- 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
Working Papers
Alfonsi, L., Namubiru, M., Spaziani, S. (2022). "Why Networks Matter for Employment: Experimental Evidence from the Meet Your Future Program". Accepted based on pre-results review Journal of Development Economics. Publication avenue TBD.
Alfonsi, L., Bauer, M., Chytilova, J., Miguel, E., (2022). “Human Capital Affects Religious Identity: Causal Evidence from Kenya”. Submitted.
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”.
- 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
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award - top 10% of UC Berkley instructors, 2020
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
2022: Clausen Center for International Business and Policy [$5,000]; Publication Accelerator Grant, Institute for Humane Studies [$5,000]; UC Berkeley Graduate Division Conference Travel Grant [$3,000]
2021: JPAL Gender and Economic Agency Initiative [$9,650]
2020: GCRF: UCL Internal Small Grants call [£78,750]; JPAL Jobs and Opportunity Initiative [$69,425] PEDL Exploratory Research Grant [£28,720] 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]
- 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 -- 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
Associate 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
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
