Profile

Vorada is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Taipei School of Economics and Political Science (TSE).

Her research focuses on political economics, development economics, labor economics, and the economics of crime/law and economics. She has a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Gothenburg.

Research Interests

• Political Economy
• Development Economics
• Labor Economics
• Law and Economics

Awards and Honors

• Herbert & Karin Scholarships, 2024
• The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg Research Grants, 2023
• Lars Hiertas Minne Research Grants, 2023
• Adlerbert Travel Grants, 2023-2024
• Hedelius Scholarships, 2022
• Fully Funded Ph.D. Position, University of Gothenburg, 2020-2025
• Merit-based Tuition Scholarships, Barcelona School of Economics, 2013-2014
• EBA Fellowship, 2009-2013
• Best National Undergraduate Economic Research Paper Award, Bank of Thailand, 2013

Selected Working Papers

• Courtroom Surveillance: Evidence from a State Intervention in the Courts
• Punished Beyond Her Crime: Evidence from Women in Drugs Offenses
• Promotion and Performance in Public Organizations: Evidence from Police Department

Publications

• "Trend Inflation Estimates for Thailand from Disaggregated Data" with Pym Manopimoke. Economic Modelling. Volume 65, Pages 75-94 (September 2017)

Teaching

Law and Economic Development 
Semester: Spring 2026 | 11420TSE603800 | 3 Credits 

This course explore the importance of judicial institutions, their impact on economic development, and how reforms in court systems can strengthen democracy, the rule of law, and economic growth. In doing so, it engages with some of the most fundamental questions in the social sciences: Why are some countries rich while others remain poor? Why do some nations embrace democracy while others persist under authoritarian rule? What constitutes a just society, and how can it be achieved? These questions have inspired generations of economists, political scientists, and legal scholars.

In this course, we adopt a law and economics perspective to address these questions. First, it analyzes which types of judicial and legal institutions most effectively promote development and democratic accountability. Second, it delves into contemporary research on bias in the criminal justice system—e.g., political influence, gender bias, and racial discrimination—in shaping legal outcomes. Finally, it examines corruption, one of the central challenges in development economics, through the lens of the economics of crime. Students are expected to have a background in Microeconomics and Applied Econometrics.