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Alexia Delfino serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Bocconi University, with affiliations spanning CEPR DEV & OE, J-PAL, IZA, IGIER, LEAP, CESIfo, and BAFFI. She maintains a dual research presence as Visiting Research Fellow at STICERD.
Her academic foundation includes a PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics (2020).
Delfino operates at the intersection of Development, Organizational, and Behavioral Economics, employing experimental and survey methodologies to investigate how social norms, institutions, and identity shape labor market disparities and organizational productivity. Her fieldwork spans both developed and developing economies, with particular emphasis on gender dynamics in entrepreneurship and workplace culture. Recent projects examine trauma's impact on economic decision-making and value alignment in corporate environments.
Her publication trajectory reveals a consistent focus on gender economics and institutional analysis, with increasing methodological sophistication in field experiments and cross-national comparisons. The 2024-2025 publications demonstrate expansion into historical data analysis and team dynamics while maintaining core themes of gender barriers and entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Recognition includes:
- UniCredit Foundation Best Paper Award on Gender Economics (2021)
Research funding reflects policy relevance through partnerships with major development institutions:
- J-PAL Global Economic Affairs and Policy & Performance Evaluation
- Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) Exploratory and Research Grants
- LEAP and Weiss Fund support for gender-focused field experiments
- IGA-Rockefeller Research and Impact Fund for trauma economics research
She leads international collaborations examining reskilling interventions in Italy, lactation infrastructure in Kenya, and teenage job experimentation in Switzerland, demonstrating strong cross-institutional research networks with Harvard, LSE, and World Bank affiliates.
