Martina Kirchberger is an Assistant Professor in Economics (with tenure) at Trinity College Dublin and a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and the International Growth Centre (IGC). She is a Theme Leader for the Structural Transformation and Economic Growth (STEG) research initiative and currently serves as Director of the MSc in Economics. Previously, she was an Earth Institute Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Columbia University. She received her DPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford in 2014.
Martina is a development economist with a particular interest in using micro data to address macroeconomic questions in the areas of urbanisation, infrastructure, the construction sector, labour markets, and spatial mobility. She applies big data, such as mobile phone and smartphone app data, to study the effects of large infrastructure investments and spatial frictions. Her recent work examines the role of distortions in the investment sector for capital accumulation. She has also conducted randomised controlled trials with large-scale construction firms.
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