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Martina Viarengo

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Martina Viarengo is an Italian economist who researches labor markets, comparative education policy and international migration.[1][2]

Career

She is an associate professor of international economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, faculty associate at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and senior research associate at the Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School.[3][4][5]

After obtaining a bachelor's degree from the University of Turin, she completed a master's degree at Northwestern University and a PhD in economic history at the London School of Economics and Political Science.[6][7]

In 2008, she was a Newton International Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science[8] and she was elected fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2009.[9] In 2013, she was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.[10] She was awarded an Eisenhower Fellowship in 2018.[11]

Research

Viarengo has written dozens of peer-reviewed articles, including:

  • "Nation-building through compulsory schooling during the age of mass migration," The Economic Journal (2019),
  • "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

  1. ^ "Martina Variengo". The Graduate Institute, Geneva.
  2. ^ "Martina Viarengo". European Expert Network on Economics of Education.
  3. ^ "Martina Variengo". The Graduate Institute, Geneva.
  4. ^ "Martina Viarengo". Harvard University.
  5. ^ "Martina Viarengo". Center for Labor and a Just Economy.
  6. ^ "Martina Variengo". The Graduate Institute, Geneva.
  7. ^ "Martina Viarengo | IZA - Institute of Labor Economics". www.iza.org. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  8. ^ "Newton International Fellowship Awards 2008". The British Academy.
  9. ^ "LSE People". No. Winter 2009. LSE Connect.
  10. ^ "Martina Viarengo". World Economic Forum.
  11. ^ "25 Global Leaders Selected as Eisenhower Fellows". Eishenhower Fellowships.