Barbara Biasi

Biasi Barbara

Affiliation

Visiting Assistant Professor, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance
Assistant Professor of Economics, Yale School of Management (on leave 2021-22)
Faculty Research Fellow, NBER

Education

Stanford University, Ph.D., 2017
Università Bocconi, M.Sc., 2011
Università Bocconi, B.Sc., 2009

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Research Interests

Labor Economics, Economics of Education, Innovation.

Publications

"Flexible Pay, Bargaining, and The Gender Gap" (with H.r Sarsons), Quarterly Journal of Economics, forthcoming.

"Effects of Copyrights on Science" (with P. Moser), American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, forthcoming 2021.

"The Labor Market for Teachers Under Different Pay Schemes", American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, vol. 13(2), pp. 65-102 (2021).

Working Papers

“Equilibrium in The Market for Public School Teachers: District Wage Strategies and Teacher Comparative Advantage" (with C. Fu and J. Stromme)

"Career Effects of Mental Health" (with M. Dahl and P. Moser)

"Higher Salaries or Higher Pensions? Inferring Preferences from Teachers' Retirement Behavior"

"School Finance Equalization Increases Intergenerational Mobility"

Honors, Awards and Fellowships

Distinguished CESifo Affiliate Award, CESifo Munich, 2021
Early Career Research Award, Upjohn Institute, 2019

Contacts

Phone: +39.06.4792.4968
Fax: +39.06.4792.4872
E-mail: barbara.biasi[at]eief.it
Web: www.barbarabiasi.com

   

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