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
Blog: VOG – Using Volcanic Eruptions to Estimate the Impact of Pollutants on Learning Outcomes
By Rachel Inafuku. Joint research with Tim Halliday, Lester Lusher and Aureo de Paula. Introduction While an extensive number of studies have shown that pollution
December 3, 2022
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VOG: Using Volcanic Eruptions to Estimate the Impact of Air Pollution on Student Learning Outcomes
This study pairs variation stemming from volcanic eruptions from Kilauea with the census of Hawai‘i’s public schools student test scores to estimate the impact of
November 1, 2022
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Measuring the Burden of Housing Regulation in Hawaii
By Rachel Inafuku, Justin Tyndall, and Carl Bonham Home prices in Hawaii are among the highest in the nation: in 2021 the median single-family home resale
April 14, 2022
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