He holds a MA and PhD from the Centre for the Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (CEACS) of the Juan March Institute of Research. He has been Visiting Research Fellow at the Industrial Relations Research Unit (University of Warwick, UK) and Invited Lecturer at the Department of Industrial Relations of the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research initially dealt with models of unionism, comparative industrial relations and unions’ reaction to the introduction of new management techniques; more recently, he has completed research on the transition from school to work, skill mismatch, educational expansion and early school leaving.