EQUALNovaERA

Research

This section comprises the Research endeavored by the project team, such as publications and working papers published in scientific journals and presented at scientific conferences.

Publications

Maternal Investments in Children: the Role of Expected Effort and Return

with Sonia Bhalotra, Paulino Font Gilabert and Joanna Maselko. Accepted at Economic Journal

Mortality Risk Information and Health Seeking Behavior During an Epidemic

with Helene Purcell, Iliana V. Kohler, Alberto Ciancio, James Mwera, Victor Mwapasa, Hans-Peter Kohler. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences 2024, 121(28).

Mortality Risk Information, Survival Expectations and Sexual Behaviors

with Alberto Ciancio, Hans-Peter Kohler and Iliana V. Kohler. Economic Journal 2024.

Policy Uncertainty and Information Flows: Evidence from Pension Reform Expectations

with Emanuele Ciani, Ben Etheridge and Marco Francesconi. Economic Journal 2023,133(649), 98-129.

Working Papers

Imprecise health beliefs and health behavior

with Emilia Del Bono and Angus Holford.

Uncertainty Attitudes, Subjective Expectations and Decisions under Uncertainty

with Jayant Ganguli and Friederike Mengel.

Infant Mortality Expectation and Fertility Choice in Rural Malawi

with Hans-Peter Kohler and Ali Vergili.

Expectations about the Productivity of Effort and Academic Outcomes: Evidence from a Randomized Information

with Emilia Del Bono, Angus Holford, Sonkurt Sen and Vedran Lesic.

Less Macho, More Mellow: The Malleability of Competitiveness

with Emilia Del Bono, Angus Holford and Patrick Nolen. Featured in the Guardian.

HeforShe: Bargaining Power, Parental Beliefs, and Parental Investments

with Alejandrina Cristia, Pauline Grosjean, and Sarah Walker, CEPR Working paper DP 18775.

Workshops & Conferences

Our Workshops & Conferences

External Workshops & Conferences

The work of the Research Team was presented at:

The 2024 European Society of Population Economics Conference

Rotterdam

The 2024 NOVAFRICA Conference on Economic Development

Nova SBE

The 2024 Barcelona School of Economics Summer Forum on Children’s Health, Well-Being, and Human Capital Formation

Barcelona

The 2024 Australian Gender Economics Workshop

Sydney

The 2024 Labour Econometrics Workshop

Brisbane

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