Marcela Ibáñez-Díaz Is Affirmative Action an Effective Policy for Reducing Labor Market Inequality?
Marcela Ibáñez-Díaz is an Associate Professor of Development Economics at the University of Göttingen where she leads the Behavioral Development Economics group in the Centre for the Study of Poverty, Equity and Growth. She has previously held positions at the University of the Andes (Columbia), the University of Innsbruck and the University of Gothenburg. Ibáñez-Díaz’s research interests include Behavioral Development Economics, Labor Economics, and Policy Evaluation. Recipient of a 2014 Science Award from the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture, she is an external advisor to the Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Economics Program (LACEEP).
Area of Research
Behavioral Development Economics, Labor Economics, Policy Evaluation
since 2016
Associate Professor of Development Economics & Research Group Leader
University of Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) (more details)
Research Centre "Poverty, Equity and Growth in Developing Countries"
2009-2016
Junior Professor of Development Economics
University of Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) (more details)
Research Centre "Poverty, Equity and Growth in Developing Countries"
2008-2009
Post-Doc
University of Gothenburg (Göteborgs Universitet)
2007-2008
Post-Doc
University of Innsbruck (Universität Innsbruck)
1997-2002
Research Assistant and Lecturer
Universidad de los Andes
1995-1997
Teaching Assistant
Universidad de los Andes
2003-2007
PhD in Economics
University of Gothenburg (Göteborgs Universitet)
1995-1997
Master in Economics
Universidad de los Andes
1991-1995
BA Economics
Universidad de los Andes
- American Economic Review
- Journal of Development Economics
- World Development
- Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
- German Economic Review
- German Journal of Agricultural Economics
- Management Science
- Latin American Economic Review
- Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture
- Feminist Economics
- Research Group on Development Economics from the Verein für Social Politik,
- Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Economics Program (LACEEP)
- International Society for the Study of Drug Policies
Prizes
- Wissenschaftspreis Niedersachsen 2014. Category Nachwuchswissenschaflerin. Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture (2014)
Fellowships
- Adlerbert Research Foundation. Post Doctoral Fellowship in Sustainable Development (2008-2009)
- VW Vorab Programm. Diversity Turn: Volkswagen Stiftung
- Research Program GrOW. Does female economic empowerment foster economic growth. A systematic review of the theory and empirical evidenceIDRC-DFID-Hewlett Foundation Research Program GrOW
- VWVorab Programm. Reducing poverty risk in developing countries, Institution: Volkswagen Stiftung
- Project: RTG 1723. Globalization and Development. German Research foundation. Institution: German Research Foundation. DFG.
- RTG-1666. Transformation of global agri-food systems: trends, driving forces, and implications for developing countries. RTG-1666 - Continuation GrantInstitution: German Research Foundation. DFG.
- SFB 990- Collective Action and Land Allocation. Institution: German Research Foundation. DFG
- Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Economics Program (2008)
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University of Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)
Göttingen, GermanyFounded in 1737, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen is a research university of international renown with strong focuses in research-led teaching. The University is distinguished by the rich diversity of its subject spectrum particularly in the humanities, its excellent facilities for the pursuit of scientific research, and the outstanding quality of the areas that define its profile. From 2007 to 2012 Georg-August-Universität Göttingen was rewarded funding from the Initiative of Excellence of the German Federal and State Governments with its institutional strategy for the future entitled “Göttingen.Tradition – Innovation – Autonomy”. The University was able to realise all measures of the concept. Now Göttingen University develops the successfully established measures further to continously advance the University’s positive developments in research and teaching. (Source)
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Gender inequality remains a widespread problem in labor markets. In this video, MARCELA IBÁÑEZ-DÍAZ asks whether affirmative action is an effective policy for reducing disparities between men and women in terms of pay and access to employment. The research team set up an experiment which revealed gender disparities in application rates for a job, based on the foregrounding of affirmative action. Ibáñez-Díaz concludes not only that affirmative action helps to improve women’s position in the labor market but also that it achieves this without efficiency cost. Providing clear recommendations for policymakers, Ibáñez-Díaz calls for further work that will test the applicability of the study’s findings in different research contexts.
LT Video Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.21036/LTPUB10672
Sorting Through Affirmative Action: Three Field Experiments in Colombia
- Marcela Ibañez and Gerhard Riener
- Journal of Labor Economics
- Published in 2018
