Andrea Bernini

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I am a Career Development Fellow in Economics at Mansfield College and a Stipendiary Lecturer in Economics at Trinity College. I previously taught economics at several other Oxford colleges (Lincoln College, St Edmund Hall, St Catherine’s College, Jesus College, and Merton College) and conducted research for the World Bank Group, the United Nations, the Bank of England, and Goldman Sachs.

I obtained the PhD in Economics and the MPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford, and I was a visiting research fellow at the University of Venice, the European University Institute, and Harvard University.

My research interests lie at the intersection of political economy and economic history, investigating the impact of policies on representation, enfranchisement, and social unrest.

Publications:

- Race, Representation and Local Governments in the U.S. South: The Effect of the Voting Rights Act (with G. Facchini and C. Testa)

Journal of Political Economy

Download (2023), Journal of Political Economy, 131(4), 994-1056 (Published Paper)

Press Release (2023), Journal of Political Economy (Press Release)

- The Voice of Radio in the Battle for Equal Rights: Evidence from the U.S. South

Economics & Politics

Download (2023), Economics & Politics, 35(1), 163-226 (Published Paper)

- Corruption as a Push and Pull Factor of Migration Flows: Evidence from European Countries (with L. Bossavie, D. Garrote Sanchez, and M. Makovec)

Empirica

Download (2024), Empirica, 51, 263-281 (Published Paper)

- Sixty Years of the Voting Rights Act: Progress and Pitfalls (with G. Facchini, M. Tabellini, and C. Testa)

Oxford Review of Economic Policy, forthcoming

Download, Department of Economics Discussion Paper Series (Working Paper)

Selected Working Papers:

- Black Empowerment and White Mobilization: The Effects of the Voting Rights Act (with G. Facchini, M. Tabellini, and C. Testa)

Journal of Political Economy, revise and resubmit

Download (2023), National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper No. 31425 (Working Paper)

Download (2023), VoxEU CEPR (Column)

Download (2023), Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (Column)

Award: Best paper presented at the 48th Economic and Business History Society Conference

- The Impact of Trade on Income Inequality in Mexico (with Olaf J. de Groot)

Estudios Económicos de El Colegio de México (Economic Studies), revise and resubmit

Download, Department of Economics Discussion Paper Series (Working Paper)

- Labor Market Outcomes During Opposite Resource Shocks

Empirica, revise and resubmit