Professur für Internationale Wirtschaftspolitik

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DR. LAURA BARROS




Laura Barros is a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of International Economic Policy (Prof. Kis-Katos). She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Göttingen, a Master's degree in Economics from Heidelberg University, and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Her research interests comprise development economics, gender, political economy, and applied microeconometrics.







SHORT BIOGRAPHY






  • 2024 - present

    Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chair of International Economic Policy, University of Göttingen



  • 2018 - 2024

    PhD in Economics (summa cum laude), University of Göttingen



  • 2015 - 2018

    M.Sc. in Economics, Heidelberg University



  • 2011 - 2015

    B.A. in Economics, Federal University of Minas Gerais














PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE






  • 2020 - present

    Research Associate, Chair of International Economic Policy, Prof. Dr. Krisztina Kis-Katos at the University of Göttingen



  • 2018 - 2020

    Research Associate, Chair of Development Economics, Prof. Dr. Stephan Klasen at the University of Göttingen



  • 2020

    Short-term Consultant, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)



  • 2016 - 2018

    Research Assistant, Research Center for Distributional Conflict and Globalization at the University of Heidelberg














PUBLICATIONS
















WORKING PAPERS















WORK IN PROGRESS






  • Religious supply and local violence (joint work with Krisztina Kis-Katos and Manuel Santos Silva)



  • Female political participation and environmental outcomes (joint work with Rocío Castilla Navarro and Manuel Santos Silva)



  • Indigenous quotas and the political representation of historically marginalized groups (joint work with Krisztina Kis-Katos and Amanda Woodman Deza)



  • The gender wage gap in German academia (joint work with Isea Cieply, Krisztina Kis-Katos, Thomas Kneib, and Alexander Silbersdorff)
















TEACHING



  • Lecturer for Labor Economics WiSe 2024/2025

  • TA for Migration Economics: Replication Course, SoSe 2024, SoSe 2022

  • TA for Empirical Political Economy, WiSe 2021/2022, WiSe 2023/2024, SoSe 2025

  • TA for Applied Panel Data Econometrics, SoSe 2021, SoSe 2022

  • TA for Sustainable Development, Trade and Environmental Economics WiSe 2019/2020, SoSe 2020

  • TA for Introduction to Development Economics SoSe 2019

  • TA for Development Economics IV: Gender, Institutions, and Development WiSe 2018/2019

  • TA for European and Global Trade WiSe 2018/2019











Portrait photo of Dr. Laura Barros. She is wearing a dark coat and red sweater and glasses.


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Contact


Chair of International Economic Policy

Prof. Dr. Krisztina Kis-Katos



Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3

2 OG , Room 2.166
37073 Göttingen




Tel. +49 (0)551/3927354

laura.barros@uni-goettingen.de