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Eliana La Ferrara is a Full Professor holding the prestigious Fondazione Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi Chair in Development Economics at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, where she maintains an active research and teaching profile.
She received her PhD in Economics from Harvard University in 1999, establishing the foundation for her distinguished career in economic research.
Her research program critically examines development economics through multiple interconnected lenses:
- Ethnicity's impact on economic decision-making
- Formation and transmission of social norms
- Institutional frameworks in developing economies
- Media's role in shaping economic behavior
- Policy interventions in resource-constrained settings
Professor La Ferrara remains actively engaged in contemporary academic discourse, recently participating in the November 2024 Workshop on Infectious Disease Modelling with Human Behaviour and December 2024's COVID CRISIS LAB-CERGAS Seminar, demonstrating ongoing contributions to pressing global challenges.
