Raquel Bernal
Executive Committee Member 2008-2012

Raquel Bernal holds a PhD in Economics from New York University and MA and BA degrees from Universidad de Los Andes. Currently she is an Assistant Professor of labor economics and econometrics in the Economics Department at Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. Previously she was Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics of Northwestern University. She is also Associate Editor of Economia, the journal of LACEA and of Ensayos sobre Política Económica, the journal of the central bank of Colombia. Her recent research focuses on the determinants of an individual's performance in the labor market and in particular, the determinants of ability at early stages of life. Current research projects include estimation of structural models of women's employment, child care choices and the effects of these decisions on children's cognitive ability as well as estimation of the effects of child care quality and parents' specific time allocations on children's development. Discrete choice models and structural estimation using micro-level data are important components of her research.