UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Patrick G. Allen DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected] EVA VIVALT [email protected] www.evavivalt.com HOME ADDRESS: New York University 14A Washington Mews #303 New York, NY 10003 Mobile/Cell: (202) 630-6763
CURRENT POSITION: Post-Doctoral Fellow, New York University, New York (2013-) Founder and Director, AidGrade (research institute), Washington, D.C. (2012-)
DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY Development Economics Innovation Applied Econometrics International Trade Political Economy
EDUCATION: DEGREE DATE FIELD University of California, Berkeley Ph.D. 2011 Economics University of California, Berkeley M.A. 2010 Mathematics University of Oxford M.Phil. 2007 Development Studies Dartmouth College A.B. 2005 Philosophy, Physics
DISSERTATION TITLE: "Essays in Development Economics and Trade" Principal Advisor: Professor Edward Miguel Other References: Professors David Card, Ernesto Dal Bó, William Easterly
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: Young Professional, World Bank, Washington, D.C. (2011-2013) Worked with the Development Impact Evaluation Initiative and Trade units in the Development Economics Research Group. Research Assistant, World Bank, Washington, D.C. (Summer 2009) TEACHING: Department of Political Science, UC Berkeley: Graduate Formal Models in Political Science (2010) Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley: MBA Economic Analysis for Business Decisions (2009) Department of Economics, UC Berkeley: Microeconomic Theory (2008)
PUBLICATIONS: "Heterogeneous Treatment Effects in Impact Evaluation", American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, forthcoming.
PAPERS: "How Much Can We Generalize from Impact Evaluations?" (Job Market Paper) "Peacekeepers Help, Governments Hinder" (Revise and Resubmit at the Journal of Conflict Resolution) "Testing Theories of Social Change: Evidence from Randomized Protests" (in progress) "Reducing Child Marriage: Incentives vs. Information" (in progress) "How Fragile are Impact Evaluation Results?" (in progress)
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2012 Foundation grant for AidGrade research ($75,000) 2010 Dean's Normative Time Fellowship 2007 International Gateway Fellowship 2005 Commonwealth Scholarship ($150,000) 2004-2005 Rufus Choate Scholar 2003 Presidential Scholarship 2002 Class of '59 International Scholarship 2001 Ward N. Hunt Scholarship
OTHER INFORMATION: Affiliations: American Economic Association, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Languages: English (native); French (fluent); Chinese, Spanish, Russian, Arabic (conversational) Citizenship: Canada, U.S. Permanent Resident