Martina Viarengo is a professor of international economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies of Geneva, Switzerland and a principal investigator of the Swiss National Center for Competence in Research. She is a specialist in public policy, labor economics and economic development. Her research focuses on labor markets, comparative education policy and international migration.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Dr. Viarengo is a professor of international economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, and a principal investigator of the Swiss National Center for Competence in Research.[3][4]
After obtaining a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Turin, she completed a master's degree at Northwestern University and a PhD at the London School of Economics and Political Science.[5][6] After completing her doctoral studies, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Professor Viarengo was named a Newton International Fellow by the British Academy and the Royal Society at the London School of Economics and Political Science[7] and she was elected fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.[8] She was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.[9] She was awarded an Eisenhower Fellowship.[10]
Research
[edit]Professor Viarengo has written numerous peer-reviewed articles published in leading academic journals. An example of some of her international peer-reviewed publications include the following:
- "Crime, Inequality and Subsidized Housing: Evidence from South Africa," World Development (2023),
- "The Gender Aspect of Immigrant Assimilation in Europe," Labor Economics (2022),
- "Gender Differences in Professional Career Dynamics: New Evidence from a Global Law Firm," Economica (2021),
- "Nation-building through Compulsory Schooling during the Age of Mass Migration," Economic Journal (2019),
- "Changing How Literacy is Taught: Evidence on Synthetic Phonics," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (2018),
- "Does Additional Spending Help Urban Schools? An Evaluation Using Boundary Discontinuities," Journal of the European Economic Association (2018),
- "Closing the Gender Gap in Education: What is the State of Gaps in Labor Force Participation for Women, Wives and Mothers," International Labor Review (2014),
- "School and Family Effects on Educational Outcomes across Countries," Economic Policy (2014),
- "The making of modern America: migratory flows in the age of mass migration," Journal of Development Economics (2013),
- "Does money matter for schools?" Economics of Education Review (2010),
- "The expansion and convergence of compulsory schooling in Western Europe, 1950–2000," Economica (2011).
References
[edit]- ^ "Martina Viarengo". The Graduate Institute, Geneva.
- ^ "Martina Viarengo". European Expert Network on Economics of Education.
- ^ "Martina Viarengo". The Graduate Institute, Geneva.
- ^ "Martina Viarengo". Harvard University.
- ^ "Martina Viarengo". The Graduate Institute, Geneva.
- ^ "Martina Viarengo | IZA - Institute of Labor Economics". www.iza.org.
- ^ "Newton International Fellowship Awards 2008". The British Academy.
- ^ "LSE People". No. Winter 2009. LSE Connect.
- ^ "Martina Viarengo". World Economic Forum.
- ^ "25 Global Leaders Selected as Eisenhower Fellows". Eishenhower Fellowships.
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