Personal Summary

I’m an applied microeconomist that generally looks at development issues in poor countries.  I’ve had the opportunity to live, work, and do research in South Africa, Ethiopia and the Republic of Georgia in recent years.  When not digging into household survey data or getting ready for class, you’ll most likely find me running or riding a mountain bike.

Education

Ph.D., University of Utah, 2000

Field of Study

Development Economics, Applied Microeconomics

Selected Publications

“Living the Good Life: An Economic View of Subjective Well-Being in South Africa,” in Happiness Across Cultures: Views of Happiness and Quality of Life in Non-Western Cultures, Springer Publishers, Netherlands, 2012.

“Relative to Whom or What? The Importance of Relative Standing to Subjective Well-Being,” with Douglas R. Dalenberg, World Development, 38(9), March 2010.

“Rural Households, Structural Adjustment, and Gender Analysis,” with James M. Warner, in East Africa in Transition: Images, Institutions and Identities, Michigan State University Press and University of Nairobi Press, January 2008.

“Do Household Heads Speak for the Household?  A Research Note,” with Brandon S. Fuller and Douglas R. Dalenberg, Social Indicators Research, 79, 2006, 405-419.

“Subjective Well-Being and Household Factors in South Africa,” with Douglas R. Dalenberg, Social Indicators Research, 65, February 2004, 333-353.