Rachel Inafuku
UHERO Research Economist
Education
Ph.D., Economics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2022
M.A., Economics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2018
B.A., Economics, Loyola Marymount University, 2017
Research Interests
Health, Labor, Public economics
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