Rate My Professor Rossella Calvi

Calvi's research focuses on the economics of the family and gender, and development economics, examining intra-household resource allocation, gender inequality, poverty, health, and education in developing countries, especially India. Selected publications include "'Til Dowry Do Us Part: Bargaining and Violence in Indian Families" with Ajinkya Keskar (Review of Economics and Statistics, 2023), "Why Are Older Women Missing in India? The Age Profile of Bargaining Power and Poverty" (Journal of Political Economy, 2020), "The Protestant Legacy: Missions, Gender, and Human Capital in India" with Federico Mantovanelli and Lauren Hoehn-Velasco (Journal of Human Resources, 2022), "Child Poverty Among Refugees" with Theresa Beltramo, Giacomo De Giorgi, and Ibrahima Sarr (World Development, 2023), and "Long-Term Effects of Access to Health Care: Medical Missions in Colonial India" with Federico Mantovanelli (Journal of Development Economics, 2018). Her scholarship has over 1,000 citations on Google Scholar. Awards include the UniCredit & Universities Best Paper Award on Gender Economics (2016), Ralph O’Connor Award for Distinction in Teaching and Research in Economics (2020), Journal of Human Resources Excellence in Reviewing Award (2022), and Sarah Burnett Teaching Award Finalist (2022). She serves as Associate Editor for Economic Development and Cultural Change and Quantitative Economics, has organized sessions at American Economic Association and Econometric Society meetings, and held roles such as Placement Director (2022-2023) and Graduate Program Committee member at Rice.