Dr Giulia Ferrari
Giulia Ferrari is an Assistant Professorial Research Fellow at the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security (WPS). Giulia is an applied quantitative health and development economist. She applies statistical and micro-econometrics expertise to interdisciplinary research in three areas: the cost-effectiveness of violence prevention interventions, the mechanisms linking women’s exposure to violence and their economic outcomes/opportunities, and the measurement of subjective and objective wellbeing. In the Hub’s Methodological Innovation Stream, Giulia is developing an index to monitor the wellbeing of women and men in conflict and fragile settings.
Areas of Research
Violence; gender; health u0026 development economics; measurement; wellbeing
Publications
- “What will it cost to prevent violence against women and girls in low- and middle-income countries? Evidence from Ghana, Kenya, Pakistan, Rwanda, South Africa and Zambia”, Health Policy and Planning 35 (7) (2020): 855-866
- “Economic evaluation of public health interventions for the prevention of gender-based violence: a standardised methodology Journal of Interpersonal Violence”, Journal of Interpersonal Violence (2019): 1-29
- “Psychological advocacy towards healing (PATH): A randomized controlled trial of a psychological intervention in a domestic violence service setting”, PLOS ONE 13(11) (2018)
- “Discussion Sessions Coupled with Microfinancing May Enhance the Roles of Women in Household Decision-Making in Burundi”, in African Successes: Human Capital, Volume 2, ed. Sebastian Edwards, Simon Johnson, and David N. Weil (National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and University of Chicago Press (UCP): 2016): 165 – 214
- “Assessing the incremental effects of combining economic and health interventions: the IMAGE study in South Africa”, WHO Bulletin 87 (11) (2009): 824-832