Browsing by Author "Viarengo, Martina"
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Closing the Gender Gap in Education: Does it Foretell the Closing of the Employment, Marriage, and Motherhood Gaps?
Ganguli Prokopovych, Ina; Hausmann, Ricardo; Viarengo, Martina (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2011)In this paper we examine several dimensions of gender disparity for a sample of 40 countries using micro-level data. We start by documenting the reversal of the gender education gap and ranking countries by the year in ... -
Closing the Gender Gap in Education: Does it Foretell the Closing of the Employment, Marriage, and Motherhood Gaps?
Ganguli, Ina; Hausmann, Ricardo; Viarengo, Martina (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2011-04)In this paper we examine several dimensions of gender disparity for a sample of 40 countries using micro-level data. We start by documenting the reversal of the gender education gap and ranking countries by the year in ... -
Gender Differences in Professional Career Dynamics: New Evidence from a Global Law Firm
Ganguli, Ina; Hausmann, Ricardo; Viarengo, Martina (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2020-04)We examine gender gaps in career dynamics in the legal sector using rich panel data from one of the largest global law firms in the world. The law firm studied is representative of multinational law firms and operates in ... -
A Generation of Italian Economists
Nano, Enrico; Panizza, Ugo; Viarengo, Martina (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2021)We examine the role of financial aid in shaping the formation of human capital in economics. Specifically, we study the impact of a large merit-based scholarship for graduate studies in affecting individuals’ occupational ... -
School and family effects on educational outcomes across countries
Freeman, Richard Barry; Viarengo, Martina (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2014)This study analyzes the link between student test scores and the school students attend, the policies and practices of the schools, students’ family background and their parents’ involvement in their education using data ... -
’Schooling Can’t Buy Me Love’: Marriage, Work, and the Gender Education Gap in Latin America
Ganguli, Ina; Hausmann, Ricardo; Viarengo, Martina (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2010-06)In this paper we establish six stylized facts related to marriage and work in Latin America and present a simple model to account for them. First, skilled women are less likely to be married than unskilled women. Second, ... -
“Schooling Can’t Buy Me Love”: Marriage, Work, and the Gender Education Gap in Latin America
Ganguli, Ina; Hausmann, Ricardo; Viarengo, Martina (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2010)In this paper we establish six stylized facts related to marriage and work in Latin America and present a simple model to account for them. First, skilled women are less likely to be married than unskilled women. Second, ... -
The State, Socialization, and Private Schooling: When Will Governments Support Alternative Producers?
Pritchett, Lant; Viarengo, Martina (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2013-11)Understanding the institutional features that can improve learning outcomes and reduce inequality is a top priority for international and development organizations around the world. Economists appear to have a good case ...