Alessandra Voena

Alessandra Voena is a Professor of Economics at Stanford University and an Editor of the Journal of Labor Economics. She a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. She has previously taught at the University of Chicago, and has been a Visiting Assistant Professor at Yale University and a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. Voena's work focuses primarily on the economics of the...See more

Alessandra Voena is a Professor of Economics at Stanford University and an Editor of the Journal of Labor Economics. She a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. She has previously taught at the University of Chicago, and has been a Visiting Assistant Professor at Yale University and a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. Voena's work focuses primarily on the economics of the family in developed and developing countries. In particular, her research studies how the marriage market and intra-household decision making shape human capital investments and economic outcomes in the United States, in Sub-Saharan Africa, and in India. Voena holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Economics from Stanford University, and an undergraduate degree in Economics from the Università degli Studi di Torino in Italy. See less