Her more recent research focuses on the study of early child development parenting programs, the development of social skills in primary school children and gender-based violence. In previous research she investigated the short, long-term and intergenerational impact of conflicts on health, education and domestic violence. She also studied the role of women in natural resource management institutions and child labor in Nepal. She has published her work in top tier journals in economics and development economics. She collaborated on projects in DRC and Niger studying education programs in conflict and fragile settings and worked as consultant for Unicef and the World Bank. Her work is funded by the British Academy, JPAL-Europe, DFID, EuropAid DevCo.
Her recent work has been published in the Journal of the European Economic Association and the Journal of Human Resources.

Personal webpage: Marinella Leone