Barbara Sianesi is an Italian economist currently a senior research economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies in London.[1] She obtained her PhD from University College London and a BA in economics from Bocconi University.
She is a fellow at the Institute of Labor Economics.[2] Sianesi is the 94th most cited woman in economics according to the IDEAS.[3]
Sianesi's research focuses on unemployment, inequality, econometrics, education economics and experimental economics.[4] Her five most quoted papers have been quoted over 5,796 times according to Google Scholar.[5] Her research has been quoted by the Associated Press.[6] Her dissertation was titled "Essays on the Evaluation of Social Programmes and Educational Qualifications".[7][8]
Her research has been published in The Review of Economics and Statistics,[9] the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society,[10] the Journal of Economic Surveys,[11] and Fiscal Studies.[12]
Her contribution to the literature includes code on ways to improve propensity score matching.[13]