HHB welcomes Monica Bozzano - Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy - as a HHB Researcher.

She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pavia and she received her master in Economics and Social Sciences from the University of Sydney. Her research interests are in economic growth, economic history, and gender economics. In particular she is interested in the interaction between long-run development and institutions in a historical perspective, with a special focus on gender issues.

Publications: “Women, Medieval Commerce, and the Education Gender Gap”, with Bertocchi Graziella, Journal of Comparative Economics (Forthcoming); “Family Structure and the Education Gender Gap: Evidence from Italian Provinces”, with Bertocchi Graziella, Special Issue on the Determinants of Gender Gaps, CESifo Economic Studies, 61 (1), March, 2015, 263-300; “Assessing Gender Inequality among Italian Regions: the Italian Gender Gap Index”, Rivista di Politica Economica, CIII:III, I-III, January-March, 2014; “Country Profile: Italy”, with De Luca Sandro and Sassi Maria, European Map of Humanitarian Action, 2014.