ANNARITA MACCHIONI GIAQUINTO,
Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Economist, FAO
I am a Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Specialist at FAO.
I received my PhD in Economics from the Ca' Foscari University of Venice.
I am an applied researcher interested in micro-data driven analysis, and policy evaluation. My primary research interests are Gender Inequalities, Health Economics and Development Economics.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Gender Inequalities, Health Economics, Development Economics
RESEARCH
PUBLICATIONS
Labour supply and informal care responses to health shocks within couples: evidence from the UKHLS, joint with Jones, A. M., Rice, N., Zantomio F, 2022. Health Economics, 1– 21. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4604
Board gender quotas and the composition of the board: evidence from a sample of Italian listed companies, Economia Italiana, 2019/3.​
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La leadership femminile nelle società quotate lombarde, joint with Profeta P., Policy Paper for EUPOLIS, 2017.
WORKINGÂ PAPERS
The power of the (red) pill in Europe: pharmaceutical innovation and female empowerment. 2022. University Ca'Foscari of Venice, Dept. of Economics Research Paper Series No 9. Submitted
WORKS IN PROGRESS
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Fertility implications to female asset ownership, evidence from a policy reform in Nepal, joint with Brugiavini A., Mane E., Zantomio F. 2022.
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Women's Empowerment in Agriculture in times of COVID-19. joint with Mane E., Ndoro R., 2022
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Understanding the impact of Covid-19 on rural women and men in Central Asia, joint with Mane E. and University of Central Asia (UCA), 2022
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The impact of return migration on gender equality and women’s empowerment, joint Mane E., Ndoro R., 2022
Understanding the heterogeneous impact of Covid-19 on Nepalese rural households, joint with Daidone S. Mane E., Ndoro R., Sitko N., Pellegrini F., 2021
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MEDIA COVERAGE
IL SOLE 24 ORE, 11.12.2019, WWW.ILSOLE24ORE.COM/ART/NUOVE-ISTITUZIONI-PROSPETTIVA-GENERE-ACRHMH4
LEGGE PILLON: DIVORZIO E CASTIGO. PER LE DONNE, JOINT WIT BRUGIAVINI A., 15.03.2019, LAVOCE.INFO
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice,
Fondamenta S. Giobbe, 873, 30121 Cannaregio, Venezia ( VE)
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Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO
Via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy