Dr Francesca Salvati
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Email
francesca.salvati@essex.ac.uk -
Location
3.210, Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Economics at the University of Essex. Previously, I was a Research Fellow in the research department at the Bank of Italy. I hold a PhD in Economics from University College London. I am a Research Associate at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and a Research Affiliate at IZA. Research Areas: Labour Economics, Health, Education. For more details, please visit my personal webpage at https://sites.google.com/site/francescasalvati
Qualifications
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PhD Economics University College London, (2021)
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Strategies of Economic Development (EC335)
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Economic Development Theory (EC902)
Current supervision
Publications
Journal articles (3)
Carneiro, P., Kraftman, L., Rasul, I., Salvati, F. and Scott, M., (2026). Accelerating birth timing to access cash transfers? Evidence from households in extreme poverty. Journal of Health Economics. 106, 103098-103098
Carneiro, P., Cruz Aguayo, Y., Salvati, F. and Schady, N., (2025). The effect of classroom rank on learning throughout elementary school: experimental evidence from Ecuador. Journal of Labor Economics. 43 (2), 433-466
Attanasio, O., Meghir, C., Nix, E. and Salvati, F., (2017). Human capital growth and poverty: Evidence from Ethiopia and Peru. Review of Economic Dynamics. 25, 234-259