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Publications

1. Biasi, Barbara, Michael S. Dahl, and Petra Moser. The Role of Bipolar Disorder and Family Wealth in Choosing Creative Occupations.
[Previously circulated as "Mental Health, Creativity, and Wealth"]
​NBER Working Paper n. 29422
Nature: Scientific Reports, vol. 14, n: 10703 (2024).

Biasi, Barbara. ​School Finance Equalization Increases Intergenerational Mobility. [appendix]  
Journal of Labor Economics, vol. 41(1), pp. 1-38 (2023). 
NBER Working Paper n. 25600. ​Policy brief: Voxeu.org​

2. Biasi, Barbara. Wisconsin's Act 10, Teacher Pay, and the Impact on Teachers' Labor Markets. 
​Education Next, vol. 23(2) (2023).
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3. Biasi, Barbara, and Heather Sarsons. Flexible Wages Bargaining, and The Gender Gap. [appendix]
Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 137(1), pp. 215-266 (2022).
NBER Working Paper n. 27894; IZA Discussion Paper No. 13754
Coverage: Jacobin

4. Biasi, Barbara, and Petra Moser. Effects of Copyrights on Science. 
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, vol. 13(4), pp. 218-260 (2021).
NBER Working Paper n. 24255, CEPR Discussion Paper n. 12651, NBER Digest, March 2018 Issue
Policy briefs & coverage: The Economist, Voxeu.org, Cato Institute, Marginal Revolution

5. Biasi, Barbara. The Labor Market for Teachers Under Different Pay Schemes.
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, vol. 13(2), pp. 65-102 (2021).  
Winner of the AEJ Best Paper Award for American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (2024)
2016 NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship; Selected "Best Applied Paper" during the  Econometric Society European Summer Meeting 2016
​Policy briefs and press coverage: Cato Institute, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal (1/31/2017, 10/11/2018, 2/14/2019)
NBER Working Paper n. 24813

6. Biasi, Barbara, and Heather Sarsons. Information, Confidence, and The Gender Gap in Bargaining.
American Economic Association Papers & Proceedings, vol. 111, pp. 174-178 (2021).

7. Biasi, Barbara, Julien Lafortune, and David Schönholzer.  School Capital Expenditure Rules and Distribution.
American Economic Association Papers & Proceedings, vol. 111, pp. 450-454 (2021).

8. Biasi, Barbara. Healthcare and Federalism: a Political Economy Approach.
​​Rivista di Politica Economica, SIPI Spa, issue 4, pp. 39-78 (2012).

Book Chapters

9. Biasi, Barbara, David J. Deming, and Petra Moser. "​Education and Innovation".
In The Role of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Economic Growth. 
​Michael J. Andrews,  Aaron Chatterji,  Josh Lerner & Scott Stern, editors. University of Chicago Press (2020).
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Working Papers

10. Equilibrium in The Market for Public School Teachers: District Wage Strategies and Teacher Comparative Advantage (with ​Chao Fu and John Stromme) [appendix]
Revise & Resubmit, Journal of Political Economy 
NBER Working Paper n. 28530

11. The Education-Innovation Gap (with Song Ma) [data appendix]
Reject & Resubmit, American Economic Review
NBER Working Paper n. 29853; CEPR Discussion Paper n. 17138; CESifo Working Paper n. 9653
Press coverage: O Globo (Brazil), 4/11/2022

12. What Works and For Whom? Effectiveness and Efficiency of School Capital Investments Across The U.S. [appendix] (with Julien Lafortune and David Schönholzer)
Revise & Resubmit, Quarterly Journal of Economics

13. Career Effects of Mental Health (with Michael Dahl and Petra Moser) [appendix]
Revise & Resubmit, Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics
NBER Working Paper n. 29031
​Press coverage: Business Insider, 7/16/2015

14. Salaries, Pensions, and The Retention of Public-Sector Employees: Evidence from Wisconsin Teachers​  Coverage: Teacherpensions.org

15. The Political Consequences of Controversial Education Reform: Lessons from Wisconsin's Act 10 (with Wayne Sandholtz)

Selected Work in Progress

How Political Institutions Shape Education Spending: Supermajority Requirements in U.S. School Capital Investments (with Julien Lafortune and David Schönholzer)
Awarded a Spencer Foundation Small Grant

​Soft Skills in Higher Education (with Song Ma)