Gabriela Galassi

Senior Economist

Gabriela Galassi is a Senior Economist in the Digital Economy and Advanced Analytics Division of the Canadian Economic Analysis Department at the Bank of Canada.

Her research interests include labour economics, public policy and applied econometrics. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from the European University Institute in Florence in 2018.

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Senior Economist
Canadian Economic Analysis
Digital Economy and Advanced Analytics Division

Bank of Canada
234 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON, K1A 0G9

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The Intergenerational Correlation of Employment: Is There a Role for Work Culture?

Staff Working Paper 2019-33 Gabriela Galassi, David Koll, Lukas Mayr
We document a substantial positive correlation of employment status between mothers and their children in the United States, linking data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) and the NLSY79 Children and Young Adults. After controlling for ability, education and wealth, a one-year increase in a mother’s employment is associated with six weeks more employment of her child on average.

Online Job Seekers in Canada: What Can We Learn from Bing Job Queries?

Labour markets in Canada and around the world are evolving rapidly with the digital economy. Traditional data are adapting gradually but are not yet able to provide timely information on this evolution.

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Education

  • European University Institute, Ph.D. in Economics, 2018
  • Barcelona Graduate School of Economics, Master in Economics of Public Policy, 2013
  • National University of Córdoba, Ph.D. in Demography, 2012
  • National University of Córdoba, Bachelor in Economics, 2007

 

 

Research Interests

  • Labour Economics
  • Public Policy
  • Applied Econometrics

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