Zachary Barnett-Howell

Zachary Barnett-Howell

Postdoctoral Associate

Yale University

Biography

Zachary Barnett-Howell is a postdoctoral associate at Yale University, with appointments in the Economics, Political Science, and South Asian Studies departments. Zachary is also affiliated with the Yale Research Initiative on Innovations at Scale (Y-RISE).

Interests

  • Agriculture and Development
  • Migration
  • Machine Learning

Education

  • PhD in Applied & Agricultural Economics and Political Science, 2018

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • MA in History, 2009

    Bogazici University

  • BA in Political Science and International Studies, 2007

    University of Washington

Projects

COVID-19

The economic consequences of COVID-19

Agricultural Risk

How do farmers in low-income countries manage agricultural risk?

Migration Games

Testing migration choices in the lab

Y-RISE

The Yale Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale.

Courses

Development Economics

ECON 325

Development Economics (senior seminar)

ECON 452

Political Economy of Migration

ECON 483