Dr Laura Fumagalli Research Fellow, University of Essex

Email

lfumag@essex.ac.uk

Telephone

01206 872387

Office

2N2.6.03

I am an economist. My research interests are applied labour, health, and development economics, and survey methodolgy. I am particularly interested in:

• Determinants of social and human capital
• Causes and effects of ethnic diversity and segregation
• Microcredit
• Child labour
• Determinants and measurement of well-being
• Methods to reduce and correct for non response
• Impact evaluation
• Field and survey experiments

I am part of the Understanding Society team. I had been involved in a number of projects including: the sample design of the ethnic minority boost sample, the imputation of income data, the creation of the harmonised BHPS-Understanding Society dataset, and the inclusion of Understanding Society into the Cross National Equivalent File (CNEF).

Publications

Displaying publications 1 - 15 of 55 in total

1. Briefing note COVID-19 survey: home schooling

   Michaela Benzeval, Magda Borkowska, Jonathan Burton, et al.

   Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2020-12 - 09 Jun 2020 - download  
   1. Information And Communication Technologies
   2. Time Use
   3. Young People
   4. Education
   5. Child Development
   6. Households
   7. Household Economics
   8. Health
   9. Covid 19

2. Understanding the role of Temporary Sample Members for Understanding Society

   Laura Fumagalli

   Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2020-03 - 11 Mar 2020 - download  
   1. Households
   2. Survey Methodology

3. Neighbourhood ethnic composition and social participation of young people in England

   Elena Fumagalli and Laura Fumagalli

   Journal Article, The Economic Journal - Aug 2019
   1. Area Effects
   2. Social Networks
   3. Young People
   4. Ethnic Groups
   5. Social Behaviour

4. Household income volatility in the UK, 2009-2017

   Silvia Avram, Mike Brewer, Paul Fisher, et al.

   Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2019-07 - 19 Jul 2019 - download  
   1. Households
   2. Economics
   3. Income Dynamics

5. Understanding Society and its income data

   Paul Fisher, Laura Fumagalli, Nick Buck, et al.

   Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2019-08 - 18 Jul 2019 - download  
   1. Households
   2. Research
   3. Income Dynamics
   4. Surveys

6. Information, expectations and transition to higher education: final report

   Adeline Delavande and Laura Fumagalli

   Report - Feb 2019
   1. Information Networks
   2. Young People
   3. Social Stratification
   4. Higher Education

7. Short and long term barriers to university education in England. What do expectation data tell us?

   Laura Fumagalli

   Report - Feb 2019
   1. Young People
   2. Economics
   3. Finance
   4. Social Stratification
   5. Higher Education

8. Introduction to harmonised BHPS-Understanding Society data

   Laura Fumagalli

   Conference Paper, Understanding Society Scientific Conference 2017, 11-13 July 2017, University of Essex, Colchester, UK - 12 Jul 2017

9. Harmonised BHPS-Understanding Society data - user consultation session

   Laura Fumagalli

   Conference Paper, Understanding Society Scientific Conference 2017, 11-13 July 2017, University of Essex, Colchester, UK - 12 Jul 2017

10. Can village savings and loan groups be a potential tool in the malnutrition fight? Mixed method findings from Mozambique

    Aurélie Brunie, Laura Fumagalli, Thomas Martin, et al.

    Journal Article, Children and Youth Services Review - Dec 2014
    1. Child Development
    2. Poverty
    3. Household Economics
    4. Health

11. Investment in human and social capital for English adolescents: an analysis using the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England -PhD thesis-

    Laura Fumagalli

    Thesis - Sep 2014
    1. Human Capital
    2. Young People
    3. Education
    4. Social Capital
    5. Social Behaviour

12. VSL and AM programs in Mozambique: a randomised controlled trial across paired districts in the Nampula Province. Report prepared for Save the Children

    Laura Fumagalli and Thomas Martin

    Report - 2013
    1. Child Development
    2. Poverty
    3. Household Economics
    4. Health

13. Experiments with methods to reduce attrition in longitudinal surveys

    Laura Fumagalli, Heather Laurie, and Peter Lynn

    Journal Article, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society) - Feb 2013

14. Cross-national estimation of smoking prevalences: the role of retrospective data

    Laura Fumagalli, Elena Fumagalli, and Dean R. Lillard

    Conference Paper, EUCCONET/SLLS conference - 31 Oct 2012

15. The total survey error paradigm and pre-election polls: the case of the 2006 Italian general elections

    Laura Fumagalli and Emanuela Sala

    ISER Working Paper Series, 2011-29 - 09 Nov 2011 - download