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PhD Karla Hernandez

Karla
Hernández

Ph.D. Candidate in Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with research interests in Public Economics, Development Economics, and Health Economics. I am on the job market for 2024-2025.

Email: khernandez23@wisc.edu

 

Address: University of Wisconsin - Madison

Department of Economics

1180 Observatory Drive #7230

Madison, WI 53703

Jeff Smith (Chair)

UW-Madison

econjeff@ssc.wisc.edu

Corina Mommaerts

UW-Madison

cmommaerts@wisc.edu

Ashley Swanson

UW-Madison

swanson25@wisc.edu

Naoki Aizawa

UW-Madison

naizawa@wisc.edu

I am an applied microeconomist with research interests at the nexus in public economics, labor economics, development economics and applied econometrics. In the past, I have worked on research on climate change, environmental economics, and public health.

Background

Prior to moving to Madison, I was a Research Fellow at the Inter-American Development Bank and a Research Associate at Innovations for Poverty Action. I hold a master's in Economics of Public Policy from Barcelona School of Economics and a B.Sc. in Economics from the University of Costa Rica.

I also am a Graduate Research Fellow at the Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP)  

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