Jessica Mancuso is a PhD candidate in economics at the University of Turin and a Doctoral Fellow at Collegio Carlo Alberto. She is currently a PhD Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Center for International Development.
She is an applied development economist working on fertility and gender, with a strong interest in exploring how external shocks and policies shape son preference.
During her PhD, Jessica has collaborated with the Gender Team at the OECD Development Centre and the Inter-American Development Bank. She has also held visiting positions at CES Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and at the Center for Behaviour and Social Change in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, where she conducted fieldwork. She holds a BA in economics from Southern Utah University and an MSc in economic growth, population, and development from Lund University.