Rita Ginja

​Publications:

1. Employer Responses to Family Leave Programs (with Arizo Karimi and Pengpeng Xiao), Forthcoming, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (IFAU WP 2020-18)

2. Who Benefits From Free Health Insurance: Evidence from Mexico (with Gabriella Conti), Forthcoming, Journal of Human Resources Online Appendix

3. Parental Leave Benefits, Household Labor Supply and Children’s Long-run Outcomes (with Jenny Jans and Arizo Karimi), Journal of Labor Economics, 2020, vol. 38, no. 1 , Pages 261-320.

4. Tackling Social Exclusion: Evidence from Chile (with Pedro Carneiro and Emanuela Galasso), The Economic Journal, Volume 129, Issue 617, 1 January 2019, Pages 172–208.

5. Partial Insurance and Investments in Children (with Pedro Carneiro), The Economic Journal, 126 (October 2016), F66–F95. Appendix

6. Long Term Impacts of Compensatory Preschool on Health and Behavior: Evidence from Head Start (with Pedro Carneiro), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, November 2014, 6(4): 135–173. 

Working Papers:

1. The Value of Health Insurance: A Household Job Search Approach (with Gabriella Conti and Renata Narita), submitted

   • This paper is part of a project financially supported by the Swedish Research Council, Grant No.348-2013-6378, and by the British Academy Newton Advanced Fellowship, Grant No.AF150049.

   • IFS WP 18/20. IZA DP 11706. HCEO WP 2018-050. Most downloaded HCEO WP in August and September 2018.

   • Featured at the HCEO Research Spotlight. Link here.

2. School Selectivity, Peers, and Mental Health (with Aline Bütikofer, Fanny Landaud and Katrine Løken), Revise and Resubmit at The Economic Journal

3. School Health Programs: Education, Health, and Welfare Dependency of Young Adults (with Signe A. Abrahamsen and Julie Riise), 2nd Best Paper Prize at 2021 Essen Health Conference, submitted

4. The health effects of early interventions: Evidence from the Sure Start (with Sarah Cattan, Gabriella Conti, Christine Farquharson and Maud Pecher), submitted (IFS Working Paper)

   • Project funded by the Nuffield Foundation (EYP 42289)

5. Trade Competition, Technology and Labor Reallocation (with Selva Baziki and Teodora Borota Milicevic)

6. Parental Investments in Children and Local Business Cycles, under review for re-submission

Selected Work in Progress:

1. Heterogeneous Quality in Delivery of Welfare: Evidence from Social Workers in the Chile Solidario Program (with Pedro Carneiro, Emanuela Galasso and Lucy Kraftman).
2. Spillovers in Social Program Participation: Evidence from Chile (with Pedro Carneiro, Barbara Flores, Emanuela Galasso, Lucy Kraftman and Aureo de Paula).