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Eliana La Ferrara

Eliana La Ferrara

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
42
Citations
20015
World Ranking
1995
National Ranking
1158

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - Foreign Honorary Member, the American Economic Association
  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2002 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

Eliana La Ferrara is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of social sciences, with a focus on several subfields including sociology and political science, education, gender studies, public health, environmental and occupational health, and demography.

The scientist's work addresses key topics such as school choice and performance, female genital mutilation/cutting issues, education and experiences of immigrants and refugees, feminism, gender, and sexuality studies, culture, economy and development studies, poverty, education and child welfare, and social and intergroup psychology.

Eliana La Ferrara's recent papers include:

  • "Violence Against Women: A Cross-cultural Analysis for Africa" (2020), published in Economica
  • "Interaction, Stereotypes, and Performance: Evidence from South Africa" (2022), published in American Economic Review
  • "Goals and Gaps: Educational Careers of Immigrant Children" (2022), published in Econometrica
  • "Apart But Connected: Online Tutoring and Student Outcomes During the Covid-19 Pandemic" (2021), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Apart but Connected: Online Tutoring and Student Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2021), published in SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent coauthors in their work include Michela Carlana, Paolo Pinotti, Lucia Corno, Alessandra Voena, and Selim Gulesci.

Their publications appear regularly in venues such as AEA Randomized Controlled Trials, SSRN Electronic Journal, Economica, American Economic Review, and Econometrica.

In addition to numerous articles, Eliana La Ferrara has contributed to book publications, including a work titled What's Mine is Yours: Pilot Evidence from a Randomized Impact Evaluation on Property Rights and Women's Empowerment in Cote d'Ivoire, published by World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks in 2020.

Awards received by the scientist include Foreign Honorary Member of the American Economic Association in 2021, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019, and Fellowship of the Econometric Society awarded in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance

    Alberto Alesina;Eliana La Ferrara

  • Participation in Heterogeneous Communities

    Alberto Alesina;Eliana La Ferrara

  • Who trusts others

    Alberto Alesina;Eliana La Ferrara

  • Preferences for Redistribution in the Land of Opportunities

    Alberto Alesina;Eliana La Ferrara

  • Soap Operas and Fertility: Evidence from Brazil

    Eliana La Ferrara;Alberto Chong;Suzanne Duryea

  • The Determinants of Trust

    Alberto Alesina;Eliana La Ferrara

  • Conflict, Climate and Cells: A Disaggregated Analysis

    Mariaflavia Harari;Eliana La Ferrara

  • Diamonds Are Forever, Wars Are Not. Is Conflict Bad for Private Firms?

    Massimo Guidolin;Eliana La Ferrara

  • Participation in Heterogeneous Communities

    Eliana La Ferrara;Alberto Alesina

  • Participation in Heterogeneous Communities

    Eliana La Ferrara;Eliana La Ferrara;Alberto F. Alesina;Alberto F. Alesina;Alberto F. Alesina

  • Inequality and group participation: theory and evidence from rural Tanzania

    Eliana La Ferrara

  • Kin Groups and Reciprocity: A Model of Credit Transactions in Ghana

    Eliana La Ferrara

  • Television and Divorce: Evidence from Brazilian Novelas

    Alberto Chong;Eliana La Ferrara

  • A Test of Racial Bias in Capital Sentencing

    Alberto Francesco Alesina;Eliana La Ferrara

  • Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance

    Alberto F. Alesina;Alberto F. Alesina;Alberto F. Alesina;Eliana La Ferrara;Eliana La Ferrara

  • The economic effects of violent conflict: Evidence from asset market reactions

    Massimo Guidolin;Eliana La Ferrara

  • Economic and Social Impacts of the Media

    Stefano DellaVigna;Eliana La Ferrara

  • Revealing Stereotypes: Evidence from Immigrants in Schools

    Alberto Alesina;Michela Carlana;Eliana La Ferrara;Paolo Pinotti

  • Economic and Social Impacts of the Media

    Stefano DellaVigna;Eliana La Ferrara

  • Detecting Illegal Arms Trade

    Stefano DellaVigna;Eliana La Ferrara

  • Preferences for Redistribution in the Land of Opportunities

    Alberto F. Alesina;Alberto F. Alesina;Alberto F. Alesina;Eliana La Ferrara;Eliana La Ferrara

  • Soap Operas and Fertility: Evidence from Brazil

    Eliana La Ferrara;Alberto Chong;Suzanne Duryea

  • Diamonds are Forever, Wars are Not - Is Conflict Bad for Private Firms?

    Eliana La Ferrara;Eliana La Ferrara;Massimo Guidolin

Frequent Co-Authors

Alberto Alesina
Alberto Alesina Harvard University
Stefano DellaVigna
Stefano DellaVigna University of California, Berkeley
Alberto Chong
Alberto Chong Georgia State University
Massimo Guidolin
Massimo Guidolin Bocconi University
Massimiliano Marcellino
Massimiliano Marcellino Bocconi University
Marcel Fafchamps
Marcel Fafchamps Stanford University
Walter Bossert
Walter Bossert University of Montreal
Henrik Jacobsen Kleven
Henrik Jacobsen Kleven Princeton University

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