Economics serving society
Julieta Vera Rueda

Julieta Vera Rueda

PhD student

Paris School of Economics, EHESS

Campus Jourdan – 48, boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris

5th floor, office 68

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Research groups: Development
  • Human capital and development
  • Evaluation of public policies in developing countries

Julieta Vera Rueda is available for positions

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  • Primary Field: Development Economics
  • Secondary Fields: Early Childhood Development, Human Capital, Impact evaluation in developing countries
  • References: Karen Macours, Sylvie Lambert, Luc Behaghel, Lucila Berniell
  • Job Market PAPER: When fathers are gone - the consequences of paternal absence during the early years
  • Placement: Research fellow at UCL London (UK)
  • Brief Candidate Profile:

    Julieta is an applied development economist, who focuses on the role of fathers in the development of children in the early years by looking at the extreme case of paternal absence. As part of her research agenda, she is also involved in the evaluation of two interventions in Africa, a cost-effectiveness study of two early childhood parenting programs in Cote d'Ivoire and a project aimed at reducing menstrual stigma among school-girls in rural Madagascar.

Thesis Supervisor: MACOURS Karen

Academic year of registration: 2018/2019

Thesis title: The role of the father in early childhood development