Research

Publications

Implicit Stereotypes: Evidence from Teachers’ Gender Bias,  The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 134, Issue 3, August 2019, Pages 1163–1224.
Winner of: Best JM Paper, Best Presentation(UniCredit&Uni), Tarantelli Young Labor Economist Award.
Coverage:  LEAP Blog,  Nada es Gratis (in Spanish), Corriere dell’Alto Adige (in Italian), Le Monde (in French), The Conversation.

Goals and Gaps: Educational Careers of Immigrant Children, with E. La Ferrara and P. Pinotti, Econometrica, Volume 90, Issue 1, January 2022, Pages 1-29.
Coverage: VoxDev

Hacking Gender Stereotypes: Girls’ Participation in Coding Clubs, with M. Fort, AEA Papers and Proceedings, Volume 112, 2022.

Implicit Stereotypes in teachers’ track recommendations, with E. La Ferrara and P. Pinotti, AEA Papers and Proceedings, Volume 112, 2022. 

Working Papers

Revealing Stereotypes:  Evidence from Immigrants in Schools, with A. Alesina , E. La Ferrara and P. Pinotti ,NBER WP, December 2018.  (updated version: April 2022). Revise & Resubmit, American Economic Review.
Coverage: The UpShot- The New York Times
J-PAL Policy Summay
AEA RCT Registry: 0003647

Apart but Connected: Online Tutoring and Student Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic, with E. La Ferrara
AEA RCT Registry-0005607
Coverage: Corriere della Sera, Sole24Ore Scuola, Vita, Avvenire (in Italian), Scientific American. 
Video summary

Happily Ever After: Immigration, Natives’ Marriage, and Fertility, with M. Tabellini,  (updated version: 2020).
Winner of: EEA Young Economist Award 2018

Work in Progress

Tutoring Online Program: A cross-country comparison, joint with E. La Ferrara and A. Pineda

Inequality and Social Exclusion, joint with S. Alan and M. Leone (endline in progress)

Preventing Social Exclusion of Immigrants in Finland, joint with M. Sarvimaki, M. Silliman, and M. Tabellini

Addressing Implicit Bias of Faculty, with L. Shi, and D. Deming (pilot concluded)
OSF and AEA RCT Registry-0005505

Tackling Stereotypes to Encourage Brazilian Math Talent, with R. Fabregas and D. Moreira (baseline in progress)

Hacking Gender Stereotypes through Girls’ Coding Clubs,  with M. Fort (RCT evaluation in progress)
AEA RCT Registry-0004077