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Monday 4th to Thursday 7th September 2023
Castello di Gargonza, Tuscany, Italy
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22nd SUMMER SCHOOL IN INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS Gender, Labour and Development

Monday 4th to Thursday 7th September 2023

Castello di Gargonza, Tuscany, Italy

 

The school intends to provide an intensive training course for graduate students and young researchers who are working in the field of development and international economics. This year the focus will be on gender, labour and development.


For further information and teaching material, please refer to: https://dagliano.unimi.it/

05/07/2023
RaccontaMi, the census of homelessness in Milan

LEAP is proud partner with Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti and Comune di Milano of of RaccontaMi, the census of homeless people in the municipality of Milan. 

05/07/2023
LEAP affiliates win PRIN grant to fight harmful gender norms.

The Italian funding agency PRIN will fund projects by  Lucia Corno, Alexia Delfino and Stefano Fiorin on restrictive gender norms. They will conduct research on misperceptions surrounding FGC, menstruation taboos and breastfeeding policies! Congratulations to our affiliates!

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.