Martina Viarengo
Biographic Data
| ID | 1122841 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martina Viarengo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martina |
| FAMILY NAME | Viarengo |
| SIGNATURE | VIARENGO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9085-4485 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 83 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The gender dimension of refugees’ integration in the labor market
This paper examines the gender differences in labor market integration among refugees and their determinants. It focuses on a longitudinal dataset that covers the entire refugee population in Switzerland over 20 years. During the period examined, the majority of refugees came from low-income economies in Africa and Asia. The quasi-random allocation of asylum seekers across Swiss cantons, which differ in their socio-economic characteristics, provi…
Raising the bar: An inclusive global poverty line
Labor market integration, local conditions and inequalities: Evidence from refugees in Switzerland
The paper examines the patterns of economic integration of refugees in Switzerland, a country with a long tradition of hosting refugees, a top-receiving host in Europe, and a prominent example of a multicultural society. It relies on a unique longitudinal dataset consisting of administrative records and social security data for the universe of refugees in Switzerland over 1998–2018. This data is used to reconstruct the individual-level trajectori…
Crime, inequality and subsidized housing: Evidence from South Africa
Labor Market Integration, Local Conditions and Inequalities: Evidence from Refugees in Switzerland
The paper examines the patterns of economic integration \n of refugees in Switzerland, a country with a long tradition \n of hosting refugees, a top-receiving host in Europe, and a \n prominent example of a multicultural society. It relies on \n a unique longitudinal dataset consisting of administrative \n records and social security data for the universe of refu- \n gees in Switzerland over 1998–2018. This data is used to \n reconstruct the indi…
Gender Differences in Professional Career Dynamics: New Evidence from a Global Law Firm
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 23 countries. The sample includes countries at different stages of development. We document the cross‐country variation in gender gaps and how these gaps have changed over time. We show that while there is gender parity at the en…
Nation-building Through Compulsory Schooling during the Age of Mass Migration
Why did America introduce compulsory schooling laws at a time when financial investments in education and voluntary school attendance were high? We provide qualitative and quantitative evidence that states adopted compulsory schooling laws as a nation-building tool to instil civic values to the culturally diverse migrants during the ‘Age of Mass Migration’ between 1850 and 1914. We show the adoption of compulsory schooling laws occurred significa…
The State, Socialisation, and Private Schooling: When Will Governments Support Alternative Producers
Understanding the institutional features that can improve learning outcomes and reduce inequality is a top priority for international and development organisations around the world. Economists appear to have a good case for support to non-governmental alternatives as suppliers of schooling. However, unlike other policy domains, freer international trade or privatisation, economists have been remarkably unsuccessful in promoting the adoption of th…
Colonial Institutions, Trade Shocks, and the Diffusion of Elementary Education in Brazil, 1889-1930
We study the initial expansion of public schooling across Brazilian states (1889-1930) and develop an alternative explanation of how colonial institutions may affect the provision of public goods in the long run. We find that states that exported commodities undergoing international booms, between 1889 and 1930, had significantly larger export tax revenues and could spend more on education, while other states lagged behind. Yet, such positive eff…
Why Demographic Suicide? The Puzzles of European Fertility
The Making of Modern America: Migratory Flows in the Age of Mass Migration
The Expansion and Convergence of Compulsory Schooling in Western Europe, 1950-2000: Expansion and Convergence of Schooling
This paper examines the expansion of compulsory schooling in fifteen Western European countries over 1950–2000. We show that a convergence process has occurred across these countries since 1950. We argue that the major driver of this phenomenon is the existence of decreasing aggregate returns to education that have limited the extension of compulsory schooling. Then we test whether convergence holds when confronted with other explanations describ…
American education in the age of mass migrations 1870–1930
Nation-building Through Compulsory Schooling during the Age of Mass Migration
Why did America introduce compulsory schooling laws at a time when financial investments in education and voluntary school attendance were high? We provide qualitative and quantitative evidence that states adopted compulsory schooling laws as a nation-building tool to instil civic values to the culturally diverse migrants during the ‘Age of Mass Migration’ between 1850 and 1914. We show the adoption of compulsory schooling laws occurred significa…
The Making of Modern America: Migratory Flows in the Age of Mass Migration
Colonial Institutions, Trade Shocks, and the Diffusion of Elementary Education in Brazil, 1889-1930
We study the initial expansion of public schooling across Brazilian states (1889-1930) and develop an alternative explanation of how colonial institutions may affect the provision of public goods in the long run. We find that states that exported commodities undergoing international booms, between 1889 and 1930, had significantly larger export tax revenues and could spend more on education, while other states lagged behind. Yet, such positive eff…
The Expansion and Convergence of Compulsory Schooling in Western Europe, 1950-2000: Expansion and Convergence of Schooling
This paper examines the expansion of compulsory schooling in fifteen Western European countries over 1950–2000. We show that a convergence process has occurred across these countries since 1950. We argue that the major driver of this phenomenon is the existence of decreasing aggregate returns to education that have limited the extension of compulsory schooling. Then we test whether convergence holds when confronted with other explanations describ…
Labor market integration, local conditions and inequalities: Evidence from refugees in Switzerland
The paper examines the patterns of economic integration of refugees in Switzerland, a country with a long tradition of hosting refugees, a top-receiving host in Europe, and a prominent example of a multicultural society. It relies on a unique longitudinal dataset consisting of administrative records and social security data for the universe of refugees in Switzerland over 1998–2018. This data is used to reconstruct the individual-level trajectori…
Crime, inequality and subsidized housing: Evidence from South Africa
Why Demographic Suicide? The Puzzles of European Fertility
American education in the age of mass migrations 1870–1930
The Expansion and Convergence of Compulsory Schooling in Western Europe, 1950-2000: Expansion and Convergence of Schooling
This paper examines the expansion of compulsory schooling in fifteen Western European countries over 1950–2000. We show that a convergence process has occurred across these countries since 1950. We argue that the major driver of this phenomenon is the existence of decreasing aggregate returns to education that have limited the extension of compulsory schooling. Then we test whether convergence holds when confronted with other explanations describ…
The Making of Modern America: Migratory Flows in the Age of Mass Migration
Why Demographic Suicide? The Puzzles of European Fertility
Colonial Institutions, Trade Shocks, and the Diffusion of Elementary Education in Brazil, 1889-1930
We study the initial expansion of public schooling across Brazilian states (1889-1930) and develop an alternative explanation of how colonial institutions may affect the provision of public goods in the long run. We find that states that exported commodities undergoing international booms, between 1889 and 1930, had significantly larger export tax revenues and could spend more on education, while other states lagged behind. Yet, such positive eff…
The State, Socialisation, and Private Schooling: When Will Governments Support Alternative Producers
Understanding the institutional features that can improve learning outcomes and reduce inequality is a top priority for international and development organisations around the world. Economists appear to have a good case for support to non-governmental alternatives as suppliers of schooling. However, unlike other policy domains, freer international trade or privatisation, economists have been remarkably unsuccessful in promoting the adoption of th…
Nation-building Through Compulsory Schooling during the Age of Mass Migration
Why did America introduce compulsory schooling laws at a time when financial investments in education and voluntary school attendance were high? We provide qualitative and quantitative evidence that states adopted compulsory schooling laws as a nation-building tool to instil civic values to the culturally diverse migrants during the ‘Age of Mass Migration’ between 1850 and 1914. We show the adoption of compulsory schooling laws occurred significa…
Gender Differences in Professional Career Dynamics: New Evidence from a Global Law Firm
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 23 countries. The sample includes countries at different stages of development. We document the cross‐country variation in gender gaps and how these gaps have changed over time. We show that while there is gender parity at the en…
Labor Market Integration, Local Conditions and Inequalities: Evidence from Refugees in Switzerland
The paper examines the patterns of economic integration \n of refugees in Switzerland, a country with a long tradition \n of hosting refugees, a top-receiving host in Europe, and a \n prominent example of a multicultural society. It relies on \n a unique longitudinal dataset consisting of administrative \n records and social security data for the universe of refu- \n gees in Switzerland over 1998–2018. This data is used to \n reconstruct the indi…
Labor market integration, local conditions and inequalities: Evidence from refugees in Switzerland
The paper examines the patterns of economic integration of refugees in Switzerland, a country with a long tradition of hosting refugees, a top-receiving host in Europe, and a prominent example of a multicultural society. It relies on a unique longitudinal dataset consisting of administrative records and social security data for the universe of refugees in Switzerland over 1998–2018. This data is used to reconstruct the individual-level trajectori…
Crime, inequality and subsidized housing: Evidence from South Africa
The gender dimension of refugees’ integration in the labor market
This paper examines the gender differences in labor market integration among refugees and their determinants. It focuses on a longitudinal dataset that covers the entire refugee population in Switzerland over 20 years. During the period examined, the majority of refugees came from low-income economies in Africa and Asia. The quasi-random allocation of asylum seekers across Swiss cantons, which differ in their socio-economic characteristics, provi…
Raising the bar: An inclusive global poverty line
Economics (10 works) · Demographic economics (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (3 works)