Paola Villar

Biographic Data

ID5915351
NAMEPaola Villar
GIVEN NAMESPaola
FAMILY NAMEVillar
SIGNATUREVILLAR P
AFFILIATIONSParis School of Economics
ORCID0000-0003-1960-6742
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS15
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • School Clustering and Religious Competition

    Open AccessPablo Alvarez-Aragon, Catherine Guirkinger et al.PREPRINTSSRN Electronic Journal2026

    This paper examines the persistence of educational inequalities in Africa, focusing on colonial and contemporary Congo. By analyzing historical and contemporary surveys, archives, and school administrative data, we document the continuing impact of colonial-era factors and explore mechanisms of path dependency. We find that contemporary educational inequalities are driven by the clustering of postindependence schools around historical Christian m…

  • Legacy of Colonial Education

    Open AccessPablo Alvarez-Aragon, Paola Villar et al.PREPRINTSSRN Electronic Journal2026

    The mechanisms that contribute to the enduring effects of colonial investments in education on human capital today are not well understood. This paper addresses this gap by examining the case of colonial Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo. We first document the enduring effects of colonial education and then analyze both demand-side channels and supply-side mechanisms. Using detailed contemporary and historical microdata, our results show…

  • Paternal mortality, early marriages, and marital trajectories in Senegal

    Open AccessPaola VillarARTICLEWorld Development2021References: 7

  • Income hiding and informal redistribution

    Open AccessMarie Boltz, Karine Marazyan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Development Economics2018Cited by: 15References: 3

  • Private Health Investments Under Competing Risks

    Open AccessPauline Rossi, Paola VillarARTICLESSRN Electronic Journal2017

  • Les liens des migrants internes et internationaux à leur ménage d'origine

    Marie Boltz-Laemmel, Paola VillarARTICLEAutrepart2014

    Souvent étudiés sous l’angle des remises issues de la migration internationale, les transferts intrafamiliaux au Sénégal sont aussi à l’œuvre dans les mobilités internes. Une analyse fine de la relation entre les migrants, principaux contributeurs aux dépenses du ménage d’origine, et les destinataires de leurs transferts est cruciale pour comprendre la dynamique du partage de ressources et les normes sociales qui y sont jointes. À l’aide d’une en…