I am an Assistant Professor (RTT) at The University of Padova, and a research associate of the CAGE Research Centre, Warwick.
I obtained my PhD in Economics from the University of Warwick in 2019.
My research interests lie in the fields of development economics and economic history, with a special focus on their interconnection.
Please, find my CV here. You can write me at martina.miotto{at}unipd.it
University of Padova
Department of Economics and Management
Palazzo Ca' Borin
Via del Santo 22, 35123, Padova, Italy
Welfare cuts and crime: Evidence from the New Poor Law
(with E. Melander) - The Economic Journal, 2023, 133(651), pp. 1248–1264.
Improved menstrual health and the workplace: An RCT with female Bangladeshi garment workers
(with K. Czura and A. Menzel) - Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 166.
The long-run effects of R&D subsidies on high-tech start-ups: Insights from Italy
(with L. Borgomeo and C. Koenig) - Economics Letters, 2025, 248.
Solving the longitude puzzle: A story of clocks, ships and cities
(with L. Pascali) - Journal of International Economics, 2025, 155.
Intended college major choice and the inheritance of majors
(with G. Brunello, F. Campo, E. Lodigiani, L. Rocco) - Economics Letters, 2025, 255.
Tastes, ability or expected wages? The intended choice of college majors by students in Italy
[ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin No. 055/26] - with G. Brunello, F. Campo, E. Lodigiani, L. Rocco.
Colonialism, cash crops and women in Africa
[CERGE-EI Working Paper No. 750] - working on it again with F. Malnati, new draft coming soon.
Unpopular reforms, social unrest and grassroots political movements
with K. Bakharev and E. Melander
Separating Diffusion from Adoption in Social Networks: Evidence from a Menstrual Health Intervention