Raquel Fernández

Professor, Department of Economics, New York University

Raquel Fernandez is a Professor in the Department of Economics at NYU. She is also a member of ESOP at the University of Oslo, the NBER, the CEPR, and IZA. She has previously been a tenured professor at the London School of Economics and Boston University and held visiting positions at various institutions around the world.

Recent work by Raquel Fernández

Women’s status in economics: Evidence from Africa, Asia, and Latin America

Drawing on the first comparable, country-level evidence base from Argentina, Colombia, Ghana, India, Mexico, and South Africa, the IEA documents significant variation in where and how women exit the academic economics pipeline. The findings suggest t...

Labour Markets

Inés Berniell Ashwini Deshpande Raquel Fernández Navika Mehta Fiona Tregenna

Published 22.04.26
How can culture affect household behaviour?

Family decisions and outcomes are affected by and also change with cultural institutions

Institutions & Political Economy

Natalie Bau Raquel Fernández

Published 22.09.21

Raquel Fernández

Recent work by Raquel Fernández

Women’s status in economics: Evidence from Africa, Asia, and Latin America

How can culture affect household behaviour?