Rachel Heath

Alberta C. Corkery Professor

Contact Information

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Personal Website

Fields of Interest

Development Economics Labor Economics

Biography

Ph.D., Economics, Yale University, 2011

M. Phil, Economics, Yale University, 2008

M. A., Economics, Yale University, 2007

B. S., Economics (magna cum laude), Duke University, 2005

Curriculum Vitae (187.98 KB)

Research

Selected Research

Migrants, Information, and Working Conditions in Bangladeshi Garment Factories Download PDF
Graduation Programs Targeting Women: Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo Download PDF
The Effects of International Scrutiny on Manufacturing Workers: Evidence from the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh Download PDF
Heath, Rachel and Xu Tan. 2020. “Intrahousehold Bargaining, Female Autonomy, and Labor Supply: Theory and Evidence from India.” Journal of the European Economic Association, 18(4):1928-1968
Heath, Rachel and Xu Tan. 2018. “Worth Fighting For: Daughters Improve their Mother's Autonomy in South Asia,” Journal of Development Economics, 135: 255-271.
Rachel Heath and A. Mushfiq Mobarak, "Manufacturing Growth and the Lives of Bangladeshi Women," Journal of Development Economics 115 (2015), 1-15.

Research Advised

Understanding Deductible and Reimbursement Maximum: A Study of Rural China’s Tiered Medical System

Courses Taught

Winter 2025

Autumn 2024

Winter 2024

ECON 596 A: Research Issues in Microeconomics

Autumn 2023

Spring 2023

Autumn 2022

ECON 591 A: Microeconomics of Development

Spring 2022

Spring 2021

Affiliations

Home Department

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Economics Undergraduates Present Research at the 20th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium (June 12, 2018)
Rachel Heath promoted to Associate Professor (January 11, 2018)
Congratulations to the 2017-2018 Ensley Graduate Fellowship Awardees (March 13, 2017)

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