Michael Walker

University of California, Berkeley

Michael Walker is a Postdoctoral Scholar at UC Berkeley’s Center for Effective Global Action. His main research interests are development economics and public economics.

Michael’s research primarily consists of field experiments in Kenya. Current projects include studies of the effects of cash transfers on a broad range of outcomes, including public goods, and on the long-term effects of child health interventions.

Prior to starting graduate school, he was an Assistant Economist in Research Group of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.