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Dr Andrea Bernini
Career Development Fellow in Economics
Dr Andrea Bernini
Career Development Fellow in Economics
Andrea is a Career Development Fellow in Economics at Mansfield College and a Stipendiary Lecturer in Economics at Trinity College. He 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.
He obtained his PhD in Economics and an MPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford, and was a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Venice, the European University Institute, and Harvard University.
His research interests lie at the intersection of political economy and economic history, investigating the impact of policies on representation, enfranchisement, and social unrest.
Articles & book chapters
1. 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
Press Release (2023), Journal of Political Economy
2. 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
Selected Working Papers:
1. Black Empowerment and White Mobilization: The Effects of the Voting Rights Act (with G. Facchini, M. Tabellini, and C. Testa)
Journal of Political Economy, R&R
Download (2023), National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper No. 31425
Download (2023), VoxEU CEPR
Download (2023), Harvard Business School Working Knowledge
Best paper presented at the 48th Economic and Business History Society Conference
2. Sixty Years of the Voting Rights Act: Progress and Pitfalls (with G. Facchini, M. Tabellini, and C. Testa)
Oxford Review of Economic Policy, commissioned article
3. Corruption as a Push and Pull Factor of Migration Flows: Evidence from European Countries (with L. Bossavie, D. Garrote Sanchez, and M. Makovec)
Empirica, R&R
Download (2023), The World Bank, Policy Research Working Paper Series 10566