Adela Recio Alcaide

Biographic Data

ID196684
NAMEAdela Recio Alcaide
GIVEN NAMESAdela Recio
FAMILY NAMEAlcaide
SIGNATUREALCAIDE A R
AFFILIATIONSUniversidad de Alcalá
ORCID0000-0001-8942-0148
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Pension Reform and the Delay of Female Retirement in Spain

    Jaime Villanueva-García, Ignacio Arce et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging & Social Policy2026

    In aging societies, contributory pension systems play a critical role in ensuring income security for older adults. While many countries have reformed these systems to enhance sustainability - by tightening the link between employment histories and benefit eligibility - such changes can unintentionally exacerbate existing inequalities. This study examines the case of Spain's 2011 pension reform, which increased the required contribution period an…

  • Is there an association between family members' season of birth that could influence birth seasonality? Evidence from Spain and France

    Open AccessAdela Recio Alcaide, César Pérez López et al.ARTICLEPopulation Studies2024References: 35

    The number of births varies by season. Research on birth seasonality has shown that women's season of birth somehow influences that of their children, but factors underlying the intergenerational transmission of birth seasonality remain unknown. With data from Spain and France, we analysed the possibility of transmission of birth season between generations, testing whether relatives tended to be born in the same season. Results indicated that the…

  • Changes in birth seasonality in Spain

    Open AccessAdela Recio Alcaide, César Pérez López et al.ARTICLEDemographic Research2023Cited by: 1References: 24

    BACKGROUND: Changes in birth seasonality patterns have been documented in several countries, whether long-lasting or temporary. In Spain, a decline in and absence of birth seasonality was reported in 1941–2000. This study extends the analysis to the full period of available monthly data, exploring changes in birth seasonality in Spain, its connection to social/health phenomena, and its related effects. METHODS: We analyzed the two available month…

  • An impact evaluation of the strategy for normal birth care on caesarean section rates and perinatal mortality in Spain

    Open AccessAdela Recio Alcaide, José M ArranzARTICLEHealth Policy2022

  • Influence of sociodemographic factors in birth seasonality in Spain

    Open AccessAdela Recio Alcaide, César Pérez López et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Human Biology2022

    OBJECTIVES: The goal of the present research is to establish for the first time a hierarchy of sociodemographic factors according to their importance influencing birth seasonality. METHODS: We used Vital Statistics data on all births registered in Spain in the period 2016-2019. Differences in the degree of seasonality between sociodemographic groups (defined by maternal age, maternal marital status, maternal education, birth order, maternal job q…