Manuela Angelucci
Manuela Angelucci is an associate professor of economics at the University of Texas at Austin, with affiliations with the Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), the Bureau of Research on Economic Development (BREAD), and the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), and a member of the Innovations for Poverty Action research network. She is a former co-editor of Labour Economics. She studies gender, IPV, and mental health issues in low- and middle-income countries such as the DRC, India, Malawi, and Mexico. She received her PhD in 2005 from University College London and has published research in academic journals such as the American Economic Review, the Review of Economic Studies, and the American Economic Journal. Her most pertinent work for this research proposal is: The Economic Impact of Depression Treatment in India (2023), with Daniel Bennett, conditionally accepted at the American Economic Review; Adverse Selection in the Marriage Market: HIV testing and Marriage in Rural Malawi (2021), with Daniel Bennett, The Review of Economic Studies; Women Empowerment Programs and Intimate Partner Violence (2020) with Rachel Heath, American Economic Review P&P; and Multifaceted Programs Targeting Women in Fragile Settings: Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo (2023), with Rachel Heath and Eva Noble, R&R at the Journal of Development Economics.