Mariapia Mendola

Fields of interest Development economics, Labor Migration, Economics of the Family, Applied micro

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RESEARCH
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS “Social determinants of labor market status of ethnic minorities in Britain” (with M. Kahanec), Research in Labor Economics, 29, 167-195, 2009. “Migration and Technological Change in Rural Households: Complements or Substitutes?”, Journal of Development Economics, 85 (1-2) 150–175, 2008. “Agricultural technology adoption and poverty reduction: a propensity-score matching analysis for rural Bangladesh”, Food Policy, 32, 372–393, 2007. “Farm Households Production Theories: a Review of ‘Institutional’ and ‘Behavioural’ responses”, Asian Development Review, 24 (1), 2007 Summary of Thesis: ‘Technology Adoption and Migration in Rural Households in Developing Countries’, Rivista Italiana degli Economisti, N.1-2006. “Le scelte di produzione delle famiglie contadine: aspetti istituzionali e comportamentali nella teoria economica”, QA -La Questione Agraria, N.2-2006. WORKING PAPERS "Labor Migration and Social Networks Participation in Southern Mozambique" (with J.M. Gallego), Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano Development Working Papers N. 279, 2009 [Pdf] "International Migration and Gender Differentials in the Home Labor Market: Evidence from Albania” (with G. Carletto), Policy Research Working Paper Series 4900, The World Bank & Working Paper n. 148 (2008). [Pdf] “Impoverishment effects of adverse health events: Evidence from the Western Balkans” (with C. Bredenkamp and M. Gragnolati), Policy Research Working Paper 4444 (2007), The World Bank. [Pdf] “Rural out-migration and economic development at origin. What do we know?”, Sussex Migration Working Paper N.40 (2006). [Pdf] "International migration and child labor in LDCs" (with J.M.Gallego), mimeo 2009. WORK IN PROGRESS Household health and child education in Bosnia and Herzegovina (with M.Bratti) Migration intentions, violence and networks: evidence from Southern Africa (with G.Friebel and J.M.Gallego) The labor market impact of immigration in South Africa (with G.Facchini and A.M.Mayda)