Raquel Bernal

Professor of Economics, Universidad de los Andes

Raquel Bernal is an Economics Professor at Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. Bernal holds a PhD in Economics from New York University and MA and BA degrees from Universidad de Los Andes. Her research focuses on the determinants of human capital, and specifically, ability at early stages of life, social policy, labor economics and impact evaluation.

Recent work by Raquel Bernal

Preschool quality and child development: Evidence from Colombia

Interventions that only provide material resources to preschools may fail to achieve any benefits, and have unintended negative consequences, if teachers have insufficient training

Health

Alison Andrew Orazio Attanasio Raquel Bernal Lina Cardona Sosa Sonya Krutikova Marta Rubio-Codina

Published 24.01.23

Scaling an early childhood development and nutrition programme in Colombia

Scaling up early childhood intervention programmes even when resources are constrained can mitigate child poverty

Health

Orazio Attanasio Helen Baker-Henningham Raquel Bernal Costas Meghir Diana Pineda Marta Rubio-Codina

Published 16.11.18

Raquel Bernal

Recent work by Raquel Bernal

Preschool quality and child development: Evidence from Colombia

Scaling an early childhood development and nutrition programme in Colombia