Sonia Oreffice

Research Fellow

University of Exeter

S.Oreffice@exeter.ac.uk

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Sonia Oreffice is Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics of the University of Exeter, and a Co-Editor of the Review of Economics of the Household. Before joining Exeter in September 2018, she worked at University of Surrey, Universidad de Alicante, CCNY-CUNY, and Clemson University. She obtained her PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago in 2004, and her BA in Economics at the Universita' di Venezia (Italy) in 1998.

Her research interests are in labor economics, family economics, marriage market matching, health economics, and applied microeconomics.

She joined IZA as a Research Fellow in October 2009.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17046

Machine Learning and Multiple Abortions

Pradeep Kumar, Catia Nicodemo, Sonia Oreffice, Climent Quintana-Domeque

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15332

Commuting to Work and Gender-Conforming Social Norms: Evidence from Same-Sex Couples

Sonia Oreffice, Dario Sansone

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14571

Sissy That Walk: Transportation to Work by Sexual Orientation

Sonia Oreffice, Dario Sansone

revised version published as 'Transportation to work by sexual orientation' in: PLoS ONE , 2022, 17(2), e0263687

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13463

Gender Inequality in COVID-19 Times: Evidence from UK Prolific Participants

Sonia Oreffice, Climent Quintana-Domeque

revised version published in: Journal of Demographic Economics, 2021, 87 (2), 261-287

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12563

Assortative Mating on Education: A Genetic Assessment

Nicola Barban, Elisabetta De Cao, Sonia Oreffice, Climent Quintana-Domeque

revised version published as 'The effect of education on spousal education: A genetic approach' in: Labour Economics, 2021, Volume 71, 102023. Open access: [Link to the published version]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10072

The Demand for Season of Birth

Damian Clarke, Sonia Oreffice, Climent Quintana-Domeque

revised version published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2019, 34, 707-72

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8527

Attractiveness, Anthropometry or Both? Their Relationship and Role in Economic Research

Sonia Oreffice, Climent Quintana-Domeque

revised version published as 'Beauty, Body Size and Wages: Evidence from a Unique Data Set ' in: Economics and Human Biology, 2016, 22, 24-34.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8348

Season of Birth and Marital Outcomes

Sonia Oreffice

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7997