Raquel FERNÁNDEZ is the Julius Silver, Roslyn S. Silver and Enid Silver Winslow Professor of Economics at New York University (NYU). She is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), at IZA, and at BREAD. She is a Fellow of the Econometric Society. In 2022 she became the Research Director of the Research Institute for Development, Growth & Economics (RIDGE) Gender Inequality Group and RIDGE Board Member. Among her editorial duties, she is Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Economic Literature and Associate Editor of Economic Development and Cultural Change.

Her research focuses on international economics, education and income distribution, and political economy. She is internationally admired for her groundbreaking work on the interplay of culture and economics, notably through her seminal paper (joint with Alessandra Fogli) Culture: An Empirical Investigation of Beliefs, Work, and Fertility, which established a methodology for separating the influence of culture from the influence of institutions. It was a methodology that many followed, and the paper is a foundational text in the subfield of economics and culture. 

Raquel FERNÁNDEZ will present a paper, joint with Diego DARUICH, at the next Departmental Seminar on the theme:

Universal Basic Income: A Dynamic Assessment (read paper)

More about Raquel FERNÁNDEZ and her research

Date: *TUESDAY*, June 21st - 2:45 PM
Location: Department of Economics - 4th floor - Room H 405

This is our final Departmental Seminar of the academic year 2021/22 - we look forward to seeing you next Fall!