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Dr. Alejandra Ramos

Dr. Alejandra Ramos

Assistant Professor, Economics

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Biography

Alejandra is Assistant Professor in Economics at Trinity College Dublin. In her work, she explores and quantifies how social expectations of women and men constrain individual choices and looks at creative ways to close the gaps. In addition to gender, attitudes and violence, she also investigates how to retain and motivate talented teachers and other talented workers. Alejandra obtained her Ph.D. in Economics from Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona in July 2017. She holds a master in Economic Analysis from Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, an MSc in Economics from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and a master in Economics from Universidad de los Andes, Colombia.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • Jurgen Maurer and Alejandra Ramos , One-Year Routine Opportunistic Screening for Hypertension in Formal Medical Settings and Potential Improvements in Hypertension Awareness Among Older Persons in Developing Countries: Evidence From the Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE), American Journal of Epidemiology, 2015Journal Article, 2015
  • Samuel Berlinski and Alejandra Ramos, Peer effects in the decision to apply for a professional excellence award, Labour Economics, 67, 2020, p101934Journal Article, 2020, DOI
  • Samuel Berlinski and Alejandra Ramos, Teacher mobility and merit pay: Evidence from a voluntary public award program, Journal of Public Economics, 186, 2020, p104186Journal Article, 2020, DOI
  • Selim Gulesci, Maria Lombardi, Alejandra Ramos, Telenovelas and attitudes toward the LGBTQ+ community in Latin America, Labour Economics, 2024Journal Article, 2024, DOI
  • Alejandra Ramos, Household Decision Making with Violence: Implications for Transfer Programs, 2017Working Paper
  • Mushfiq Mobarak & Alejandra Ramos, The Effects of Migration on Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence for Exposure Reduction Theory in Bangladesh , 2019Working Paper
  • Samuel Berlinski and Alejandra Ramos, Research Insights: Does Merit Pay among Public School Teachers Affect the Mobility of Teachers Out of Teaching or within the School System?, 2020, -Miscellaneous, DOI
  • Samuel Berlinski and Alejandra Ramos, Peer Effects in the Decision to Apply for a Professional Excellence Award, 2020Working Paper, DOI
  • Anne-Marie Urban and María Ágreda and Alejandra Ramos and Diana Ortiz, Hacia un mejor entendimiento de la discriminación por orientación sexual e identidad de género, Inter-American Development Bank, 2020Report, DOI
  • Samuel Berlinski and Alejandra Ramos, Does Rewarding Pedagogical Excellence Keep Teachers in the Classroom?: Evidence from a Voluntary Award Program, 2018Working Paper, DOI
  • Amaral, Sofia and Garcia-Ramos, Aixa and Gulesci, Selim and Ramos, Alejandra and Ore-Quispe, Sarita P and Sviatschi, Maria Micaela, Gender-Based Violence in Schools and Girls' Education: Experimental Evidence from Mozambique, 2024Working Paper, DOI

Research Expertise

  • Title
    Impact of a gender targeted graduation model and norm-transforming intervention on IPV
    Summary
    The additional IPV module will measure lifetime and past 12-month experiences of intimate-partner violence at baseline of Concern's Worldwide graduation model intervention in Malawi. Grant value: $33,526
    Funding Agency
    Innovation for Poverty Action and International Rescue Committee
    Date From
    1/06/2019
    Date To
    31/12/2021

Recognition

  • Trinity Excellence in Teaching Award 2020
  • Master in Arts (jure officii), University of Dublin 2022
  • Trinity College Dublin Provost's PhD Project Award 2019
  • Irish Economic Association, Conniffe Prize for Best Paper by a Young Economist 2018
  • César González Muñoz Award, Best Young Economist, Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2021