Alessandra Voena | |
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Nationality | Italian |
Alma mater | Stanford University (MA, PhD); University of Turin (BA) |
Spouse | Neale Mahoney |
Awards | Sloan Research Fellowship; Carlo Alberto Medal; Fellow of the Econometric Society |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Economics |
Institutions | Stanford University |
Thesis | Essays in applied microeconomics (2011) |
Academic advisors | Petra Moser; Caroline Hoxby; Luigi Pistaferri; Michèle Tertilt; Monika Piazzesi |
Website |
avoena |
Alessandra Voena is an Italian development and labor economist currently serving as Professor of Economics at Stanford University. [1] Her research focuses on the economics of the family, in addition to the study of science and innovation. [1] Voena is an elected fellow of the Econometric Society, [2] and is the recipient of a Sloan Research Fellowship. [3] In 2017, she received the Carlo Alberto Medal, awarded biennially by the Collegio Carlo Alberto to the best Italian economist under the age of 40. [4]
Voena received her BA from the University of Turin in 2005, and her MA and PhD in Economics from Stanford University in 2011. [5] Her dissertation research was supervised by Petra Moser, Caroline Hoxby, Michèle Tertilt, Monika Piazzesi, and Luigi Pistaferri. [6]
After completing her PhD, Voena joined the Harvard Kennedy School as a post-doctoral fellow, followed by the University of Chicago as an assistant professor. [7] In 2020, she moved to Stanford University, where she currently serves as Professor of Economics. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. [1]
In addition to her academic appointments, Voena is an Editor of the Journal of Labor Economics [1] and a Foreign Editor at the Review of Economic Studies. [8] She is affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research [9] and Centre for Economic Policy Research. [5]
In 2017, Voena received a Sloan Research Fellowship, [3] awarded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to early-career scientists in recognition of distinguished performance. The same year, she won the Carlo Alberto Medal, awarded biennially by the Collegio Carlo Alberto to the best Italian economist under 40. [4] In 2022, Voena was elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society. [2]
Voena is married to Neale Mahoney, also a professor of economics at Stanford University. [10]
Voena's research focuses on the economics of the household, in addition to the economics of science and innovation. [5] According to Research Papers in Economics, she is among the top 500 female economists in the world. [11]
Voena's early work examined the impact of migration and intellectual property on scientific discovery. In work with Petra Moser and Fabian Waldinger in the American Economic Review, [12] Voena shows that German-Jewish immigration to the United States as a result of World War II increased patenting in subfields of chemistry specialized in by the arriving scientists. [13]
In related work, Voena and Moser study the Trading with the Enemy Act, [14] which allowed American firms to violate foreign intellectual property during World War I if deemed valuable to the US military effort. The paper showed that compulsory licensing of foreign patents increased downstream domestic patenting in affected chemical subclasses by nearly 20%. [15]
In recent years, Voena has focused on development economics and the economics of the family. [1] In work with Nava Ashraf, Nathan Nunn, and Natalie Bau, Voena shows that there exists a positive relationship between female education and bride price, [16] such that the effects of school construction programs such as Indonesia's INPRES are strongest in ethnic groups that maintain the practice. [17]
In another paper with Lucia Corno and Nicole Hildebrandt, Voena leverages plausibly exogenous variation in incomes resulting from drought to show that economic conditions affect the timing of marriage and child-bearing. [18] In India (where dowry is common), drought reduces the rate of child marriage, while in Sub-Saharan Africa (where bride price prevails), drought increases its incidence. [18] This is consistent with a model in which households use marriage payments (either from or to the bride's family) to smooth consumption over time. [19]
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Alessandra Voena | |
---|---|
Nationality | Italian |
Alma mater | Stanford University (MA, PhD); University of Turin (BA) |
Spouse | Neale Mahoney |
Awards | Sloan Research Fellowship; Carlo Alberto Medal; Fellow of the Econometric Society |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Economics |
Institutions | Stanford University |
Thesis | Essays in applied microeconomics (2011) |
Academic advisors | Petra Moser; Caroline Hoxby; Luigi Pistaferri; Michèle Tertilt; Monika Piazzesi |
Website |
avoena |
Alessandra Voena is an Italian development and labor economist currently serving as Professor of Economics at Stanford University. [1] Her research focuses on the economics of the family, in addition to the study of science and innovation. [1] Voena is an elected fellow of the Econometric Society, [2] and is the recipient of a Sloan Research Fellowship. [3] In 2017, she received the Carlo Alberto Medal, awarded biennially by the Collegio Carlo Alberto to the best Italian economist under the age of 40. [4]
Voena received her BA from the University of Turin in 2005, and her MA and PhD in Economics from Stanford University in 2011. [5] Her dissertation research was supervised by Petra Moser, Caroline Hoxby, Michèle Tertilt, Monika Piazzesi, and Luigi Pistaferri. [6]
After completing her PhD, Voena joined the Harvard Kennedy School as a post-doctoral fellow, followed by the University of Chicago as an assistant professor. [7] In 2020, she moved to Stanford University, where she currently serves as Professor of Economics. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. [1]
In addition to her academic appointments, Voena is an Editor of the Journal of Labor Economics [1] and a Foreign Editor at the Review of Economic Studies. [8] She is affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research [9] and Centre for Economic Policy Research. [5]
In 2017, Voena received a Sloan Research Fellowship, [3] awarded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to early-career scientists in recognition of distinguished performance. The same year, she won the Carlo Alberto Medal, awarded biennially by the Collegio Carlo Alberto to the best Italian economist under 40. [4] In 2022, Voena was elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society. [2]
Voena is married to Neale Mahoney, also a professor of economics at Stanford University. [10]
Voena's research focuses on the economics of the household, in addition to the economics of science and innovation. [5] According to Research Papers in Economics, she is among the top 500 female economists in the world. [11]
Voena's early work examined the impact of migration and intellectual property on scientific discovery. In work with Petra Moser and Fabian Waldinger in the American Economic Review, [12] Voena shows that German-Jewish immigration to the United States as a result of World War II increased patenting in subfields of chemistry specialized in by the arriving scientists. [13]
In related work, Voena and Moser study the Trading with the Enemy Act, [14] which allowed American firms to violate foreign intellectual property during World War I if deemed valuable to the US military effort. The paper showed that compulsory licensing of foreign patents increased downstream domestic patenting in affected chemical subclasses by nearly 20%. [15]
In recent years, Voena has focused on development economics and the economics of the family. [1] In work with Nava Ashraf, Nathan Nunn, and Natalie Bau, Voena shows that there exists a positive relationship between female education and bride price, [16] such that the effects of school construction programs such as Indonesia's INPRES are strongest in ethnic groups that maintain the practice. [17]
In another paper with Lucia Corno and Nicole Hildebrandt, Voena leverages plausibly exogenous variation in incomes resulting from drought to show that economic conditions affect the timing of marriage and child-bearing. [18] In India (where dowry is common), drought reduces the rate of child marriage, while in Sub-Saharan Africa (where bride price prevails), drought increases its incidence. [18] This is consistent with a model in which households use marriage payments (either from or to the bride's family) to smooth consumption over time. [19]
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