CEP | People | Isabela Manelici

Biography

Dr Isabela Manelici is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the London School of Economics. She was an International Economics Section Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Economics at Princeton University. Prior to this she studied Economics at CEMFI and Civil Engineering at École Polytechlnique and École des Ponts ParisTech and also worked for two years at the World bank Infrastructure Unit.

Current areas of research include:

International trade
Development economics

Publications

Blog

Joining multinationals' supply chains can benefit domestic firms' performance

Developing countries compete to attract multinationals to induce development. Becoming suppliers to multinationals could improve domestic firms' technology and managerial practices, and the host country's economy could b... Read more...

Alonso Alfaro-Urena, Isabela Manelici and Jose P Vasquez

21 November 2023

Blog

Industrial policy and the rise of Romania's Silicon Valley (podcast)

In 2001, Romania gave an income tax break to a select group of software programmers. Isabela Manelici explains how this particular industrial policy helped stem Romania's "brain drain" problem, transformed the country's ... Read more...

Isabela Manelici

09 July 2023

CEP discussion papers

Responsible sourcing? Theory and evidence from Costa Rica

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) increasingly impose "Responsible Sourcing" (RS) standards on their suppliers worldwide, including requirements on worker compensation, benefits and working conditions. Are these policies ... Read more...

Alonso Alfaro-Urena, Benjamin Faber, Cecile Gaubert, Isabela Manelici and Jose P Vasquez

29 March 2023

Blog

Responsible sourcing: Theory and evidence from Costa Rica

There is growing pressure on multinational enterprises to implement 'responsible sourcing' requirements for their suppliers in low- and middle-income countries. These include minimum standards on working conditions, such... Read more...

Alonso Alfaro-Urena, Benjamin Faber, Cecile Gaubert, Isabela Manelici and Jose P Vasquez

20 December 2022

Blog

Responsible sourcing? Theory and evidence from Costa Rica

The authors investigate whether responsible sourcing policies implemented by multinational enterprises for their suppliers have impacts on the ground and, if they do, what these mean for firms and workers in the host cou... Read more...

Alonso Alfaro-Urena, Benjamin Faber, Cecile Gaubert, Isabela Manelici and Jose P Vasquez

23 September 2022

Journal article

The effects of joining multinational supply chains: new evidence from firm-to-firm linkages

We study the effects of becoming a supplier to multinational corporations (MNCs) using tax data tracking firm-to-firm transactions in Costa Rica. Event study estimates reveal that domestic firms experience strong and per... Read more...

Alonso Alfaro-Urena, Isabela Manelici and Jose P Vasquez

01 August 2022