Radine Rafols

I am a Postdoctoral Associate at Cornell University. My research interests lie in the intersection of Development, Environmental and Labor Economics.

I completed my PhD in Economics from Syracuse University last June 2023. 

You can find my CV here.

Contact:  rbr82@cornell.edu

Research

Under Review

Economic Consequences of Climate Change: Evidence from the Philippines [Draft]

Revise & Resubmit, Journal of Development Economics

Gender Norms and Child Penalties [Draft]

Revise & Resubmit, Labour Economics

Publications

Place-based Preferential Tax Policy and Industrial Development: Evidence from India’s Program on Industrially Backward Districts (with Rana Hasan and Yi Jiang)

Journal of Development Economics, 2021

Urban Agglomeration Effects in India: Evidence from Town Level Data (with Rana Hasan and Yi Jiang)

Asian Development Review, 2017

In Progress

Evaluating the Relocation of Indonesia's Capital: A Quantitative Spatial Model Approach  (with Alex Rothenberg, Yao Wang, and Yi Jiang)

Slums and Neighborhood Dynamics: Evidence from Manila (with Alex Rothenberg)

Teaching

Teaching Assistant

at Syracuse University

ECN  310: Cities in Developing Countries

Prof. Alexander Rothenberg

Undergraduate Course, Spring 2021


ECN  422: Introduction to Statistics and Econometrics

Prof. Jan Ondrich

Undergraduate Course, Fall 2020


ECN 302: Principles of Macroeconomics

Prof. Abdulaziz Shifa

Undergraduate Course, Spring 2019

ECN  304: Economics of Social Issues

Prof. Eugene Liu

Undergraduate Course, Fall 2020


ECN 302: Principles of Macroeconomics

Prof. Jan Ondrich

Undergraduate Course, Spring 2019


ECN  302: Principles of Macroeconomics

Prof. Derek Laing

Undergraduate Course, Fall 2018