The third featured JMC in 2025 Econ Job Market Vlog is Victoria Biagi (@VictoriaBi74104@LivUni ), whose research interests are political economy, urban economics, and economic history.
🎥 Check out her JMP video: https://t.co/Hm8VIv1WwE
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In my JMP I study how repurposing confiscated Mafia properties into community spaces reduces nearby schools' dropout rates. Mechanism: the policy increases the perceived value of education over criminal networks for career advancement.
Happy to share a new working paper with @ACardazzi and Victoria Biagi, a wonderful grad student at University of Liverpool. Here's a quick thread. (1/N)