Noor Sethi
Agricultural and Resource Economics | UC Berkeley
I am a PhD candidate in Agricultural and Resource Economics (ARE) at UC Berkeley. My primary fields of interest are development, public finance, and political economics.
I seek policy-motivated research. My current explorations include:
Optimizing the structure of centrally administered, large-scale cash transfer programs apriori in developing country contexts; and
Understanding the extent to which private industry money impacts congressional voting and buys policy influence in the United States.
Prior to joining the UC Berkeley community, I studied economics and mathematics at Smith College, and I worked as a research analyst at Innovations for Poverty Action.
I am always thrilled to connect with prospective PhD students, particularly prospective applicants to ARE. Please don't hesitate to reach out.
Research
Field Experience
In other words: the people, places, and chance adventures that bend and sway our minds, shape what we study and how we write about it, but rarely make it past the acknowledgements page.
Busia, Kenya | Innovations for Poverty Action
Dharamshala, India | Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development
Córdoba, Argentina | Ciudadanos 365
Research Assistantships
Ann Harrison & Laura Kray | Haas School of Business
Rebecca Goldstein | School of Law at UC Berkeley
Edward Miguel | Dept. of Economics at UC Berkeley
Dean Karlan | Innovations for Poverty Action
Teaching
Environmental Economics
Graduate Student Instructor, Fall 2020, Spring 2021 & Fall 2022, Spring 2023 | UC Berkeley
Graduate Student Instructor, Fall 2020, Spring 2021 & Fall 2022, Spring 2023 | UC Berkeley
Statistics and Econometrics
Teaching Assistant, Fall 2017 & Fall 2019 | Bard College
Teaching Assistant, Fall 2017 & Fall 2019 | Bard College
Microeconomics
Lecturer, Spring 2023 | Parami University
Lecturer, Spring 2023 | Parami University
Microeconomics
Teaching Assistant, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, & Fall 2014 | Smith College
Teaching Assistant, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, & Fall 2014 | Smith College
Workshop for New Graduate Student Instructors
Workshop leader, Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2021, & Fall 2022 | UC Berkeley
Workshop participant, Fall 2020 | UC Berkeley