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 EntryBarros, Laura and Manuel Santos Silva (2024) Economic shocks, gender, and populism: Evidence from Brazil
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)
Publications
Barros, Laura and Ute Rink (2021) Spending or saving? Female empowerment and financial decisions in a matrilineal society, World Development, 141, p.105342Barros, 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
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