El Sal\u00f3n de Grados de la Facultad de Econom\u00eda, Empresa y Turismo acoge el 14 de mayo a las 12:00 horas el Seminario de Investigaci\u00f3n: \u00abCapital, Capability, or Confidence: Experimental Evidence on Youth Entrepreneurship in Kenya\u00bb, que ser\u00e1 impartido por Mar\u00eda Hern\u00e1ndez de Benito, profesora ayudante doctora del departamento de Econom\u00eda, de CUNEF Universidad y organizado por la C\u00e1tedra de Econom\u00eda y Movildiad CajaCanarias Cabildo Insular de Tenerife de la Universidad de La Laguna<\/p>\n
Mar\u00eda Hern\u00e1ndez de Benito es investigadora invitada en el Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), miembro del Laboratorio de Pol\u00edticas de Inclusi\u00f3n del Ministerio de Inclusi\u00f3n, Seguridad Social y Migraciones del Gobierno de Espa\u00f1a y de la iniciativa Measures for Advancing Gender Equality (MAGNET). Obtuvo su doctorado en Econom\u00eda en Georgetown University, en Estados Unidos, bajo la supervisi\u00f3n de Garance Genicot y Martin Ravallion.<\/p>\n
Sus intereses de investigaci\u00f3n son la microeconom\u00eda aplicada, el desarrollo econ\u00f3mico, la econom\u00eda de g\u00e9nero y la inclusi\u00f3n sociolaboral. Presentar\u00e1 en un seminario de investigaci\u00f3n el trabajo \u00abCapital, Capability, or Confidence: Experimental Evidence on Youth Entrepreneurship in Kenya\u00bb, coautorado con Yanina Domenella, Julian Jamison, Abla Safir y Bilal Zia. Este trabajo investiga qu\u00e9 intervenciones son m\u00e1s efectivas para fomentar el emprendimiento juvenil en \u00c1frica Sub-sahariana, un entorno especialmente afectado por la falta de oportunidades laborales de calidad en la juventud.<\/p>\n
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