- Development Economics
- Labor Economics
Publications
Alfonsi, L., Bandiera, O., Bassi, V., Burgess, R., Rasul, I., Vitali, A., (2020). "Tackling Youth Unemployment: Evidence from a Labor Market Experiment in Uganda". Econometrica (2020) 88(6): 2369-2414
Job Market Paper
Alfonsi, L., Namubiru, M., Spaziani, S., (2022). "Meet Your Future: Experimental Evidence on the Labor Market Effects of Mentors".
Working Papers
Alfonsi, L., Namubiru, M., Spaziani, S., (2022). “Gender Gaps: Back and Here to Stay? Evidence from Skilled Ugandan Workers during COVID-19”. Submitted.
Alfonsi, L., De Souza Ferreira, P., (2022). “Whom would you rather work with? Gender discrimination in the referral system in Uganda”.
Alfonsi, L., Bauer, M., Chytilova, J., Miguel, E., (2022). “Human Capital Affects Religious Identity: Causal Evidence from Kenya”.
Work in Progress
1. "Vocational Training, On-the-Job Training, and Resilience to the Covid-19 Shock." With V. Bassi and I Rasul - Analysis stage
2. "Indirect Experience." With G. G. Dossi - Analysis stage
3. "The Long-Term Impacts of Youth Investments in Kenya on Economic Preferences" With M. Bauer, J. Chytilova, E. Miguel and M. Walker - Analysis stage
4. "Experimental Evidence on Determinants of Truth-Telling: The Role of Financial Incentives, Psychological Cost of Lying, Social Norms and Economic Well-Being." With M. Bauer, J. Chytilova and E. Miguel - Analysis stage
5. "Mechanization for the Rest of Us? Evidence on Service Providers from Uganda" Joint with M. Suandi and O. A. Veroux - Analysis stage
6. "Ethiopia Urban Safety Net and Jobs Project Impact Evaluation" With G. Abebe, S. Franklin and C. Meyer - Baseline preparation
7. "Can a debiasing intervention reduce gender bias in hiring? Experimental evidence from a large-scale apprenticeship program in Ethiopia" With G. Abebe, S. Franklin and C. Meyer - Baseline preparation
- Bocconi University MSc in Economics Summa cum laude, 2015
- Bocconi University BSc in Economics Summa cum laude, 2012
Teaching Awards
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award - top 10% of UC Berkley instructors, 2021
Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching: best student instructor of the entire MBA program, 2019
Fellowships
ARE Graduate Student Summer Fellowship, 2022
Institute for Humane Studies Summer Fellowship, 2022
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Graduate Student Research Award, 2021
Rocca Dissertation Fellowship, 2021
ARE Graduate Student Summer Fellowship, 2021
Rocca Pre-dissertation Research Fellowship, 2020
ARE Graduate Student Summer Fellowship, 2020
UC Berkeley Full Departmental Fellowship for PhD Studies, 2017
Research Grants as PI
2022: Clausen Center for International Business and Policy [$5,000]; Publication Accelerator Grant, Institute for Humane Studies [$5,000]; UC Berkeley Graduate Division Conference Grant [$3,000]
2021: JPAL Gender and Economic Agency Initiative [$9,650]
2020: JPAL Post Primary Education Initiative [$49,180] Weiss Family Program Fund [$38,190] IZA: Gender, Growth & Labour Markets Program - G2LM|LIC [$10,800]
2019: ATAI: Evaluations to Understand Agricultural Transformation [$12,730]; Travel Grant for Exploratory Research, UC Berkeley [$1,200]; IDRC Award: CEGA-BRAC Learning Collaborative [$50,000]; CEGA Travel Grant [$3,600]; Ligon Fund for the Study of Population & Development Grant [$1,500]
Research Grants as Co-PI
2020: GCRF: UCL Internal Small Grants call [£78,750 - PI: Imran Rasul]; JPAL Jobs and Opportunity Initiative [$69,425 - PI: Imran Rasul] PEDL Exploratory Research Grant [£28,720 - PI: Imran Rasul]
- Data & Decisions -- Fred Finan -- Graduate Student Instructor -- Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley -- Fall 2022
- Macroeconomics -- James Wilcox -- Graduate Student Instructor -- Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley -- Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023*
- Professional Preparation: Teaching of Environmental Economics and Policy -- Class Instructor -- Agricultural & Resource Econ Dept., UC Berkeley -- Fall 2021
- Microeconomics -- James Sallee -- Graduate Student Instructor -- Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley -- Fall 2020
- Microeconomics -- Aaron Bodoh Creed -- Graduate Student Instructor -- Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley -- Fall 2019
- Development Economics -- David Roland-Holst -- Reader -- Agricultural & Resource Econ Dept., UC Berkeley -- Fall 2017
David Card
Professor, Economics, UC Berkeley
Email: card@berkeley.edu
Phone: (510)-642-7162Jeremy Magruder
Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley
Email: jmagruder@berkeley.edu
Phone: (510)-643-8742Edward Miguel
Professor, Economics, UC Berkeley
Email: emiguel@berkeley.edu
Phone: (510)-642-7162Imran Rasul
Professor, Economics, University College London
Email: i.rasul@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (207) 679-58
Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley
Giannini Hall 222
Berkeley, California 94720-3310
Website: https://www.liviaalfonsi.com/
Email: livia.alfonsi@berkeley.edu
Phone: (202) 817-1368
Professor Maximilian Auffhammer
auffhammer@berkeley.edu
Tel: 510-643-5472
Professor Sofia Villas-Boas
sberto@berkeley.edu
Diana Lazo
lazo@berkeley.edu
Tel: 510-642-3345
