "Assessing Individuals Deprivation in a Multidimensional Framework". Journal of Development Economics, 109: 1-16. DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2014.03.005.
LÓPEZ-GAY, Antonio; ESTEVE, Albert; LÓPEZ-COLÁS, Julián; PERMANYER, Iñaki; TURU, Anna; KENNEDY, Sheela; LAPLANTE, Benoît; LESTHAEGHE, Ron (2014) "A geography of unmarried cohabitation in the Americas". Demographic Research, 30(art. 59): 1621-1638. DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2014.30.59.
PERMANYER, Iñaki (2014) "Impacte de lhomogàmia educativa en els nivells danalfabetisme aïllat". UAB DIVULGA. Revista de Divulgació Científica (Juliol ISSN: 2014-6388).
PERMANYER, Iñaki (2013) Are UNDP Indices Appropriate to Capture Gender Inequalities in Europe?. Social Indicators Research. An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 110 (3): 927950 (ISSN: 0303-8300).
PERMANYER, Iñaki; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan; ESTEVE, Albert (2013) The Impact of Educational Homogamy on Isolated Illiteracy Levels. Demography, 50 (6): 2209-2225 (ISSN: 0070-3370).
PERMANYER, Iñaki (2013) 'Using Census Data to Explore the Spatial Distribution of Human Development'. World Development, 46: 1-13. DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.11.015
PERMANYER, Iñaki; TREVIÑO, Rocío (2013) El impacto de la crisis sobre los niveles de renta y el mercado de trabajo según género y tipología familiar. Papeles de Economía Española, 135: 119-137
PERMANYER, Iñaki (2013) "A critical assessment of the UNDP's Gender Inequality Index". Feminist Economics 19(2): 1-32. DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2013.76968
PERMANYER, Iñaki (2013) "The measurement of success in achieving the Millennium Development Goals". Journal of Economic Inequality, 11 (3): 393-415 (ISSN: 1569-1721).
PERMANYER, Iñaki (2012) The Conceptualization and Measurement of Social Polarization. Journal of Economic Inequality, 10(1): 45-74.
LÓPEZ-GAY, Antonio; TURU, Anna; LÓPEZ-COLÁS, Julián; PERMANYER, Iñaki; LESTHAEGHE, Ron; ESTEVE, Albert (2012) Hacia una geografía de la Unión Libre en América Latina y el Caribe. Redatam Informa, 18: 10-20.
ESTEVE, Albert; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan; PERMANYER, Iñaki (2012) "The Gender-Gap Reversal in Education and Its Effect on Union Formation: The End of Hypergamy?". Population and Development Review, 38 (3): 535546.
PERMANYER, Iñaki (2011) Assessing the Robustness of Composite Indices Rankings, Review of Income and Wealth, 57(2): 306-326.
PERMANYER, Iñaki (2011) Uncertainty and Robustness in Composite Indices Rankings. Oxford Economic Papers, 64 (1): 5779 (ISSN: 0030-7653).
BENERÍA, Lourdes; PERMANYER, Iñaki (2010) The measurement of socio-economic gender inequality revisited, Development and Change, 41(3): 375-399.
PERMANYER, Iñaki (2010) The Measurement of Multidimensional Gender Inequality: Continuing the Debate, Social Indicators Research. An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 95(2): 181-198.
PERMANYER, Iñaki; SOLSONA, Montserrat (2009) "Gender equality, human development and demographic trends: are they jointly evolving in the right direction?". African Population Studies (monogràfic "Étude de la population Africaine"), 23(supp): 45-60.
ECHÁVARRI, Rebeca; PERMANYER, Iñaki (2008) Ranking profiles of capability sets, Social Choice and Welfare 31: 521-535.
PERMANYER, Iñaki (2008) On the Measurement of Gender Equality and Gender-related Development Levels, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities: A Multi-Disciplinary Journal for People-Centered Development, 9(1): 87-108.
Funding entity: European Research Council. Consolidator Grant
Reference: H2020-ERC-2019-CoG-GA No 864616-HEALIN
Funding entity: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
Reference: RTI2018-096730-B-I00
Funding entity: H2020-European Commission-Research and Innovation Action (RIA)-INFRAIA-2016-2017/H2020-INFRAIA-2016-1
Reference: Grant agreement no 730998
Funding entity: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. Programa Estatal de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad
Reference: CSO2015-64713-R
Funding entity: European Research Council under the European Union's H2020 programme-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC-2014-StG)
Reference: ERC-2014-STG-grant agreement No 637768
Funding entity: Fundación BBVA
Funding entity: European Commission, FP7-Infrastructures-2012-1.1.1
Reference: CP-CSA-Infra 312691