Raquel Bernal
Rector and Economics Professor
Universidad de los Andes
Bogotá, Colombia
Raquel Bernal is at present the Rector at Universidad de los Andes. She holds a PhD degree in Economics from New York University. She is an expert in statistics, econometrics and impact evaluation which she has applied specifically to the fields of education, social policy, gender and labor economics. Her research looks into the determinants of early human capital accumulation. She has worked on a variety of impact evaluations of early childhood development programs in Colombia funded by the Jacobs Foundation, the UBS Optimus Foundation, the Inter-American Development Bank, 3ie and Grand Challenges Canada among others. She is an expert in impact evaluation and published the book Guía Práctica para la Evaluación de Impacto [Practical Guide for Impact Evaluation] with Ximena Peña.
Contact Information:
Mailing address: Carrera 1 #18A-70 Edificio Pedro Navas, Bogotá (Colombia)
Tel: +57 6013324370
Email: rbernal@uniandes.edu.co
Twitter: @RaquelBernal3
Current employment:
Rector and Professor, Department of Economics, Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia).
Research fields:
Labor Economics, Household Economics, Program Evaluation, Econometrics
Education:
Ph.D. in Economics, New York University, 1998-2003