Rafia Zafar

Assistant Professor of Economics

Main Affiliation

Division of Interdisciplinary Studies (CWE)

Areas of Expertise/Research

  • Applied Econometrics
  • Applied Microeconomics
  • Development Economics

Building

25 Broadway, 7th Floor

Office

Room 7-46

Phone

212-925-6625 | Ext. 248

Fax

212-925-0963

Email

rzafar@ccny.cuny.edu

Website

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafia-zafar/

Rafia Zafar

Education

Ph.D., Econometrics and Quantitative Economics, Fordham University
     Dissertation: Essays on Intergenerational Mobility
     Committee: Subha Mani (Chair), Sophie Mitra, and Andrew Simons
M.A., Economics, Fordham University,
M.Sc., Economics, Lahore School of Economics
B.Sc., Economics & Finance, Lahore School of Economics


          

 

Publications

The Textiles and Garments Sector: Moving Up the Value Chain (with Naved Hamid & Ijaz Nabi) (2014), The Lahore Journal of Economics, 9, pp 283-306)

 

Work in Progress

• Intergenerational Mobility in Income and Consumption: Evidence from Indonesia. Working paper at the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, City University of New York
• Multi-generational Mobility in Education
• Do Preferences for Redistribution vary by Poverty and Inequality?
 

Awards & Honors

  • Alumni Dissertation Fellowship, Fordham University
  • Teaching Fellowship, Fordham University
  • Summer Research Fellowship, Fordham University • Omicron Delta Epsilon, Fordham University
  • Phi Beta Kappa, Fordham University
  • Graduate Assistant Fellowship, Fordham University
  • Merit Scholarship (100 percent), Lahore School of Economics
  • Merit Scholarship (75 percent), Lahore School of Economics

Post Doctoral Work

Research Associate (Postdoctoral Scholar) Aug 2021- 2023 | Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, CUNY