Michele Valsecchi

My research focuses on Development Economics and Political Economy with focus on: political institutions; economic institutions; corruption; ethnic diversity; natural resources; migration.

Coming up:

• Nov2026: ESOC-ReCIPE Annual Meeting (6-7 November, U. Chicago in Paris and PSE, Paris)

• Dec2026: Seminar at ITAM (1 December, Mexico ITAM)

News:

• Oct2026: New working paper "Mapping Territory, Making Peace: Cadastral Reform and Armed Conflict over the Long Run" (with O. Olsson and A. Kopylova)! link

• Sep2026: New working paper "What Drives Child Penalties? Evidence from a Global Organization" (with J. Bracco, Y. Froude, M.F. Pinto and B. Rijkers) now available on the World Bank  Policy Research Working Paper series (link)

• Jul2026: "What Drives Child Penalties? Evidence from a Global Organization" included in the NBER Summer Institute workshop on "Gender in the Economy" (28-29jul, Boston)

• Jul2026: presented "Cultural Constraints on Managerial Productivity: Evidence from World Bank Lending" at the SIOE annual meeting (13-15jul, INSEAD, Fontainbleau)

• Jul2026: presented "Cultural Constraints on Managerial Productivity: Evidence from World Bank Lending" at the IEA World Congress (22-26jun, , Belgrade)

• Jun2026: presented "Cadastre Reforms and Social Conflict" at the Durham Development Economcs workshop (9-10jun, Durham University, Durham)

• Jun2026: presented "What Drives Child Penalties? Evidence from a Global Organization" at the BSE Summer Forum workshop on Economics of Gender, Families and Work (8-9jun, BSE, Barcelona)

• Jun2026: presented "Cultural Constraints on Managerial Productivity: Evidence from World Bank Lending" at the World Inequality Conference (4-6jun, PSE, Paris)

• Jun2026: presented "Cultural Constraints on Managerial Productivity: Evidence from World Bank Lending" at the Linnaeus Inequality Summit (2-3jun, LU, Växjö)

• May2026: "Cultural Constraints on Managerial Productivity: Evidence from World Bank Lending" included in the program of the RIDGE-LACEA workshop on Gender and Household Economics (21-22may, U. West Indies, Barbados)

Here you can find my CV.

Contact: mvalsecchi [at] nes [dot] ru