Research

Published Papers

“International differences in gradients in early childhood overweight and obesity: the role of maternal employment and formal childcare attendance” (2023). European Journal of Public Health, ckad058 with Panico, L., et al. URL.
“The role of energy balance related behaviors in socioeconomic inequalities in childhood body mass index: A comparative analysis of Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States” (2022). Social Science & Medicine, 115575 with de la Rie, et al. URL.
“National context and socioeconomic inequalities in educational achievement: An overview of six high income countries: France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and United States” (2021) with Olczyk, M., et al. URL.

Work in Progress

“Motherhood Penalty: Gender Norms, Occupational Sorting, and Labour Supply’” with Jonathan Norris, and Agnese Romiti.
“Beliefs on Children’s Human Capital Formation and Mothers at Work” with Jonathan Norris, Agnese Romiti, Zhan Shi, and Paul Telemo.
“The Transition from Universal to Means-Tested Benefits in France: Effets on Families and Children”.
“Gender Differences in Cognitive Ability at School Entry: the Role of School Readiness Skills” with Lidia Panico, and Michelle Kelly-Irving.

Presentations & Invited Seminars

2024: PGR conference, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow – UK | Scottish Graduate Programme in Economics (SGPE) Annual Conference, Crieff – UK (Awarded Best Presentation Prize)
2023: AIEL Conference, University of Genoa – Italy | Royal Economic Society PhD Conference, University of Glasgow, Glasgow - UK | PGR conference, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow – UK.
2022: PGR conference, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow – UK.
2020: RC28, Turku – Finland (accepted to present but cancelled due to the pandemic).

Projects Participation

Data Manager for the DICE project:
The Development of Inequalities in Child Educational Achievement: A Six Country Study (DICE) is an Open Research Area (ORA)-funded project which aimed to advance our understanding of disparities in child development by parental socioeconomic status. It leveraged rich cohort and administrative data from six countries - France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States – embedding them in a harmonized framework. The project moved beyond cross-sectional and single country snapshots by studying the question of how inequalities develop over time (ages 3 to 16), what factors may influence inequalities and how national context may strengthen or buffer these processes. Child development is conceptualised broadly, to include cognitive, social/emotional and health outcomes, recognizing the interplay of multiple spheres of development in childhood.