Barbara Biasi
Assistant Professor of Economics
Barbara Biasi’s research is in the areas of labor and public economic s, with a focus on education. Most of her work focuses on understanding how to allocate scarce resources across schools and students to guarantee high-quality education to all students. Some of her recent research has investigated the impact of changes in teachers’ compensation (salaries and pensions) on teachers’ labor markets, the causes and consequences of spending differences across schools, and differences in the content of education across and within institutions. Professor Biasi obtained her PhD from Stanford University.
Education
- PhD, Stanford, 2017
- MSc, Bocconi University, 2011
- BSc, Bocconi University, 2009
Articles
What Works and For Whom? Effectiveness and Efficiency of School Capital Investments Across The U.S.
The Role of Bipolar Disorder and Family Wealth in Choosing Creative Occupations
School Finance Equalization Increases Intergenerational Mobility: Evidence from A Simulated Instruments Approach
Wisconsin’s Act 10, Flexible Pay, and the Impact on Teacher Labor Markets
Flexible Wages, Bargaining, and The Gender Gap
Effects of Copyrights on Science: Evidence from the WWII Book Republication Program
The Labor Market for Teachers under Different Pay Schemes
Working Papers
Equilibrium in The Market for Public School Teachers: District Wage Strategies and Teacher Comparative Advantage
Efficiency and Effectiveness of School Capital Investments Across The U.S.
Achievements
2024 Best Paper Award, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
2022 ERC Starting Grant
2022 European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant
2021 Distinguished CESifo Affiliate Award, CESifo Munich
2019 Early Career Research Award, Upjohn Institute
2016 Econometric Society European Meeting – Best Paper by Young Researcher Award