Elisabetta Aurino

Elisabetta Aurino

Lecturer Professor

ORCID: 0000-0001-5814-2704
Knowledge area: Economia Aplicada

Research group: Economic History and Development (Industry, Business, Sustainability)

Contact Information
Department of Economic History, Institutions and Policy and World Economy
Av. Diagonal, 690 Torre 6, despatx 6102b (Edifici 690) Facultat d'Economia i Empresa Universitat de Barcelona

e.aurino(a)ub.edu

More Information: Personal webpage (https://aurinoelisabetta.weebly.com/)

Academic training

Development economics . University Roma Tre . 21/06/2013 . (Ph.D.)
Master in Economics . University Rome Tre . (Official Master)

Teaching imparted (last 5 years)

Poverty and Inequality: Concepts, Measures and Politics (University Master's Degree) - Master in Institutions and Political Economy - Universitat de Barcelona.
Objectives and Instruments of Economic Policy (Bachelor's degree) - Economía(1) - Universidad de Barcelona.

Research interests

Child Development
Economics of Food and Nutrition
Education Economics
Health Economics
Development Economics

Participation in Projects (last 6 years)

Leveraging Early Adolescence for Development: Longitudinal and Experimental Evidence from Ghana (LEAD) . 2023 - 2027 . Ref.101041741 . Unió Europea . PI: Elisabetta Aurino
Critical windows for human development: experimental and longitudinal evidence from Ghana . 2022 - 2024 . Ref.2021-1417-00 . Jacobs Foundation . PI: Elisabetta Aurino
Nudges to improve learning and gender parity: Supporting parent engagement and Ghana's educational response to Covid-19 using mobile phones . 2020 - 2021 . Ref.Sense especificar . Not specified . PI: Elisabetta Aurino
Children's learning and development in the time of Covid19: Evidence from an ongoing longitudinal study in Ghana . 2020 - 2021 . Ref.EP/V028200/1 . Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council . PI: Elisabetta Aurino
Examining long-term impacts of the 'Quality Preschool for Ghana' interventions on academic and non-academic outcomes in middle-childhood . 2019 - 2021 . Ref.ECE190099 . The British Academy . PI: Elisabetta Aurino

Relevant publications (Journal Publications and Other publications - last 6 years)

Aurino, E.; Lleras-Muney, A.; Tarozzi, A.; Tinoco, B. (2023). The Rise and Fall of SES Gradients in Heights around the World. Journal of Health Economics . ISSN: 0167-6296
Angrist, N.; Aurino, E.; Patrinos, H. A.; Psacharopoulos, G.; Vargas, E.; Nordjo, R.; Wong, B. (2023). Improving Learning in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Journal Of Benefit-Cost Analysis . ISSN: 2194-5888
Wolf, S.; Aurino, E.; Suntheimer, N.M.; Avornyo, E.A.; Tsinigo, E.; Bherman,J.R.; Aber, J.L. (2022). Medium-term protective effects of quality early childhood education during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. Child Development, 93(6), pp. 1912 - 1920 . https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13824 . ISSN: 0009-3920
Aurino, E., Giunti, S. (2021). Social protection for child development in crisis: A review of evidence and knowledge gaps. World Bank Research Observer . https://doi.org/10.1093/wbro/lkab007 . ISSN: 0257-3032

Conferences and Participations in Congresses (last 6 years)

Aurino, E. (2023). A 'great buy' for all? The unequal consequences of messaging parents for child education in Ghana. (Speech) . European Economic Association Congress 2023 . Barcelona . SPAIN
Aurino, E.; Lleras-Muney, A.; Tarozzi, A.; Tinoco, B. (2023). The Rise and Fall of SES Gradients in Heights around the World. (Speech) . Third Catalan Economic Society Conference . Barcelona . SPAIN
Aurino, E. (2022). The promise and limits of women's and girls' empowerment for nutrition. (Speech) . Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Meeting . Brussels . BELGIUM
Aurino, E. (2022). Nudges to improve learning and gender parity: supporting parental engagement and Ghana's educational response to Covid-19 using mobile phones. (Speech) . Lisbon Economics and Statistics of Education . Lisbon . PORTUGAL
Aurino,E. (2021). Manna from the sky? Rainfall shocks and child nutrition in India. (Speech) . International Health Economics Association Conference . UNITED STATES

Directed Thesis, minor thesis and research reports (last 6 years)

De Souza, P.A . (2023) . Financial experience and repayment of microfinance loans. Evidence from a large-scale microcredit program in Brazil (Master's Thesis) . Universitat de Barcelona.