Her work at Dartmouth College also includes working as a Faculty Adviser for Women's Rugby and the Sadie Alexander Association, as well as being a member on the Council on the Libraries, and being a part of the Department of Economics Diversity Committee and the Poverty Alleviation Cluster Recruiting Committee.
[9] As a distinguished lecturer Olivetti has held a Fed Financial Literacy Seminar in collaboration with Universities across the US, Italy, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
[9] Olivetti and Fernandez et al.. found that the increase in the number of men who grew up in households with working mothers over time has played a significant role in the growth of female labor supply.
Additionally, they demonstrated the critical role of nonrandom selection in employment, which helped to explain the observed discrepancies in gender wage gaps between various countries.
[14] They study's result also indicate that insufficient demand is the primary factor contributing to the unfavorable labor market outcomes for women with lower levels of skill in some of the countries included in the sample.
[14] Olivetti and Petrongolo found in 2016 that there is evidence of gender convergence in main labor market indicators among a significant sample of high-income countries over the past several decades.
They concluded that there is little convincing evidence to suggest that extended parental leave rights have an overall positive effect on female outcomes.
[8] Olivetti and Albanesi, in their article "Gender Roles and Medical Progress" show that "improvements in maternal health were critical to the joint evolution of married women's participation and fertility in the United States during the twentieth century.
[16] Their analysis also indicates that a reduction in maternal mortality could result in significant economic benefits for developing economies on a larger scale.
[16] In a 2018 paper, Olivetti and Patacchini et al.. examined "the importance of socialization during adolescence for shaping women's gender-role identity and subsequent work choices".
The study also indicated that the decrease in the gender wage gap is not accountable for the change in the shape of women's life-cycle profiles.