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Raquel Tsukada Lehmann
I am an economist, mostly interested in Family Economics. That includes the study of labor, microeconomics and economic development applied to the household context. I am currently a consultant on poverty, labor policies and social protection in Brazil. |
Research interests
Economic Development poverty reduction policies access to water
sanitation time use Family Economics household production
data collection infrastructure Applied Microeconomics
sanitation time use Family Economics household production
data collection infrastructure Applied Microeconomics
academic WoRk...
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Peer reviewed articles
"Switching Off or Switching Source: Energy Consumption and Household Response to Higher Energy Prices in the Kyrgyz Republic"(with F. Gassmann, 2014), Central Asian Survey, 33 (4), 531-549. "Privatization and Renationalization: What Went Wrong in Bolivia's Water Sector?" (with D. Hailu and R. G. Osorio, 2012), World Development, 40 (12), 2564-2577. Working papers
"The impact of household labor-saving technologies along the family life cycle" (with A. Dupuy, 2016), UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-047, United Nations University. "The impact of piped water supply on household welfare" (with D. Hailu, 2016), UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-046, United Nations University. "The impact of rainwater harvesting on household labor supply" (with C. Lehmann, 2016), UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-045, United Nations University. "Is the Distribution of Foreign Aid MDG-Sensitive?" (with D. Hailu, 2012), DESA Working Paper 111, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. "Small-Scale Water Providers in Kenya: Pioneers or Predators?" (with D. Hailu and S. Rendtoff-Smith, 2011), UNDP/Poverty Reduction and Environment and Energy working paper. "The First Born Burden" (2011), Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics, paper 77. "Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: A Measure of Progress" (with D. Hailu, 2011), IPC-IG Working Paper 78, UNDP/ International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth. "The Implication of Water and Electricity Supply for the Time Allocation of Women in Rural Ghana" (with J. Costa, D. Hailu and E. Silva, 2009), IPC-IG Working Paper 59, UNDP/International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (updated version on request). "The Intelectual Influence of Economics Journals: Short-Term Rankings, Long-Term Rankings and Reliability" (with E. Bode and W. Ente, 2009), Kiel Institut fur Weltwirtschaft. Editorial
Hailu, D. and R. Tsukada (eds.) (2009). Equitable Access to Basic Utilities: Public versus Private and Beyond - Poverty in Focus 18. Brasilia: International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth. [español] Contribution to Book Chapter
Barros, R. P.; M. Carvalho; S. Franco; R. Mendonça; E. Pádua; A. Rosalém and R. Tsukada (2011) "A Importância da Qualidade da Creche para a Eficácia na Promoção do Desenvolvimento Infantil" in Aprendizagem Infantil - Uma abordagem da neurociência, economia e psicologia cognitiva, Aloisio P. Araújo (coord.). Rio de Janeiro: Academia Brasileira de Ciências. |
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Policy Writing
Portas de Saída, Inclusão Produtiva e Erradicação da Extrema Pobreza no Brasil (with R. Paes de Barros and R. Mendonça, 2011) [eng] Measuring MDG Achievements: Rate of Progress Matters Most (with D. Hailu, 2011) [port] Low-Cost Technologies Towards Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: The Case of Rainwater Harvesting (with C. Lehmann and A. Lourete, 2010) [port] Water Supply in Rural Ghana: Do Women Benefit?(with J. Costa, D. Hailu and E. Silva, 2009) [port] Rainwater Infrastructure for Domestic Water Supply (with C. Lehmann, 2009) Raindrops for Education: How to Improve Water Access in Schools? (with A. Lourete and C. Lehmann, 2009) [port] Age and Gender Bias in Workloads During the Lifecycle: Evidence from Rural Ghana (with E. Silva, 2009) [port] [esp] Water Supply and Women's Time Use in Rural Ghana (with J. Costa, D. Hailu and E. Silva, 2009) Water Privatisation and Renationalisation in Bolivia: Are the Poor Better Off? (with D. Hailu and R. Osorio, 2009) [port] A 'Successful Privatisation' Was Nationalised in Bolivia. Why? (D. Hailu and R. Osorio, 2009) Talks and conferencesUNU-MERIT @25 (Maastricht 2014), IBGE (Rio de Janeiro 2012), AEL (Berlin 2011), UNDP (NY 2011), FESA Jornadas Técnico-Científicas (Luanda 2010), IATUR (Paris 2010), MIEDC (Minneapolis 2010), CISS (Mexico City 2010), Ohio State University-AEDE (Columbus 2010), NARSC (San Francisco 2009), BCDE (La Paz 2009), IPC-IG & DRCLAS-Harvard University (São Paulo 2008).
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Bio
Raquel Tsukada is an economist, currently a consultant for the World Bank. She received her PhD from the United Nations University (UNU-MERIT) and Maastricht University, a M.Sc. in Development Economics (Ohio State University), M.A. in International Political Economy (University of Tsukuba) and B.A. in Economics (University of Brasilia). Raquel has served the Brazilian government at the Ministries of Finance, Foreign Affairs, and at the Secretariat of Strategic Affairs. She is mainly interested in Family Economics, particularly in household production and individuals' time use with the adoption of labor-saving technologies. |