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29/06/2023
Science That Fights Educational Poverty

BOCCONI'S LABORATORY FOR EFFECTIVE ANTI POVERTY POLICIES PROVIDES RIGOROUS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON THE FUNCTIONING OF EXPERIMENTAL EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES, WHICH COULD BE REPLICATED ON A LARGE SCALE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION
 

06/06/2023 06/06/2023
DISUGUAGLIANZE, INNOVAZIONE E ISTRUZIONE

6 GIUGNO 2023
9.30-17.00
Università Bocconi
Aula Magna
Via Gobbi 5

Please note that registration to this event is mandatory.

You may register at the following link: https://eventi.unibocconi.it/form.php?pt=2

LEAP Coffee - Hanna Moreno

Thank you Hanna Moreno for her interesting presentation: "The effect of forced displacement on long term educational outcomes: evidence from Uganda" at today's LEAP Coffee!

03/05/2023
 The macroeconomics of pandemics around the world: Lives versus livelihoods revisited​​​​​​​ 

The paper The macroeconomics of pandemics around the world: Lives versus livelihoods revisited by our affiliate Selene Ghisolfi and co-authors has been published in the Journal of Development Economics.

 

28/04/2023
The incidence of affirmative action: Evidence from quotas in private schools in India

LEAP PhD Student Raphaelle Aulagnon reports on the recent LEAP seminar with  Abhijeet Singh

08/03/2023
Upcoming seminars

Here is a list of the upcoming seminars co-organized by LEAP and Università Cattolica di Milano.

The seminars will take place on the campus of Università Cattolica di Milano.

07/03/2023
2023 (12th) edition of the Summer School in Development Economics

The Italian Development Economist Association (IDEAS), the Department of Economics of Verona and the Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability of Monash University organize the 2023 (12th) edition of the Summer School in Development Economics.

09/01/2023
LEAP Upcoming Seminars

Here you may find the complete schedule of the upcoming LEAP seminars and the links for the ZOOM Meetings stream to follow them. 

 

22/12/2022
Workshop on Networks and Development, Naples 29-30 May 2023

We are pleased to announce the second edition of the Workshop on Networks and Development, that will be held in Naples (Italy) from the 29th (noon) to the 31st (noon) of May 2023. The workshop aims at bringing together researchers working on themes related to networks and development economics to present their work. Topics include (but are not limited to): peer-effects, insurance networks, firms' networks, information, family networks.

Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome.

21/12/2022
If You Can Imagine It, You Can Do It

LEAP Scholar Alexia Delfino's latest academic paper "Learning to see the world’s opportunities: The impact of imagery on entrepreneurial success" has been published on Bocconi Knowledge