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Maria Fernanda Rosales-Rueda

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Title Assistant Professor of Economics
Email mrosales@nospam69d9a3e029fc0.udel.edu
Office 457 Purnell Hall
Biography

Biography

Maria Rosales-Rueda is an assistant professor in the department of economics at the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, University of Delaware. She is an applied microeconomist with research interests spanning labor, health and economic development. Her research investigates how social policies, family investments and early-life shocks shape human capital formation and well-being within and across generations. Prior to joining the University of Delaware, she was an assistant professor at UC Irvine and Rutgers-Newark. She received her Ph.D. and M.P.P. from the University of Chicago and an undergraduate degree from Universidad de los Andes-Colombia.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Public Policy, University of Chicago
  • M.P.P., University of Chicago
  • M.A and B.A in Economics, Universidad de los Andes-Bogota

Select Publications

  • “Does Delivery of Primary Health Care Improve Birth Outcomes? Evidence from the roll-out of Community Health Centers,” with Esra Kose and Siobhan O’Keefe. Journal of Human Resources, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0623-12952R1
  • “Head Start Access: No Evidence of Changes to Lifetime Fertility,” with Esra Kose and Siobhan O’Keefe. AEA Papers and Proceedings, May 2025, Vol. 115. https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20251099
  • “Community-Based Health Programs and Child Vaccinations: Evidence from Madagascar,” with Catalina Herrera. World Development, Volume 170, October 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106322
  • “Social Interventions, Health and Well-being: The Long-term and Intergenerational Effects of a School Construction program,” with Bhash Mazumder and Maggie Triyana. Journal of Human Resources, July 2023; Volume 58, Issue 4. https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.59.2.0720-11059R1
  • “Reducing the Cost of Remoteness: Community-Based Health Interventions and Fertility Choices,” with Catalina Herrera. Journal of Health Economics, September 2020, Volume 73, 102365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2020.102365

Curriculum Vitae

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