Valeria Renata Esquivel is currently working on the design of a time-use survey module that will soon be introduced together with the annual household survey in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is a researcher and assistant professor of economics at Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento. Esquivel has an M.Sc. in economics with special reference to Latin America from the Institute of Latin American Studies (now ISA) and QMW, University of London. Her research interests focus on macroeconomics, labor markets, and social policy from a gender perspective. She has published in the areas of labor market regulation, poverty, and income distribution. She has worked as a senior consultant on gender and labor markets for the Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Social Security in Argentina. Esquivel is a coordinator of the Time-Use Group and a member of GEM-IWG.