I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics of the University of California Riverside.

I am a political economist and economic historian. My current research examines the role of grassroots organizations in political participation. In my job market paper, I focus on U.S. labor unions and study how a large-scale corruption scandal hindered their ability to mobilize workers and voters.

I graduated with a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Zurich in July 2024. I earned my M.Sc. in economics at the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) in 2017 and my B.A. in International Studies from University of Trieste. My research interests include political economy, economic history, labor economics, and development economics.

You can contact me at miriam.venturini@ucr.edu or miriam.venturini@econ.uzh.ch.

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