Maria Recalde
University of Melbourne
Rate Professor Maria Recalde
She is an outstanding professor. I took two courses taught by her at the University of Melbourne and achieved grades of over 90 in both. During my graduate school applications, I also benefited greatly from her strong letter of recommendation. She is always kind, generous, and selfless in supporting her students. Even outside of class, she patiently helps students resolve academic questions and challenges.
Always positive, enthusiastic, and supportive.
Inspires curiosity and a thirst for knowledge.
Inspires curiosity and a love for knowledge.
Inspires a love for learning in everyone.
Great Professor!
About Maria
Associate Professor Maria Recalde serves in the Department of Economics within the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Melbourne. She earned her PhD in Economics from the University of Pittsburgh and has advanced through the ranks from Lecturer to her current position as Associate Professor. Recalde specializes in experimental and behavioral economics, applying these approaches to examine how social influences shape individual decisions. Her research interests encompass gender differences in negotiation and workplace behaviors, task allocations with low promotability, team overriding and listening dynamics, voluntary public goods provision, intrahousehold resource control, and development economics. She is affiliated with the university's Experimental Economics Laboratory and contributes to the Gender Lab.
Recalde's scholarly output features prominent publications in premier economics journals. Among her key works are 'Gender Differences in Negotiation: Can Interventions Reduce the Gap?' with Lise Vesterlund (Annual Review of Economics, 2023); 'Overriding in Teams: The Role of Beliefs, Social Image, and Gender' with Joyce Guo (Management Science, 2023); 'Error-prone Inference from Response Time: The Case of Intuitive Generosity in Public-good Games' with Arno Riedl and Lise Vesterlund (Journal of Public Economics, 2018); 'Gender Differences in Accepting and Receiving Requests for Tasks with Low Promotability' with Linda Babcock, Lise Vesterlund, and Laurie Weingart (American Economic Review, 2017); 'Gender Differences in the Allocation of Low-Promotability Tasks: The Role of Backlash' with Linda Babcock and Lise Vesterlund (American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 2017); and 'Leadership and the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods: Field Evidence from Bolivia' with B. Kelsey Jack (Journal of Public Economics, 2015). Her research has accumulated over 1,500 citations on Google Scholar. Recalde has earned major accolades, including the 2024 University of Melbourne Excellence Award for Excellence in Mid-Career Research Achievements and an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) valued at $389,428. Her contributions extend to ongoing projects on gendered work assignments, women's empowerment, and diversity in teams, influencing discussions on gender equity and organizational practices.
Professional Email: maria.recalde@unimelb.edu.au