Rafia Zafar

Rafia Zafar is an economist whose research investigates intergenerational mobility in developing countries. Her research is also focused on exploring better methodology and econometric techniques to accurately estimate intergenerational mobility. Zafar’s recent work estimates intergenerational mobility in Indonesia using consumption expenditure as a measure of a household’s economic status. Her research on intergenerational mobility also concerns policy reform such as the impact of primary school construction on education mobility. She is also interested in estimating the role of family structure such as co-residence on economic mobility especially in the developing countries. She received her Ph.D. from Fordham University in Econometrics and Quantitative Economics in May 2021.