ELIANA LA FERRARA
_Publications
Selected publications:
- "Implicit Stereotypes in Teachers’ Track Recommendations”, (with M. Carlana and P. Pinotti), AEA Papers & Proceedings, forthcoming.
- “Goals and Gaps: Educational Careers of Immigrant Children” (with M. Carlana and P. Pinotti), Econometrica, forthcoming.
- “Learning Spillovers in Conditional Welfare Programs: Evidence from Brazil”, (with. F. Brollo and K. Kaufmann), Economic Journal, 130(628), 853–879, 2020.
- “The Political Economy of Program Enforcement: Evidence from Brazil” (with F. Brollo and K. Kaufmann), Journal of the European Economic Association, 18(2), 750-791,2020.
- “Violence Against Women: A Cross-cultural Analysis for Africa” (with A. Alesina and B. Brioschi), Economica, forthcoming.
- “Entertainment, Education and Attitudes towards Domestic Violence” (with A. Banerjee and V. Orozco), AEA Papers and Proceedings, 109, 13337, 2019.
- “Conflict, Climate and Cells: A Disaggregated Analysis” (with M. Harari), Review of Economics and Statistics, 100(4), 594-608, 2018.
- “Customary Norms, Inheritance and Human Capital. Evidence from a Reform of the Matrilineal System in Ghana” (with A. Milazzo), American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 9(4), 166-85, 2017.
- “Mass Media and Social Change: Can We Use Television to Fight Poverty?”, Journal of the European Economic Association, 14(4), 791-827, 2016.
- “Market-based Lobbying: Evidence from Advertising Spending in Italy” (with S. DellaVigna, R. Durante and B. Knight), American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 8(1), 224-56, 2016. Winner of 2017 Best Paper Prize for AEJ: Applied Economics.
- “A Test of Racial Bias in Capital Sentencing” (with A. Alesina), American Economic Review, 104(11), 3397-3433, 2014 (lead article).
- “Social and Economic Impacts of the Media” (with S. DellaVigna), in S. Anderson, D. Stromberg and J. Walfogel (eds.), Handbook of Media Economics, Elsevier, 2015
- “Soap Operas and Fertility: Evidence from Brazil” (with A. Chong and S. Duryea), American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 4(4), 1-31, 2012 (lead article).
- Economist coverage:
https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2009/03/12/soaps-sex-and-sociology
- Economist coverage:
- “Self-Help Groups and Mutual Assistance: Evidence from Urban Kenya” (with M. Fafchamps), Economic Development and Cultural Change, 60(4), 707-733, 2012.
- “A Generalized Index of Fractionalization” (with W. Bossert and C. D’Ambrosio), Economica, 78(312), 723-750, 2011.
- “Detecting Illegal Arms Trade” (with S. DellaVigna), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2(4), 26-57, 2010.
- “The Economic Effects of Violent Conflict: Evidence from Asset Markets Reactions” (with M. Guidolin), Journal of Peace Research, 47(6), 671-84, 2010.
- “Television and Divorce: Evidence from Brazilian Novelas”, (with A. Chong), Journal of the European Economic Association Papers & Proceedings, 7(23), 458-468, 2009.
- “Diamonds Are Forever, Wars Are Not. Is Conflict Bad for Private Firms?”, (with M. Guidolin), American Economic Review, 97(5), 1978-93, 2007.
- “Descent Rules and Strategic Transfers. Evidence from Matrilineal Groups in Ghana”, Journal of Development Economics, 83(2), 280-301, 2007.
- “Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance” (with A. Alesina), Journal of Economic Literature, 43(3), 762-800, 2005.
- “Preferences for Redistribution in the Land of Opportunities” (with A. Alesina), Journal of Public Economics, 89 (56), 897-931, 2005.
- “Kin Groups and Reciprocity: A Model of Credit Transactions in Ghana”, American Economic Review, 93(5), 1730-1751, 2003.
- “Self-Help Groups and Income Generation in the Informal Settlements of Nairobi”, Journal of African Economies, 11(1), 61-89, 2002.
- “Inequality and Group Participation: Theory and Evidence from Rural Tanzania”, Journal of Public Economics, 85(2), 235-273, 2002.
- “Who Trusts Others?”, (with A. Alesina), Journal of Public Economics, 85(2), 2072-34, 2002.
- “Political Competition in Weak States” (with R.H. Bates), Economics and Politics, 13(2), 159-84, 2001.
- “Participation in Heterogeneous Communities” (with A. Alesina), The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 115, 847-904, 2000.
- “A Political Equilibrium Approach to Trade Liberalization in Developing Countries”, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 5(3), 287-318, 1996.
Last change 17/01/2022