Chiara Cazzuffi
Contact Details:
E-mail: chiara.cazzuffi@gmail.com
Skype: chiara.cazzuffi
Current position:
Assistant Professor, Centro de Economía y Políticas Públicas, Universidad Mayor, Chile. https://ceas.umayor.cl/nosotros/equipo/chiara-cazzuffi
Associate Researcher, Territorial Dynamics and Wellbeing research group, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico. http://www.territorioybienestar.mx/quienes-somos/chiara-cazzuffi/
Education:
| 2013 | PhD in Economics, University of Sussex, UK |
| 2005 | MA Development Economics, University of Sussex |
| 2004 | Laurea in Scienze Internazionali e Diplomatiche (Indirizzo Politiche per lo Sviluppo). University of Bologna, Italy |
Previous Employment:
| 2012 – 2019 | Principal Researcher, Rimisp-Latin American Center for Rural Development, Chile |
| 2011 – 2012 | Associate Tutor, Institute for Development Studies, UK |
| 2009 – 2012 | Research Assistant, Economics Department, University of Sussex, UK |
| 2008 – 2011 | Lecturer and Associate Tutor, Economics Department, University of Sussex, UK |
Other Training:
| 2013 | Spatial Econometrics Summer School, University of Essex, UK |
| 2012 | Advanced Course on Impact Evaluation of Social Programs, J-PAL and Paris School of Economics, Paris, France |
| 2012 | Policy Evaluation Methods, Cemmap IFS, London, UK |
Publications:
Peer reviewed publications:
Cazzuffi, C., McKay, A., Perge, E. (2020) “The impact of commercialisation of rice on household welfare in rural Vietnam”. Food Policy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2019.101811 (ISI)
Cazzuffi, C., Pereira, M. (2020) “Internal migration and convergence in Mexico”. Sobre México 5(1).
Cazzuffi, C., López, D., Del Valle, V. (2020). Crecimiento e inclusión en los territorios rurales-urbanos de Chile. Sobre México 5(1).
Cazzuffi, C., López, D. (2018) “Psychosocial wellbeing and place characteristics in Mexico”. Health and Place 50: March 2018, 52-64. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.01.002. (ISI)
Cazzuffi, C., Modrego, F. (2018). “Place of origin and internal migration decisions in Mexico”. Spatial Economic Analysis. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17421772.2017.1369148. (ISI)
Cazzuffi, C. (2018). “Mesoamérica en Tránsito: Principales polos de origen de la migración en El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras y México”. Policy report for FAO-RLC. http://www.fao.org/3/CA1363ES/ca1363es.pdf
Cazzuffi, C., Pereira-López, M., Soloaga, I. (2017). “Local poverty reduction in Chile and Mexico: The role of food manufacturing growth”. Food Policy 68: April 2017, 160-185. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.02.003. (ISI)
Cazzuffi, C., McKay, A., Perge, E. (2017). “Commercialization in agriculture in Viet Nam, 2006 to 2014”. In Tarp, F. (Ed.) Growth, Structural Transformation and Rural Change in Viet Nam: A Rising Dragon on the Move. Oxford University Press.
Cazzuffi, C., Moradi, A. (2012). “Membership Size and Cooperative Performance: Evidence from Ghanaian Cocoa Producers’ Societies, 1930-36”. Economic History of Developing Regions 27:1, 67-92. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20780389.2012.682380. (Scopus)
Hunt, D., Cazzuffi, C. (2009). “Causes and consequences of institutional and governance change in cooperative firms: The case of agricultural processing and marketing cooperatives in Italy and in the US”. Imprese e Storia N. 37, pp. 131-165.
Working Papers
Cazzuffi, C., Del Valle, V. (2019). Características de los territorios con conflictos en Colombia, Guatemala, El Salvador, México y Perú. Rimisp, Documento de Trabajo N°257. https://rimisp.org/wp-content/files_mf/1567787270Documento257Caracter%C3%ADsticasdelosterritorios5.pdf
Cazzuffi, C., Díaz, V., Fernández, J., Torres, J., (2018). Aspiraciones de inclusión económica de los jóvenes rurales en América Latina: El papel del Territorio. Rimisp, Documento de Trabajo N°231. http://rimisp.org/wp-content/files_mf/1529081826Aspiracionesdejovenesrurales_doc231.pdf
Cazzuffi, C. (2016). “Place of origin and the earnings of internal migrants in Mexico”. Rimisp, Documento de Trabajo N°221. http://rimisp.org/wp-content/files_mf/1486407049221PlaceoforiginandtheearningsofinternalmigrantsinMexico.pdf
Cazzuffi, C., Lagos, Y., Berdegué, J. (2015). “Localización de la industria agroalimentaria en Chile y sus cambios en el tiempo (1995-2009)”. Rimisp, Documento de Trabajo N° 156. http://rimisp.org/wp-content/files_mf/1434813191156LocalizacionIndAgroalim_Chile20150511_editado.pdf
Cazzuffi, C., Modrego, F. (2015) “Desigualdad y crecimiento económico: contribuciones desde el desarrollo territorial”. Rimisp, Documento de Trabajo N° 155. http://rimisp.org/wp-content/files_mf/1434663450155CCazzuffi2015_04_24_Desigualdadycrecimiento_vfinal_editado.pdf
Berdegué, J., Proctor, F., with Cazzuffi, C., (2014) “Inclusive rural-urban linkages”. Rimisp, Documento de Trabajo N° 123. http://www.rimisp.org/wp-content/files_mf/files_mf/1421411559123_InclusiveRural_UrbanLinkages_edited.pdf.
Cazzuffi, C. (2013) Small scale farmers in the market and the role of processing and marketing cooperatives: A case study of Italian dairy farmers. Doctoral Thesis, University of Sussex. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/45117/
Financed Research Projects:
| 2020 – 2021 | Universidad Iberoamericana. “The health quality of medical services provided by doctor’s o ffices adjacent to private pharmacies: evidence from Mexico” Co-investigators: Chiara Cazzuffi and Mariana Pereira López |
| 2019 – 2020 | Inter-American Development Bank. “Labour market concentration and income inequality in Mexico”. Co-investigators: Chiara Cazzuffi and Mariana Pereira López |
| 2019 – 2020 | UN-Women. “Women´s Economic Empowerment in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador”. Co-writer of the proposal. PI: Celeste Molina |
| 2019 – 2020 | International Development Research Center (IDRC), Canada. “Open Research Data Initiative”. PI: Chiara Cazzuffi. |
| 2017 – 2020 | Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, Chile. Fondecyt Iniciación 2017. “Internal Migration in Chile and the Communities Left Behind”. PI: Chiara Cazzuffi. |
| 2016 – 2019 | International Development Research Center (IDRC), Canada. “Transforming Territories”. Co-writer of the proposal. PI: Julio Berdegué. |
| 2016 – 2017 | Ministerio de Agricultura, Chile. “Prediseño de una línea de base de la acción de fomento del Instituto de Desarrollo Agropecuario”. Co-writer of the proposal. PI: Julio Berdegué. |
| 2012 – 2013 | International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD, Rome) “Poverty and inequality analysis in rural Latin America”. Co-writer of the proposal. PI: Julio Berdegué. |
Teaching experience:
| 2020 | “Economía Feminista” (M.A.) | Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales |
| 2007-2012 | “Introduction to Development Economics” (B.A.); “Political Economy of Development” (B.A.); “World Economic History since 1945” (B.A.); “Introduction to Economics” (M.A.) | University of Sussex, UK |
Professional Memberships:
International Association for Feminist Economics; Development Studies Association; Human Development and Capability Association; Regional Science Association International.
