Assistant Management

Michael Barker

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EDUCATION

Georgetown University Washington, DC

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Master of Arts, Economics May 2010

Doctor of Philosophy, Economics Expected May 2014

Fields: Econometrics, Microeconomics, Development Economics

Georgetown Public Policy Institute

Master in Public Policy May 2010

Concentration: International Policy and Development

Thesis: Reservations and the Inter-generational Persistence of Caste Networks in India

Study Abroad: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad June 2009 - September 2009

Brown University Providence, RI

Bachelor of Arts, Economics May 2004

COURSE WORK

Microeconomics / Development Economics Department

Microeconomics I

Microeconomics II

Microeconomics IV

Political Economy I

Development Economics II

Econometrics Economics Department

Probability and Statistics

Econometrics I

Econometrics II

Micro Econometrics

Macro Econometrics

Policy Analysis and Management Public Policy Institute

Statistical Methods for Policy Analysis

Regression Methods for Policy Analysis

Advanced Regression & Program Evaluation Methods for Policy Analysis

Comparative Public Management

Comparative Policy Process

Global Development Finance

Political Economy of Foreign Aid

EXPERIENCE

Georgetown Public Policy Institute Washington, DC

Econometrics and Data Advisor September 2010 Present

Advise 2nd year Public Policy students on quantitative issues related to their Master s Thesis

Involved in all quantitative aspects of student research, including refining research questions, locating and

cleaning data, data manipulation in SAS and Stata, econometric methods, and presentation and

interpretation of results

Consulted with over 65 students this year

Teaching Assistant

Advanced Regression & Program Evaluation Methods for Policy Analysis June 2010 July 2010

Microeconomics September 2009 December 2009

Research Assistant for Professor James Habyarimana September 2009 May 2010

Extensive use of Stata for data cleaning and analysis

Research Assistant for Professor Ted Gayer September 2008 May 2009

Located and analyzed data from US government institutions

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Washington, DC

Intern Compliance Risk Analysis Division June 2010 August 2010

Implemented a regression discontinuity design to analyze US mortgage policy

Worked with large household-level data sets including HMDA, PSID, and CPS

Worked in Stata and SAS

Keats, Connelly and Associates / Charles Schwab and Company Phoenix, AZ

Associate Financial Planner / Stockbroker September 2006 June 2008

Habitat for Humanity of the West Valley Surprise, AZ

Americorps VISTA February 2005 September 2006

Supervised home construction teams of approximately twenty volunteers and homeowners

Worked through significant language barriers, as many homeowners were recent immigrants from

Mexico, Kosovo, and Nigeria with limited English language proficiency

COMPUTER SKILLS

SAS Stata Matlab Excel Java C++ LaTeX Word Linux/Unix

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