Doctoral Advisees – Page 4

Marion A.J. Richard

Completion DateJune 2024

DepartmentEconomics, Paris School of Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on conflict and spatial inequality in the Sahel

Initial PlacementUniversidade Nova de Lisboa

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/view/marionrichard/

David (Qihang) Wu

Completion DateMay 2024

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEssays in Development Economics

Initial PlacementHarvard Post-Doctoral Scholar & Georgia State University

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/view/qihangwu

Miguel Ortiz

Completion DateMay 2024

DepartmentHaas School of Business

Committee RoleMember

DissertationHate, Fear and Intergroup Conflict

Initial PlacementPrinceton Post-Doctoral Scholar & University of British Columbia

Websitehttps://miguelortizp.github.io/

Jedediah Silver

Completion DateMay 2024

DepartmentARE

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on Productivity and Consumption Smoothing Under Imperfect Markets

Initial PlacementHebrew University of Jerusalem

Websitehttps://www.jedediahsilver.com/

Emily Aiken

Completion DateApril 2024

DepartmentSchool of Information

Committee RoleMember

DissertationTargeting Social Protection Programs with Machine Learning and Digital Data

Websitehttps://emilylaiken.github.io/

Emma Smith

Completion DateApril 2024

DepartmentPublic Policy, Harvard University

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays in Development Economics

Initial PlacementGeorgetown University

Websitehttps://sites.harvard.edu/emmasmith/

Nicholas Swanson

Completion DateApril 2024

Department Economics

Committee RoleCo-Chair

DissertationEssays in Development Economics

Initial PlacementStanford Post-Doctoral Scholar & World Bank

Websitehttps://nicholasgswanson.github.io/

Pierre Biscaye

Completion DateMarch 2024

DepartmentARE

Committee RoleMember

DissertationNatural Disasters and Livelihoods: Evidence from Pests, Floods, and Disease in African Countries

Initial PlacementCERDI Université Clermont Auvergne

Websitehttps://www.pierrebiscaye.com/

David Rhys Bernard

Completion DateSeptember 2023

DepartmentEconomics (Paris School of Economics)

Committee RoleMember

DissertationUsing experiments to evaluate non-experimental methods

Initial PlacementRethink Priorities

Websitehttps://www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/en/bernard-david/

Joel Ferguson

Completion DateAugust 2023

DepartmentARE

Committee RoleMember

DissertationThree Essays on Spatial Externalities of Agriculture in Low-Resource Settings

Initial PlacementPostdoctoral fellow, University of California Berkeley

Websitehttps://joelferg.github.io/

Eleanor Wiseman

Completion DateAugust 2023

DepartmentARE

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on the Role of Information in Development Economics, Trade and Political Economy

Initial PlacementPostdoctoral fellow, Stanford University

Websitehttps://aae.wisc.edu/faculty/wiseman/

Anirvan Chowdhury

Completion DateJuly 2023

DepartmentPolitical Science

Committee RoleMember

DissertationReligiously Conservative Parties and Women’s Mobilization: Gender Norms, Political Participation and Democratization in India

Initial PlacementPostdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University (Weatherhead Center for International Affairs)

Websitehttps://anirvanchowdhury.github.io/

Jimmy Narang

Completion DateJuly 2023

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationSharing versus Believing (Mis)information on Social Media: Experimental evidence from India

Initial PlacementPostdoctoral Scholar–Research Associate at the Psychology of Technology Institute, University of Southern California Marshall School of Business

Websitehttps://jimmy-narang.github.io/

Luisa Cefala

Completion DateMay 2023

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleCo-Chair

DissertationEssays in Development and Behavioral Economics

Initial PlacementPostdoctoral fellow, University of California Berkeley

Websitehttps://luisacef.github.io/

Emilio Dal Re

Completion DateMay 2023

DepartmentEconomics (University of Zurich)

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on Environmental and Agricultural Economics

Initial PlacementCo-founder and Managing Director, Unbound Potential

Websitehttp://emiliodalre.net/

Priscila de Oliveira

Completion DateMay 2023

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays in Behavioral and Development Economics

Initial PlacementNova School of Economics and Business (Asst. Prof. of Economics)

Websitehttps://www.prisciladeoliveira.net/

Maximiliano Lauletta

Completion DateMay 2023

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on Public and Development Economics

Initial PlacementFederal Reserve Board (Economist, Research and Statistics Division)

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/view/lauletta

Livia Alfonsi

Completion DateMay 2023

DepartmentARE

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays in Development and Labor Economics

Initial PlacementHarvard Business School (Asst. Prof.)

Websitehttps://www.liviaalfonsi.com/

Catlan Reardon

Completion DateAugust 2022

DepartmentPolitical Science

Committee RoleMember

DissertationThe Ties That Bind or Break: Local Leaders, Dispute Arbitration, and Violence in Nigeria

Initial PlacementStanford University, Einstein-Moos Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL)

Websitehttp://www.catlanreardon.com/

Carly Trachtman

Completion DateMay 2022

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on Community-based Targeting in Developing Countries

Initial PlacementInternational Food Policy Research Institute

Websitehttps://www.carlytrachtman.net/

Madeline Duhon

Completion DateApril 2022

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEssays in Development and Demography

Initial PlacementUniversity of California, Berkeley

Websitehttps://www.madelineduhon.com/

Marina Dias

Completion DateMay 2022

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationOpportunities in the labor market: the role of apprenticeships and entrepreneurship

Initial PlacementAmazon

Websitehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/marina-dias-5136636b

Dennis Egger

Completion DateMay 2022

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationNetworks, Migration and Spillovers Across Space

Initial PlacementOxford University

Websitehttps://www.dennisegger.net/

Arlen Guarin Galeano

Completion DateMay 2022

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleCo-Chair

DissertationEssays on the Economic Impacts of Redistributive Policies

Initial PlacementWorld Bank

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/view/arlenguarin/

Maximilian Mueller

Completion DateMay 2022

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on Big Life Decisions

Initial PlacementUniversity of Toulouse

Websitehttps://www.maximilianwmueller.com/

Eric Hsu

Completion DateMay 2022

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEssays on Regulating Goods and Service Quality

Initial PlacementYale University

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/view/erichsu

Stephanie Bonds

Completion DateMay 2022

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEssays on the Demand for Education in Low-Income Countries

Initial PlacementCenter for Global Development

Websitehttps://stephaniebonds.com/

Felipe Vial

Completion DateOctober 2021

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationThe Political Economy and Economic Effects of Large-Scale Public Policies

Initial PlacementUber

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/view/felipevial/home

Yasir Khan

Completion DateApril 2021

DepartmentHaas School of Business

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on the Incentives and Motivations of State Personnel

Initial PlacementUniversity of Pittsburgh

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/view/yasirkhan

Christina Brown

Completion DateMay 2021

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on Personnel Economics in Low-Income Countries

Initial PlacementUniversity of Chicago

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/christinabrownecon/

Isabelle Cohen

Completion DateApril 2021

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on Public Finance and Development

Initial PlacementUniversity of Washington

Websitehttps://www.isabellemcohen.com/

Samuel Leone

Completion DateAugust 2022

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on Economic Development

Initial PlacementMcKinsey and Company

Yue Luna Huang

Completion DateMarch 2021

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleCo-Chair

DissertationEssays in Development Economics

Initial PlacementWaymo

Websitehttps://luna-yue-huang.com/

David Schoenholzer

Completion DateJune 2018

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

Initial PlacementStockholm University

Websitehttps://davidschonholzer.weebly.com/

Robert On

Completion DateMay 2018

DepartmentSchool of Information

Committee RoleMember

Initial PlacementChan Zuckerberg Initiative

Websitehttps://roboton.github.io/CV.pdf

Adina Rom

Completion DateMay 2018

DepartmentEconomics - ETH Zurich

Committee RoleMember

Initial PlacementPolicy Analytics Switzerland

Websitehttps://dec.ethz.ch/people/team/Rom.html

Kelly Zhang

Completion DateMay 2018

DepartmentPolitical Science - Stanford University

Committee RoleCo-Chair

DissertationIncreasing Citizen Demand for Good Government in Kenya

Initial PlacementMIT Governance Lab

Websitehttps://mitgovlab.org/people/kelly-zhang/

Laura Boudreau

Completion DateMay 2019

DepartmentHaas School of Business

Committee RoleMember

Initial PlacementColumbia University

Websitehttps://laura-boudreau.com/

Anne Karing

Completion DateMay 2019

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleCo-Chair

DissertationSocial Signaling and Health Behavior in Low-Income Countries

Initial PlacementPrinceton University

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/view/annekaring/home

Erin Kelley

Completion DateMay 2019

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

Initial PlacementWorld Bank

Websitehttps://www.erinmunrokelley.com/

Juliana Londoño-Velez

Completion DateMay 2019

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationDiversity and Redistributive Preferences: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment in Colombia

Initial PlacementUniversity of California, Los Angeles

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/julianalondonovelez/

Jonas Tungodden

Completion DateMay 2019

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays in Psychology and Economics

Initial PlacementPandora

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/view/jonastungodden

Zenan Wang

Completion DateMay 2020

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEssays in Political Economics

Initial PlacementJD.com

Websitehttps://www.zenan-wang.com/

Tanu Kumar

Completion DateMay 2020

DepartmentPolitical Science

Committee RoleMember

Initial PlacementCollege of William and Mary

Websitehttps://tanukumar.com/

David Birke

Completion DateMay 2020

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays in Behavioral Economics

Initial PlacementUniversity of Sydney

Websitehttps://djbirke.net/

Matthew Pecenco

Completion DateMay 2020

DepartmentAgricultural & Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays in Development and Labor Economics

Initial PlacementBrown University

Websitehttps://www.matthewpecenco.com/

Luz Maria Sinaia Urrusti-Frenk

Completion DateMay 2015

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationThe Political Economy of Media and Violence in Mexico

Initial PlacementColegio de Mexico

Abel Brodeur

Completion DateMay 2015

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssais d'économie appliquée

Initial PlacementUniversity of Ottawa

Websitehttps://www.iza.org/person/7631/abel-brodeur

Andrew Crane-Droesch

Completion DateMay 2015

DepartmentEnergy and Resources Group

Committee RoleMember

DissertationComparing means of technology dissemination for soil fertility management and carbon sequestration in Western Kenya: experimental evidence on impact and adoption

Initial PlacementGeorgetown University

Websitehttps://erg.berkeley.edu/people/andrew-crane-droesch/

Pierre Bachas

Completion DateMay 2016

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleCo-Chair

DissertationEssays on Taxation and Transfers in Middle-Income Countries

Initial PlacementWorld Bank Development Economics Research Group

Websitehttps://pierrebachas.weebly.com/

Simon Galle

Completion DateMay 2016

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleCo-Chair

DissertationEssays in Development and Trade

Initial PlacementBI Norwegian Business School

Websitehttps://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sgalle/

Arman Rezaee

Completion DateMay 2016

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationImproving governance in fragile states through transparency: evidence from field and natural experiments

Initial PlacementUniversity of California, Davis

Websitehttps://armanrezaee.github.io/

Emmanuel Letouzé

Completion DateAugust 2016

DepartmentDemography and Population Studies

Committee RoleMember

DissertationApplications and Implications of Big Data for Demo-Economic Analysis: The Case of Call Detail Records

Initial PlacementMIT Media Lab Post-Doctoral Position; Director of Data-Pop Alliance

Websitehttp://datapopalliance.org/bio/emmanuel-letouze/

Kenneth Lee

Completion DateDecember 2016

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleCo-Chair

DissertationEssays on the Economics of Rural Electrification in Western Kenya

Initial PlacementU.C. Berkeley Energy and Economic Growth (EEG) Initiative Post-doctoral Fellow

Websitehttp://www.kennethylee.com/

Miguel de Figueiredo

Completion DateDecember 2016

DepartmentPolitical Science

Committee RoleMember

DissertationCorruption in the Court of Public Opinion: How Voters Perceive and Respond to Candidate Corruption

Initial PlacementUniversity of Connecticut, School of Law

Websitehttps://www.law.uconn.edu/faculty/profiles/miguel-de-figueiredo

Lauren Falcao Bergquist

Completion DateApril 2017

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEfficiency, Competition, and Welfare in African Agricultural Markets

Initial PlacementUniversity of Michigan, Department of Economics

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/laurenfbergquist/

Felipe Gonzalez

Completion DateApril 2017

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEssays in Political Economy and Institutions

Initial PlacementPUC-Chile, Department of Economics

Websitehttps://www.f-gonzalez.com/

Fernando Hoces de la Guardia

Completion DateApril 2017

DepartmentPublic Policy (RAND)

Committee RoleMember

DissertationHow transparency and reproducibility can increase credibility in policy analysis: A case study of the minimum wage policy estimate

Initial PlacementPost-Doc at Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences

Websitehttps://fhoces.github.io/about/

Sylvan Herskowitz

Completion DateMay 2017

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationThree Applied Economic Studies on Issues Facing African Youth

Initial PlacementIFPRI Associate Research Fellow

Websitehttp://www.sylvanherskowitz.com/

Fiona Wilkes Burlig

Completion DateMay 2017

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays in Energy and Development Economics

Initial PlacementUniversity of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy

Websitehttps://www.fionaburlig.com/

Michael Walker

Completion DateDecember 2017

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on Field Experiments in Development Economics

Initial PlacementCEGA (Postdoctoral Researcher)

Websitehttp://www.michaelwwalker.me

David Berger

Completion DateMay 2017

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationWater Effectiveness and Targeting Insights from a Geospatial Dataset on Uganda Water Projects

Fenella Carpena

Completion DateAugust 2017

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEssays on Development Economics

Initial PlacementOslo Business School, Oslo Metropolitan University

Websitehttps://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~fcarpena/

Ceren Baysan

Completion DateJune 2018

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

Initial PlacementEssex University

Websitehttps://www.cerenbaysan.com/

Mathias Poertner

Completion DateJune 2018

DepartmentPolitical Science

Committee RoleMember

Initial PlacementEGAP (Postdoctoral Researcher)

Websitehttp://www.mathiaspoertner.com/

Elizabeth Ramirez Ritchie

Completion DateJune 2018

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

Initial PlacementAirbnb

Websitehttp://www.nber.org/people/elizabeth_ramirezritchie

Ethan Yeh

Completion DateMay 2007

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays in Applied Environmental and Health Economics

Initial PlacementMcKinsey & Company in Houston

Websitehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ethan-yeh-b5967b/

Tina Green

Completion DateSeptember 2006

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEssays on the Political Economy of Fiscal Policy in Developing Countries

Initial PlacementAssociate at Cornerstone Research

Websitehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/tina-green-14a77342/

Manisha Shah

Completion DateMay 2006

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationRisk Behavior, Occupational Choice, and Regulation of Sex Workers: Evidence from Ecuador and Mexico

Initial PlacementUniversity of Melbourne (Economics)

Websitehttps://luskin.ucla.edu/person/manisha-shah/

Ruth Uwaifo

Completion DateMay 2006

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationThree Essays on the Returns to Education Enigma in Nigeria

Initial PlacementGeorgia Tech (Economics)

Websitehttp://morehouse.academia.edu/RuthUwaifoOyelere

Gustavo Bobonis

Completion DateAugust 2005

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEssays on the Social Consequences of Randomized Human Development Programs in Less Developed Countries

Initial PlacementU of Toronto (Economics)

Websitehttp://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~bobonis/

Sebastian Martinez

Completion DateMay 2005

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleCo-Chair

DissertationCash Transfers and Investments in Latin America

Initial PlacementWorld Bank (Young Professional Program)

Websitehttps://www.nber.org/people/sebastian_martinez

Jose Signoret

Completion DateJune 2004

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleCo-Chair

DissertationPoverty and Vulnerability: Empirical Essays in Development Economics

Initial PlacementUS International Trade Commission

Websitehttps://www.wdronline.worldbank.org/author-page?author=Signoret%2C+Jos%C3%A9

Charles Udomsaph

Completion DateDecember 2004

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationWages and Foreign Ownership

Initial PlacementWorld Bank (Operations)

Websitehttps://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/faculty-profile?netid=ccu%2F

Piedad Urdinola

Completion DateJune 2004

DepartmentDemography

Committee RoleMember

DissertationCould Political Violence Affect Infant Mortality?

Initial PlacementFedesarrollo Think-Tank in Colombia

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/piedadurdinola/

Caridad Araujo

Completion DateJune 2003

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationThe Role of the Local Context and Non-Agricultural Employment on Poverty Reduction: Micro and Macro Evidence from Rural Mexico

Initial PlacementWorld Bank (Operations)

Websitehttps://twitter.com/caridadaraujo?lang=en

Karen Macours

Completion DateJune 2003

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationInsecurity of Property Rights and Matching in Land Rental Markets in Latin America

Initial PlacementJohns Hopkins (SAIS)

Websitehttp://www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/en/macours-karen/

Emiliano Huet-Vaughn

Completion DateMay 2014

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on Behavioral Tax Policy and Political Violence

Initial PlacementMiddlebury College (Economics)

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/ehuetvaughn/

Sebastian Stumpner

Completion DateMay 2014

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

Dissertation"Essays in Empirical Macroeconomics"

Initial PlacementUniversity of Montreal (Economics)

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/sebastianstumpner/

Lilia Chaidez

Completion DateMay 2015

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on Crime, Unemployment and Health

Initial PlacementU.S. Government Accountability Office

Yiwen Eva Cheng

Completion DateMay 2015

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

Initial PlacementAmazon

Tarek Ghani

Completion DateMay 2015

DepartmentHaas School of Business

Committee RoleMember

Initial PlacementWashington University

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/tghani/

Tadeja Gracner

Completion DateMay 2015

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays in Development and Health Economics

Initial PlacementRAND

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/tadejagracnerucberkeley/

Marieke Kleemans

Completion DateMay 2015

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationJob Market Paper: Migration Choice under Risk and Liquidity Constraints

Initial PlacementUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champagne

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/mariekekleemans/

Stanislao Maldonado

Completion DateMay 2015

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays in the Political Economy of Natural Resource Booms

Initial PlacementUniversidad del Rosario

Websitehttp://stanislaomaldonado.org/

Jamie McCasland

Completion DateMay 2015

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationThree Essays on Labor Markets and Firms in Ghana

Initial PlacementUniversity of British Columbia

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/jamiemccasland/

Joan Hamory

Completion DateDecember 2009

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEssays in Development Economics

Initial PlacementPost-doc at UC Berkeley (Center for Effective Global Action)

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/joanhamoryhicks/

Daniel Hicks

Completion DateJuly 2009

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationThree Essays in Empirical Economics

Initial PlacementUniversity of Oklahoma (Economics)

Websitehttp://hicksd.oucreate.com/

Clair Null

Completion DateMay 2009

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationDonors' Decisions and Dirty Drinking Water: Three Esaays on Development Economics

Initial PlacementEmory University (School of Public Health)

Websitehttps://www.mathematica-mpr.com/our-people/staff/clair-null

Paulina Oliva

Completion DateMay 2009

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEnvironmental Regulations: Enforcement of Emission Standards

Initial PlacementUniversity of California, Santa Barbara (Economics)

Websitehttps://dornsife.usc.edu/paulina-oliva/

Brian Scholl

Completion DateMay 2009

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays in Economics

Initial PlacementPost-doc at USAID

Websitehttps://www.sec.gov/biography/scholl-phd-brian

Jenny Aker

Completion DateMay 2008

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationThree Essays on Markets and Welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa

Initial PlacementTufts University (Fletcher School and Economics)

Websitehttps://sites.tufts.edu/jennyaker/

Eric Chaney

Completion DateMay 2008

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationThe Economic Effects of Tolerance

Initial PlacementHarvard University (Economics)

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/ericjustinchaney/

Emily Conover

Completion DateMay 2008

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays in Development Economics

Initial PlacementHamilton College (Economics)

Websitehttp://people.hamilton.edu/emily-conover

Pamela Jakiela

Completion DateMay 2008

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleCo-Chair

DissertationEssays in Experimental Development Economics

Initial PlacementWashington University (Economics)

Websitehttp://www.pamjakiela.com/

Melissa Knox

Completion DateDecember 2008

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEssays in the Economics of Health and Education

Initial PlacementPost-doc at University of Washington (School of Public Policy)

Websitehttps://econ.washington.edu/people/melissa-knox

Anne Le Brun

Completion DateMay 2008

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on Immigration and Crime

Initial PlacementLecturer at Wellesley College (Economics)

Websitehttps://scholar.harvard.edu/annelebrun/home

Jessica Leino

Completion DateMay 2008

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationCommunity and Private Sector Approaches to Development in Kenya

Initial PlacementWorld Bank (Young Professional Program)

Websitehttps://globalpoverty.stanford.edu/people/jessica-leino

Suresh Naidu

Completion DateSeptember 2008

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays in the Political Economy of Development

Initial PlacementPost-doc at Harvard University (Harvard Academy Junior Scholar)

Websitehttp://tuvalu.santafe.edu/~snaidu/

Sharad Tandon

Completion DateMay 2008

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays in the Political Economy of India

Initial PlacementU.S. Department of Agriculture (Economic Research Service)

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/sharadtandon222222/

Emma Aisbett

Completion DateMay 2007

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationThree Essays on Globalization and Development

Initial PlacementLecturer and Research Fellow at Australian National University (Crawford School of Economics, Research School of Economics)

Websitehttps://crawford.anu.edu.au/people/visitors/emma-aisbett

Raj Arunachalam

Completion DateMay 2007

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleCo-Chair

DissertationThe Economics of Marriage Markets and Fertility in Developing Countries

Initial PlacementUniversity of Michigan (Economics)

Websitehttps://www.bateswhite.com/professionals-Raj-Arunachalam.html

Sarah Baird

Completion DateMay 2007

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationThree Seemingly Unrelated Essays in Development Economics

Initial PlacementPost-doc at UCSD (International Relations and Pacific Studies)

Websitehttp://www2.gwu.edu/~iiep/about/faculty/sbaird/

Chris Blattman

Completion DateMay 2007

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEssays on Instability and Development: War, Violence, and Natural Resources

Initial PlacementYale University (Political Science, Affiliated with Economics)

Websitehttp://chrisblattman.com/

Vikram Pathania

Completion DateMay 2007

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays in Applied Microeconomics

Initial PlacementWorld Bank (Private Sector Development Group)

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/vikrampathania/

Harold Toro Tulla

Completion DateMay 2007

DepartmentSociology

Committee RoleMember

DissertationLabor Cohorts and Inequality: Puerto Rico's Non-Linear Economic Development

Initial PlacementWeatherhead Center of International Affairs (Harvard University)

Websitehttp://www.haroldtoro.com

Garret Christensen

Completion DateMay 2011

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEssays on Impact Evaluation in Labor and Development Economics

Initial PlacementWASH Benefits Project in Kenya

Websitehttps://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~garret/

Benjamin Crost

Completion DateMay 2011

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays in Applied Economics

Initial PlacementUniversity of Colorado, Denver (Economics)

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/bencrost/

Erick Gong

Completion DateMay 2011

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa

Initial PlacementMiddlebury College (Economics)

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/erickgong/

Solomon Hsiang

Completion DateMarch 2011

DepartmentSustainable Development (Columbia)

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on the Social Impacts of Climate

Initial PlacementPost-doc at Princeton University

Websitehttp://www.solomonhsiang.com/

Nicholas Li

Completion DateJuly 2011

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays in International and Development Economics

Initial PlacementUniversity of Toronto (Economics)

Websitehttp://individual.utoronto.ca/econ_nick_li/

Rachel Polimeni

Completion DateNovember 2011

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationHealth Insurance in Rural Cambodia: Impacts and Selection

Initial PlacementNot available

Sarath Sanga

Completion DateAugust 2011

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEssays in Law and Economics

Initial PlacementJ.D. Student at Yale Law School

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/sarathsanga/

Abdoulaye Sy

Completion DateAugust 2011

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on the Economics of Agriculture and Rural Development

Initial PlacementWorld Bank (Young Professional Program)

Websitehttps://blogs.worldbank.org/team/abdoulaye-sy

Eva Vivalt

Completion DateApril 2011

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEssays in Development Economics and Trade

Initial PlacementWorld Bank (Young Professional Program)

Websitehttp://evavivalt.com/

Jane Yiqin Zhang

Completion DateJune 2011

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleCo-Chair

DissertationEssays on Gender, Competition and Educational Outcomes

Initial PlacementHong Kong University of Science and Technology (Social Sciences)

Websitehttp://sosc-dev.ust.hk/cgi-bin/people/people_index.php?action=view&type=F&profile_id=250

Daniel Egel

Completion DateMay 2010

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleCo-Chair

DissertationSocial institutions and development

Initial PlacementPost-doc at UCSD (Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation)

Websitehttps://www.rand.org/about/people/e/egel_daniel.html

Benjamin Eifert

Completion DateMay 2010

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEssays on the performance of manufacturing firms in developing countries

Initial PlacementAssociate at Overland Advisors

Websitehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/benneifert/

Negar Ghobadi

Completion DateNovember 2010

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on Fertility, Gender Preference and Family Planning in Iran

Initial PlacementWorld Bank

Websitehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/negar-ghobadi-4410bbb/?originalSubdomain=jo

John McCauley

Completion DateNovember 2010

DepartmentPolitical Science (UCLA)

Committee RoleMember

DissertationReligious and Ethnic Conflict in Africa

Initial PlacementUniversity of Maryland (Political Science)

Websitehttps://gvpt.umd.edu/facultyprofile/McCauley/John

Owen Ozier

Completion DateDecember 2010

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEssays in Empirical Development Economics

Initial PlacementWorld Bank (Development Economics Research Group)

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/decrgowenozier/

Alvaro Ramos

Completion DateDecember 2010

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEssays on Economic Development in Costa Rica

Initial PlacementINCAE Business School in Costa Rica

Websitehttps://ulead.ac.cr/en/faculty/alvaro-ramos

Eva Arceo-Gomez

Completion DateApril 2009

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays in Labor Economics

Initial PlacementPost-doc at Colegio de Mexico (Economics)

Websitehttps://www.eva-arceo.com/

John Bellows

Completion DateMarch 2009

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEssays on the economics of voting, violence and job search

Initial PlacementSpecial Assistant for Economic Policy at U.S. Department of the Treasury

Mame-Fatou Diagne

Completion DateMay 2009

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEssays on the economics of information, education and job search

Initial PlacementWorld Bank (Young Professional Program)

Websitehttp://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/diagne/

Adriana Espinosa

Completion DateMay 2009

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays in Public Opinion: The effect of economic variables on general sentiment for public policies

Initial PlacementNew York Census Research Data Center

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/adrianaesp/

Liang Bai

Completion DateMay 2014

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEssays in Development Economics

Initial PlacementUniversity of Edinburgh (Economics)

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/liangbaiucberkeley/

Manuel Barron

Completion DateMay 2014

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on Household Electrification in Developing Countries

Initial PlacementUniversity of California, Santa Cruz (Lecturer, Department of Economics)

Websitehttp://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~manuelb/

Marshall Burke

Completion DateMay 2014

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleCo-Chair

Dissertation"Climate and the productivity, health, and peacefulness of society"

Initial PlacementStanford University (Environmental Earth System Science)

Websitehttps://web.stanford.edu/~mburke/

Kyle Emerick

Completion DateMay 2014

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on Behavioral Responses to Development Interventions

Initial PlacementTufts University (Economics)

Websitehttps://ase.tufts.edu/economics/people/peopleEmerick.htm

Gautam Rao

Completion DateMay 2014

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleCo-Chair

DissertationPoor Kids in Rich Schools: The Effects of School Quality and Diversity

Initial PlacementHarvard University (Economics)

Websitehttps://gautam-rao.com/

Miguel Almunia

Completion DateMay 2013

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationSize-Dependent Policies and Firm Behavior

Initial PlacementUniversity of Warwick (Economics)

Websitehttps://miguelalmunia.eu/

Willa Friedman

Completion DateMay 2013

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationEssays in East African Development

Initial PlacementUniversity of Houston (Economics)

Websitehttp://willafriedman.com/

Francois Gerard

Completion DateMay 2013

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleCo-Chair

DissertationEssays in Public Economics and Development

Initial PlacementColumbia University (Economics)

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/fransgerard/

Hideyuki Nakagawa

Completion DateMay 2013

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationThree Essays on Development Economics

Initial PlacementAkita International University

Websitehttp://dbsg.aiu.ac.jp/html/130_en.html

Chantal Toledo

Completion DateMay 2013

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on Environmental and Resource Economics

Initial PlacementPost-doc at UC Berkeley (Environmental Biosciences Institute)

Websitehttps://www.cornerstone.com/Staff/Chantal-Toledo

Joshua Blumenstock

Completion DateMay 2012

DepartmentSchool of Information

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on the Economic Impacts of Mobile Phones in Sub-Saharan Africa

Initial PlacementUniversity of Washington (School of Information)

Websitehttp://www.jblumenstock.com/

Jing Cai

Completion DateMay 2012

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationThree Essays on Insurance Demand and Impact

Initial PlacementUniversity of Michigan (Economics)

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/caijing516/

Jonas Hjort

Completion DateMay 2012

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleChair

DissertationLabor Productivity and Employment Consequences in East Africa

Initial PlacementColumbia GSB (Economics Group)

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/jonashjort/

Mauricio Larrain

Completion DateMay 2012

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays in Financial Liberalization and the Aggregate Economy

Initial PlacementColumbia GSB (Finance Group)

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/mauriciolarrainerrazuriz/

Gianmarco Leon

Completion DateMay 2012

DepartmentAgricultural and Resource Economics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationOn voting, violence, and health: Essays on political economics and development

Initial PlacementUniversitat Pompeu Fabra (Economics)

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/gianmarcoleon/

Mark Y. Rosenberg

Completion DateJuly 2012

DepartmentPolitical Science

Committee RoleMember

DissertationPresent at the Creation: Founding Party Dominance in South Africa and Beyond

Initial PlacementSouthern Africa Analyst at Eurasia Group

Websitehttps://www.markyrosenberg.com/

Alexander Rothenberg

Completion DateMay 2012

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on Spatial Development

Initial PlacementRAND Economics

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/alexrothenberg/

Changcheng Song

Completion DateMay 2012

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleCo-Chair

DissertationThree Essays on Development Economics and Behavioral Economics

Initial PlacementNational University of Singapore (Economics)

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/songchch02/

Kehinde Ajayi

Completion DateMay 2011

DepartmentEconomics

Committee RoleMember

DissertationEssays on School Choice and the Returns to School Quality

Initial PlacementBoston University (Economics)

Websitehttps://sites.google.com/site/kfajayi/

Katherine Whiteside Casey

Completion DateApril 2011

DepartmentEconomics (Brown)

Committee RoleMember

DissertationTwo perspectives on the political economy of development: Government reform and external aid

Initial PlacementStanford GSB (Political Economy)

Websitehttps://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/katherine-e-casey