Manacorda, Marco


Dr Marco Manacorda  

Department

Position held

Centre for Economic Performance (CEP)

Research Associate

Non LSE positions held

Department

Position held

CEPR

Research Affiliate (Public Policy and Labor Economics Programmes)

Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti

Research Affiliate

Queen Mary University of London

Professor of Economics

IZA, CESIFO and CHILD

Research Fellow

Experience keywords:

migration; child labour; political economy; wage inequality; school to work transition; schooling; labour markets and public policy in development; informality; family formation; early child development; unemployment; wage institutions; social protection

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Marco Manacorda is a Professor of Economics at Queen Mary University of London and a Research Associate at the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE. Prior to this, he has been, among other things, a Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley, a Nuffield Foundation New Development Fellow in the Social Sciences, a Research Fellow at STICERD at LSE, and a Visiting Associate Professor/Visiting Scholar at Princeton University.

Marco's interest and expertise is in Public Policy and Labour Economics in low and middle income countries. He has advised several international agencies (ILO, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank) and he is Lead Advisor for UCW, the inter-agency (ILO-UNICEF-World Bank) project on Child Labor. He has also advised the Uruguayan government on the design and evaluation of PANES (Plan de Atencion Nacional a la Emergencia Social) and he sits on the Technical Advisory Group to the US Department of Labor on the impact evaluation of the Child Labor Education Initiative. His research has been featured in The Guardian, The Independent, TIME Magazine Europe, TIME Magazine USA, The Daily Telegraph, Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica, and Metro.

Marco holds a Masters in Economics from the London School of Economics and a PhD in Economics from UCL.

Sectors and industries to which research relates:

Policy and Regulatory Bodies

Countries and regions to which research relates:

Uruguay; Tanzania; Mexico; Brazil; Italy; Europe; UK; Latin America; Sub-Saharan Africa

Languages:

Italian [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; Spanish [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; French [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Basic]

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 6647

Publications

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2012

Manacorda, Marco and Manning, Alan and Wadsworth, Jonathan (2012) The impact of immigration on the structure of male wages: theory and evidence from Britain. Journal of the European Economic Association, 10 (1). pp. 120-151. ISSN 1542-4774

2011

Manacorda, Marco and Miguel, Edward and Vigorito, Andrea (2011) Government transfers and political support. American economic journal: applied economics, 3 (3). pp. 1-28. ISSN 1945-7782

2009

Manacorda, Marco and Miguel, Edward and Vigorito, Andrea (2009) Government transfers and political support. CEP Discussion Paper, No. 912. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2008

Bosch, Mariano and Manacorda, Marco (2008) Minimum wages and earnings inequality in urban Mexico. Revisiting the evidence. CEPDP, 880. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Manacorda, Marco (2008) The cost of grade retention. CEEDP, 878. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2007

Manacorda, Marco and Manning, Alan (2007) Shifts in the demand and supply of skills: evidence from Italy, the UK and the US. Oxford bulletin of economics and statistics, 69 pp. 635-666. ISSN 0305-9049

2006

Manacorda, Marco (2006) Child labor and the labor supply of other household members, evidence from 1920 America. American economic review, 96 (5). pp. 1788-1801. ISSN 0002-8282

Manacorda, Marco and Manning, Alan and Wadsworth, Jonathan (2006) The impact of immigration on the structure of male wages: theory and evidence from Britain. CEPDP, 754. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Kondylis, Florence and Manacorda, Marco (2006) School proximity and child labour: evidence from rural Tanzania. CEP working paper, 1537. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Manacorda, Marco and Moretti, Enrico (2006) Why do most Italian youths live with their parents?: intergenerational transfers and household structure. Journal of the European Economic Association, 4 (4). pp. 800-829. ISSN 1542-4766

Manacorda, Marco and Petrongolo, Barbara (2006) Regional mismatch and unemployment: theory and evidence from Italy, 1977–1998. Journal of population economics, 19 (1). pp. 137-162. ISSN 1432-1475

Manacorda, Marco (2006) Grade failure, drop out and subsequent school outcomes: quasi-experimental evidence from Uruguayan administrative data. In:Centre for the Economics of Education Seminar (13 Dec 2006 : London, UK).

2005

Manacorda, Marco and Sanchez-Paramo, Carolina and Schady, Norbert (2005) Changes in returns to education in Latin America: the role of demand and supply of skills. CEPDP, 712. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

2004

Manacorda, Marco (2004) Can the Scala Mobile explain the fall and rise of earnings inequality in Italy? A semiparametric analysis, 1977-1993. Journal of labor economics, 22 (3). pp. 585-613. ISSN 0734-306X

2003

Manacorda, Marco (2003) Child labor and the labor supply of other household members: evidence from 1920 America. CEPDP, 590. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Manacorda, Marco (2003) La domanda di lavoro: progresso tecnico non neutrale e domanda di skills. In: Lucifora, C., (ed.) Occupazione, salari e mercato: la ricerca in economia del lavoro in Italia. Mondadori Università. ISBN 9788888242378

2002

Manacorda, Marco (2002) Wage indexation and the evolution of returns to education in Italy, 1979-1992. In: Freeman, Richard B., (ed.) Inequality around the world. Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, Basingstoke, England, pp. 60-86. ISBN 9780333773543

Manacorda, Marco and Moretti, Enrico (2002) Intergenerational transfers and household structure: why do most Italian youths live with their parents? CEPDP, 536. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Manacorda, Marco and Estache, Antonio and Valletti, Tommaso (2002) Telecommunication reforms, access regulation, and internet adoption in Latin America. Economia pubblica, 2 (2). pp. 153-217. ISSN 0390-6140

1999

Manacorda, Marco and Petrongolo, Barbara (1999) Skill mismatch and unemployment in OECD countries. Economica, 66 (262). pp. 181-207. ISSN 0013-0427

Manacorda, Marco and Manning, Alan (1999) Just can't get enough: more on skill-biassed change and labour market performance. CEPDP, 412. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Jackman, Richard and Layard, Richard and Manacorda, Marco and Petrongolo, Barbara (1999) European versus US unemployment: different responses to increased demand for skill? In: Layard, Richard, (ed.) Tackling unemployment. Macmillan, London, UK, pp. 201-230. ISBN 0333722329

1998

Manacorda, Marco and Petrongolo, Barbara (1998) Regional imbalances and aggregate performance in a leading sector model of the labour market: an analysis of Italian data 1977-1991. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Poltical Science, London, UK

1997

Jackman, Richard and Layard, Richard and Manacorda, Marco and Petrongolo, Barbara (1997) European versus US unemployment: different responses to increased demand for skill? CEP discussion paper; CEPDP0349, 349. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

1996

Manacorda, Marco and Petrongolo, Barbara (1996) Skill mismatch and unemployment in OECD countries. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

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