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Virginia Minni

Virginia Minni

  • Assistant Professor of Economics, Booth School of Business
  • University of Chicago

Roles

Researchers

Virginia is an Assistant Professor of Economics at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Her research focuses on questions in labour, organisational, and development economics. You can learn more about her research here. Virginia received her PhD in Economics at The London School of Economics (LSE). 

Projects

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Worker turnover, wage contracts, and firm productivity in Uganda's manufacturing sector

Virginia Minni, Anna Vitali, Aruj Shukla 20 Sep 2026
Project
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“The nature of the firm” revisited: Documenting relational contracts within and between firms in Uganda

Anna Vitali, Virginia Minni 30 Apr 2025
Project
Yangon workers

Evidence for policymaking to help Myanmar workers affected by COVID-19

Mari Tanaka, Laura Boudreau, Rocco Macchiavello, Virginia Minni, Min Zar Ni Lin, Ngu Wah Win 31 Mar 2021
Project
Sewing machines. Myanmar, Nyaung Shwe, Lago Inle. Photo by Jose Manuel Casado Sanchez/ Creative commons via Flikr

Measuring skills and labour productivity in the garment sector

Mari Tanaka, Rocco Macchiavello, Laura Boudreau, Virginia Minni 30 Jun 2021
Project
A woman weaving cotton in Inle Lake, Myanmar. Photo by Stefano Ravalli/ Creative commons via Flikr

Evidence and voice for minimum wage revisions

Mari Tanaka, Rocco Macchiavello, Laura Boudreau, Virginia Minni 30 Jun 2021
Project

All contributions

Policy brief Boudreau et al March 2021

Measuring skills in Myanmar’s garment sector

Laura Boudreau, Rocco Macchiavello, Virginia Minni, Mari Tanaka
Policy brief
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Industrial relations and workplace communication in Myanmar garment sector

Mari Tanaka, Virginia Minni, Hanh Nguyen, Rocco Macchiavello
Working paper