Paola Giuliano
Professor of Economics; Justice Elwood Lui Endowed Term Chair in Management
About
Paola Giuliano’s main areas of research are culture and economics and political economy. She teaches the Global Macroeconomics and Managerial Economics MBA courses at UCLA Anderson School of Management and serves as a co-editor of the Journal of the European Economic Association. She is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (Cambridge), research affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (London) and research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (Bonn).
Topics
![Photo of Paola Giuliano](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/paola-giuliano.jpg)
14 Articles
![An overhead view of a herd heading toward water](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/AR-thumb-herding-violence.jpg)
Societies With a Legacy of Herding: More Prone to Current Day Violence
A culture that valorized revenge among pre-industrial herders resonates today
![A group of children in uniform reading from small red books](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AR-nation-building-thumb-760x570.jpg)
Why Some Dictators Build Schools — and Others Don’t
Compulsory education ‘homogenizes’ population, can stave off democracy
![An overhead view of individuals walking in a single file line. The ground has been painted to look like a map of the world.](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AR-immigrants-catalyst-thumb.jpg)
Presence of Immigrant Students Boosts Test Scores for All
Research tracking Florida siblings helps isolate the impact
![Four children independently working on a math assignment](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/AR-gendergap-math-thumb-template-760x570.png)
Math Gender Gap: Nonexistent for Blacks, Notable for Affluent Whites
Well-to-do families doting on their sons at daughters’ expense?
![Empty western town with a tumble weed rolling across the main street](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/AR-social-capitol-populism-hero-760x570.jpg)
Populism Blossoms Where Community Connectedness Is Lower
Gauging Trump’s appeal by estimating an area’s social capital
![Monochrome picture of people disembarking a ship](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AR-immigration-welfare-hero-760x570.jpg)
The Long-Term Political Influence of Immigrants
Europeans brought an appreciation of social welfare programs that still resonates
![Illustration of a man water a plant while it grows](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AR-patience-hero-760x570.jpg)
Patience Is a Virtue — Up to a Certain Point
The happiest people are moderately patient, not into extreme delayed gratification
![A classroom with students](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/AR-math-gender-hero-760x570.jpg)
Parents Who Favor Boys Raise Girls Who Score Lower in Math
A clue that parents prefer a son: They have more kids when their firstborn is a girl
![People in line outside the Bank of China](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/AR-cultural-saving-hero-760x570.jpg)
Culture Affects How People Save Money
Immigrants show saving tendencies that carry through several generations
![Collage of women forming a larger image of a woman](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/AR-history-database-hero-760x570.jpg)
Using Ancestral Characteristics to Study Modern Economics
A database of pre-industrial sampling supports historical and ethnographic research
![Man carrying a ball, playing indigenous sports](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/AR-cultural-change-hero-760x570.jpg)
A Stabler Climate Means Stronger Traditions
The link between environmental stability and cultural change explains why cultures evolve
![Sepia photo of four farmers](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/AR-sex-ratios-hero-760x570.jpg)
A History of Plough-Based Farming Leads to Fewer Girls
Modern-day gender ratios are linked to countries’ agricultural roots
![International students with Chinese and French flags](https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/AR-cultures-that-delay-hero-760x570.jpg)
Cultures That Delay Gratification: Their Immigrants to the U.S. Excel in School
The benefit to students increases over time