Laura Barros

Laura Barros is a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of International Economic Policy (Prof. Kis-Katos). She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Göttingen, a Master's degree in Economics from Heidelberg University, and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Her research interests comprise development economics, gender, political economy, and applied microeconometrics.

Working papers

Barros, Laura and Aiko Schmeißer (2024) Job Loss and Political Entry

Publications

Barros, Laura and Manuel Santos Silva (2025) Economic shocks, gender, and populism: Evidence from Brazil. Journal of Development Economics, 174, 103412

Barros, Laura and Manuel Santos Silva (forthcoming) Between Sticky Floors and Glass Ceilings: Trade Liberalization and Wage Inequality by Gender and Race in Brazil. Economic Development and Cultural Change

Barros, Laura and Ute Rink (2021) Spending or saving? Female empowerment and financial decisions in a matrilineal society. World Development, 141, p.105342

Work in progress

Religious supply and local violence (joint work with Krisztina Kis-Katos and Manuel Santos Silva)
Natural disasters and intimate partner violence: Evidence from Peru (joint work with Yuanwei Xu)
Female political participation and environmental outcomes (joint work with Rocío Castilla Navarro and Manuel Santos Silva)
Indigenous quotas and the political representation of historically marginalized groups (joint work with Krisztina Kis-Katos and Amanda Woodman Deza)

Teaching

Lecturer for Labor Economics WiSe 2024/2025
TA for Migration Economics: Replication Course, SoSe 2024, SoSe 2022
TA for Empirical Political Economy, WiSe 2021/2022, WiSe 2023/2024
TA for Applied Panel Data Econometrics, SoSe 2021, SoSe 2022
TA for Sustainable Development, Trade and Environmental Economics WiSe 2019/2020, SoSe 2020
TA for Introduction to Development Economics SoSe 2019
TA for Development Economics IV: Gender, Institutions, and Development WiSe 2018/2019
TA for European and Global Trade WiSe 2018/2019