Dr Andrea Smurra
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Dr Andrea Smurra is an Assistan Professor (Lecturer) at City St George's, University of London, and a Research Associate at the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
He is an applied microeconomist studying questions at the intersection of development, labour and gender.
Qualifications
- PhD in Economics, University College London, United Kingdom, 2016 - 2023
Employment
- Post-Doctoral Researcher, London School of Economics and Political, United Kingdom, September 2025 - July 2026
- Research Officer, Institute for Fiscal Studies, United Kingdom, 2022 - 2025
- Project Manager, G2LM | LIC, United Kingdom, 2021 - 2023
- Country Economist, The International Growth Centre, United Kingdom, 2012 - 2016
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Journal articles (3)
- Bandiera, O., Buehren, N., Goldstein, M., Rasul, I. and Smurra, A. (2026). Safe Spaces for Teenage Girls in a Time of Crisis. Journal of the European Economic Association, 24(1), pp. 122-166. doi:10.1093/jeea/jvaf026
- Bandiera, O., Elsayed, A., Heil, A. and Smurra, A. (2022). Presidential Address 2022: Economic Development and the Organisation Of Labour: Evidence from the Jobs of the World Project. Journal of the European Economic Association, 20(6), pp. 2226-2270. doi:10.1093/jeea/jvac056
- Bandiera, O., Elsayed, A., Smurra, A. and Zipfel, C. (2022). Young Adults and Labor Markets in Africa. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 36(1), pp. 81-100. doi:10.1257/jep.36.1.81