Manuela Puente-Beccar, Ph. D.
Research Focus
I am interested in health economics, in particular health behaviors, and in development. In my research I use different methods depending on the data available and the specific research question, from reduced form analysis to structural models as well as experimental methods.
You can find more information in my personal website.
Academic Career
- 2022 – present: senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn – Germany
- 2017 – 2022: Ph.D. in Economics, Bocconi University, Milan – Italy
- 2013 – 2014: Msc. in Econometrics, University of Amsterdam – The Netherlands
- 2009 – 2012: Bsc. in Economics, Universidad Privada Boliviana, Cochabamba – Bolivia
Working Paper
Puente-Beccar, M., Sutter, M. & Tissen, J., Training youth for the labor market: Insights from an RCT in four African countries, Conditionally accepted via Pre-Results Review at the Journal of Development Economics.
Publication
Puente-Beccar, M. Gulesci, S. & Ubfal, D. (2021). Can Youth Empowerment Programs Reduce Violence against Girls during the COVID-19 Pandemic?, Journal of Development Economics, 153,102716.