Research projects
In my dissertation, I study economic elites’ ideas about poverty and inequality and their preferences for taxation. The study is based on a mixed-methods approach, including more than 100 interviews, computerized text analysis, and a survey experiment.
Apart from my dissertation, I am interested in the political economy of social policy. I am part of other collaborative projects focused on the political economy of social policies. One of these projects is centered on Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) in Latin America - one of the most popular social policies in the region. This project explores differences in the CCT models adopted in the region and asks why some governments opt for a more punitive design than others.
I am also working on a collaborative project on the politics of opting out from public services. This is part of Latin American and Caribbean Inequality Review initiative led by the London School of Economics. You can find the working version of the paper here.
Journal Articles
García-Montoya, L., & Manzi, P. (2023). From Economic to Political Power: Economic Elites and Policymaking During Times of Crisis. Journal of Politics in Latin America. https://doi.org/10.1177/1866802X231180897
Rossel, C., Antía, F., & Manzi, P. (2023). The Politics of Sanctioning the Poor Through Welfare Conditionality: Revealing Causal Mechanisms in Uruguay. Social Policy & Administration. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12911
Amarante, V., Colacce, M., & Manzi, P. (2021). Aging and Productivity in Latin America. Latin American Research Review, 56(4), 844–863. https://doi.org/10.25222/larr.924
Amarante, V., Colacce, M., & Manzi, P. (2017). The Gender Gap in Pensions in Latin America. International Social Security Review, 70(2), 57–85. https://doi.org/10.1111/issr.12135
Book Chapters
Antía, F., Rossel, C., & Manzi, P. (2022). The Politics of Conditionality in Social Investment Reforms: Evidence from Latin America’s Cash Transfers. In The World Politics of Social Investment: The Politics of Varying Social Investment Strategies (Vol. 2). Oxford University Press.
Manzi, P., & Weylandt, M. (2021). Causal Inference and the Scientific Method. In Empirical Methods in the Political Science: An Introduction. Northwestern University Libraries.
Manzi, P. (2021). Data. In Empirical Methods in the Political Science: An Introduction. Northwestern University Libraries.