Danila Serra

 

Associate Professor

Texas A&M University

Department of Economics

& Bush School of Government and Public Service

Email: dserra@tamu.edu

Phone: (+1) 979-862-4412        Office: LASB 242

 

 

In Fall 2025 (Sep-Dec) I will be visiting Boston University.

 

 

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I am an applied behavioral economist employing experimental methods to address questions in development, education, labor, and gender economics. I am a J-PAL Faculty Affiliate, an IZA Research Fellow, an Affiliated Researcher at the Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities ( LEO) and an EGAP research member. I hold a PhD in Economics from the University of Oxford, an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics, and a BSc in Economics and Social Sciences from Bocconi University.

My research has been funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, the World Bank, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the IZA G²LM|LIC program, the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), JPAL and Arnold Ventures. In 2017, I was selected by the International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics (IFREE) as the inaugural recipient of the Vernon L. Smith Ascending Scholar Prize.

 

In February 2025, I hosted an “Ask Me Anything” session organized by JPAL-Africa to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.  The AMA has been now converted into a blog post (thanks to Paul C. J. Berthe), featuring some of my research and thoughts on gender equality in education.

I am currently the Economics Department Graduate Placement Director. For information on our talented Job Market Candidates, see: Job market Candidates.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Updated March 2025

 

 

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