Faculty Profile

Elisa Maffioli

Elisa Maffioli, PhD

  • Assistant Professor, Health Management and Policy
  • Assistant Professor of Global Public Health
Elisa is an economist who focuses on studying global health challenges faced by poor households in low-income countries. Her research aims to improve individual and population health by addressing socio-economic, behavioral, and political determinants of health. She employs a variety of empirical approaches, including randomized controlled trials developed in collaboration with governmental and international organizations, quasi-experimental methods combined with secondary data, and cost-effectiveness analysis. Her research primarily focuses on estimating the impact of public health interventions aimed at controlling infectious diseases and improving maternal and child health, mainly in Africa and Southeast Asia. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from Duke University in 2018.

  • PhD, Economics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 2018
  • MSc, Economics, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, 2012
  • BSc, Economics, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, 2009

Development Economics, Health Economics, and Political Economy.

Maffioli EM, Tint Zaw N, and Field E. “A Comparison Between Different Models of Delivering Maternal Cash Transfers in Myanmar – Health Policy and Planning. Volume 39, Issue 7, August 2024, Pages 674–682 [article]

Field E and Maffioli EM. “Are Behavioral Change Interventions Needed to Make Cash Transfer Programs Work for Children? Experimental Evidence from Myanmar”[pdf][research protocol]. Economic Development and Cultural Change. March 2024.

Gonzalez R and Maffioli EM. “Is the Phone Mightier than the Virus? Cell Phone Access and Epidemic Containment Efforts”. Journal of Development Economics. March 2024. [article]

Maffioli EM., Headey D, Lambrecht I, Oo TZ, Tint Zaw N. “A pre-pandemic nutrition-sensitive social protection program had sustained benefits for food security and diet diversity in Myanmar during COVID-19″. Journal of Nutrition. February 2023. [article] [blog]

Maffioli EM. “The Local Health Impacts of Natural Resources’ Booms in Brazil”. Health Economics. November 2022. [article]

Maffioli EM, “The Political Economy of Health Epidemics: Evidence from the Ebola Outbreak” Journal of Development Economics. June 2021. [article]

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Areas of Expertise: Health Economics