Pierre E. Biscaye
PhD Candidate in Agricultural & Resource Economics | University of California at Berkeley
I am a development economist working on questions in agricultural, environmental/energy, and labor economics. My research uses survey, spatial, and administrative data and applied econometrics tools to study questions related to labor supply, agricultural transformation, conflict, and energy primarily in African countries.
I am a PhD candidate on the 2023-2024 job market. My dissertation explores how natural disasters affect livelihood decisions over time in different countries in Africa. My Job Market Paper analyzes the long-term effects of agricultural shocks on the risk of violent conflict using data on locust swarms and conflict events across Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
I have a Master's of Public Administration with a concentration on International Development from the University of Washington Evans School and a BA in International Studies from Whitworth University. I was a Research & Strategic Initiatives Manager at the Evans School Policy Analysis & Research Group (EPAR), and before that worked for non-profit organizations on projects in East and West Africa. I have worked in Burkina Faso, Burundi, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, and Tanzania on a variety of development projects, and growing up lived for 10 years in Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, and Cambodia.
Outside of work, I love listening to and playing music, hiking and running, playing basketball and ultimate frisbee, board games, and reading. My current favorite thing to do is play with my two daughters.
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CONTACT Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics
University of California
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Berkeley, CA 94720 United States
