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Papers

• Richard Daramola, Md Shahadath Hossain, Harounan Kazianga, Karim Nchare: “The Lasting Effects of Early Childhood Interventions: The National Vaccination Commando Program in Burkina Faso”, LdA WP no. 493, February 2024;
• Margherita Comola, Carla Inguaggiato and Mariapia Mendola: “Learning about Farming: Innovation and Social Networks in a Resettled Community in Brazil” (IZA DP 14092, March 2020); published in the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 221, 2024;
• Guido Friebel, Miriam Manchin, Marapia Mendola and Giovanni Prarolo: “International Migration Intentions and Illegal Costs: Evidence from Africa-to-Europe Smuggling Routes” (IZA DP 11978 and CEPR DP 13326); published in the Journal of International Economics, Vol. 148, 2024;
• Mariapia Mendola and Mengesha Yayo Negasi: “Nutritional and Schooling Impact of a Cash Transfer Program in Ethiopia: A Retrospective Analysis of Childhood Exposure” (LdA WP no. 451, June 2019); published in the Journal of African Economies, 2024;
• J. Bonan, C. Cattaneo, G. d’Adda, A. Galliera, M. Tavoni: “Widening the scope: the direct and spillover effects of nudging water efficiency in the presence of other behavioral interventions“, LdA WP no. 491, December 2023;
• J. Bonan, C. Cattaneo, G. d’Adda, A. Galliera, M. Tavoni: “Social Norms and Economic Incentives: An Experimental Study on Household Waste Management“, LdA WP no. 490, December 2023;
• Alireza Naghavi, Mohsen Shaeyan: “Qanats“, LdA WP no. 486, May 2023;
• Federico Barbiellini Amidei, Sabrina Di Addario, Matteo Gomellini, Paolo Piselli: “Female labour force participation and fertility in Italian history“, LdA WP no 484, February 2023;
• Francesco Campo, Mariapia Mendola, Andrea Morrison and Gianmarco Ottaviano: “Cultural Diversity and Immigrant Inventors in the Age of Mass Migration”, (LdA WP no. 464, June 2020), published in the Journal of European Economic Association, Vol. 20 (5), 1971-2021, 2022;
• Mariapia Mendola, Giovanni Prarolo and Tommaso Sonno: “Curse or Blessing? Multinational Corporations and Labor Supply in Africa”, LdA WP no. 477, August 2021; under revision for the Review of World Economics;
• Francesco Campo, Sara Giunti and Mariapia Mendola: “The Refugee Crisis and Right-Wing Populism: Evidence from the Italian Dispersal Policy”, IZA DP 14084, July 2021; under revision for the European Economic Review;
• Michael A. Clemens and Mariapia Mendola: “Migration from Developing Countries: Selection, Income Elasticity and Simpson’s Paradox” LdA WP no. 465, September 2020; under revision for the Journal of Development Economics;
• Jacopo Bonan, Harounan Kazianga and Mariapia Mendola: “Agricultural Transformation and Farmers’ Expectation: Experimental Evidence from Uganda“, LdA WP no. 458, December 2019; under revision for the Review of Economics and Statistics;
• Francesco Campo, Sara Giunti, Mariapia Mendola and Giulia Tura: “Political Backlash to Refugee Settlement: Cultural and Economic Drivers”, IZA DP no. 16245 and Cefes WP no. 522, 2023;
• Andrea Greppi and Alireza Naghavi: “Institutions, Development, and Patterns of Trade”, LdA WP no. 479, February 2022;
• Jacopo Bonan, Sergiu Burlacu and Arianna Galliera: “Consistency of prosocial behavior and cognitive skills: Evidence from children in El Salvador“, LdA WP no. 478, December 2021;
• Laura Pagani and Giovanni Pica: “A peer like me? Early exposure to high achievers in math and later educational outcomes“, LdA WP no. 476, July 2021;
• Silvia Marchesi, Tania Masi and Pietro Bomprezzi: “Is to forgive forget? Sovereign Risk in the Aftermath of a Default“, LdA WP no. 475, July 2021;
• Emilia Barili, Veronica Grembi and Anna Rosso: “Domestic Violence and Gender Stereotypes: Perceptions, Justifications, and Reactions“, LdA WP no. 474, June 2021;
• Emilia Barili, Veronica Grembi and Anna Rosso: “Women in Distress: Mental Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic“, LdA WP no. 470, March 2021;
• Massimiliano Bratti, Mariapia Mendola and Simona Fiore: “The Impact of Family Size and Sibiling Structure on the Great Mexico-U.S.”, Journal of Population Economics, 33, 483–529, 2020;
• Diego Daruich, Sabrina Di Addario and Raffaele Saggio: “The Effects of Partial Employment Protection Reforms: Evidence from Italy“, WP LdA no. 463, April 2020;
• Silvia Marchesi and Tania Masi: “The Price of Haircuts: Private and Official Default“, LdA WP no. 460, February 2020;
• Nicholas Ingwersen, Harounan Kazianga, Leigh L. Linden, Arif Mamun, Ali Protik and Matt Sloan: “The Long-Term Impacts of Girl-Friendly Schools: Evidence from the BRIGHT School Construction Program in Burkina Faso”, LdA WP no. 452, July 2019;
• Jacopo Bonan, Cristina Cattaneo, Giovanna d’Adda and Massimo Tavoni: “Heterogeneity of Social Information Programs: the Role of Identity and Values”, LdA WP no. 443, January 2019;
• Harounan Kazianga, Methabul Azam and Francis Makamu: “Returns to Controlling a Neglected Tropical Disease: Schistosomiasis Control Program and Education Outcomes in Nigeria”, Journal of African Economies, Vol. 27(5), 538-557, 2018;
• Mariapia Mendola: “Global Evidence on Prospective Migrants from Developing Countries”, LdA WP no. 439, September 2018;
• Costanza Biavaschi, Giovanni Facchini, Anna Maria Mayda and Mariapia Mendola: “South-South Migration and the Labor Market in South Africa”, Journal of Economic Geography, Vol.18(4), 823-853, 2018;
• Harounan Kanzianga and Zaki Wajjah: “Will Urban Migrants Formally Insure their Rural Relatives? Family Networks and Rainfall Index Insurance in Burkina Faso”, LdA WP no. 436, March 2018;
• Cristina Cirillo and Giorgia Giovannetti: “Do Cash Transfers Trigger Investments? Evidence from Peru”, LdA WP no. 433, January 2018;
• Guido Friebel, Miriam Manchin, Mariapia Mendola and Giovanni Prarolo: “Human Smuggling and Intentions to Migrate: Global Evidence form a Supply Shock along Africa-to-Europe Migration Routes”, LdA WP no. 432, December 2017;
• Garance Genicot, Anna Maria Mayda, and Mariapia Mendola: “The Impact of Migration on Child Labor: Theory and Evidence from Brazil”, in Markets, Governance and Institutions in the Process of Economic Development, Festschrift in Honour of Kaushik Basu, Oxford University Press, pp. 233-256, 2017;
• Harounan Kanzianga and Zaki Wajjah: “Intra-household Resource Allocation and Familial Ties”, Journal of Development Economics, 127, pp. 109-132, 2017;
• Harounan Kanzianga and Francis Makamu: “Crop Choice, School Participation and Child Labor in Developing Countries: Cotton Expansion in Burkina Faso”, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 99-1, pp. 34-54, 2017;
  
• Jacopo Bonan, Stefano Pareglio and Massimo Tavoni: “Access to Modern Energy: a Review of Barriers, Drivers and Impacts”, Environment and Development Economics, 22(5): 491-516, 2017;
• Jacopo Bonan, Philippe LeMay-Boucher, Oliver Dagnelie and Michel Tenikue: “The Impact of Insurance Literacy and Marketing Treatments on the Demand for Health Microinsurance in Senegal: A Randomized Evaluation”, Journal of African Economies, 26(2): 169-191, 2017;
• Jacopo Bonan and Laura Pagani: “Junior Farmer Field Schools, Agricultural Knowledge and Spillover Effects: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Northern Uganda”, Journal of Development Studies, 54(11): 2007-2022, 2017;
• Jacopo Bonan, Philippe LeMay-Boucher and Michel Tenikue: “Increasing Anti-malaria Bednet Take-up Using Information and Distribution Strategies: Evidence from a Field Trial  in Senegal”, Journal of Development Effectiveness, 9(4): 543-562, 2017;
• Anna de Paoli and Mariapia Mendola: “International Migration and Child Labor in Developing Countries”, The World Economy, Vol.40(4), 678-702, 2017;
• Mariapia Mendola: “International Migration and Informal Social Protection in Rural Mozambique”, Research in Economics, 71(2), 282-290, 2017 (invited paper).

Policy Reports

• Furio C. Rosati, Mariapia Mendola, Anita Guelfi and Amedeo Parrella: “Towards sustainable migration. Interventions in countries of origin“, The Italian Centre for International Development and Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, January 2017.