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Dr. Luna Bellani is a Lecturer at the Department of Economics, University of Ulm, Germany. She concurrently serves as a Research Associate at the Cluster of Excellence 'The Politics of Inequality' (University of Konstanz), Research Fellow at IZA Bonn (since 2017), and Research Affiliate at the AXA Research Lab on Gender Equality (Bocconi University). Her research focuses on applied microeconomics, with primary interests in inequality, intergenerational mobility, political economy of redistribution, and gender economics. She teaches courses on political economics, inequality, and policy analysis at both BA and MA levels.
Research interests include the political determinants of redistributive policies, gender disparities in political representation, and the long-term effects of childhood poverty. Her work combines empirical analysis with institutional and historical perspectives, as seen in studies on slavery legacies in U.S. lawmaking and the impact of air pollution on voting behavior.
Publications span topics like inheritance taxation, female labor force participation in Bangladesh, and the effects of collective crises (e.g., COVID-19) on redistribution preferences. Her work has been featured in journals such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Economic Inequality, and Socio-Economic Review.
No scientific awards or grants are explicitly listed in the provided texts. She advises no named students in the data.
Labs/teams: Active in the Cluster of Excellence 'The Politics of Inequality' (Konstanz), AXA Gender Equality Lab (Bocconi), and IZA's research network. Her work often involves interdisciplinary collaborations on inequality measurement and policy design.
