Mitchell Morey

Senior Economic Researcher

Mitchell Morey is a senior economic researcher at AIR. He has extensive experience evaluating a variety of projects in developing country settings. He completed his Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Dr. Morey’s dissertation employed rigorous applied econometrics to investigate the effects of international trade on individuals in developing countries. He personally managed a study on preferences for imported or domestically produced rice in Madagascar. He also has experience working in East Africa. He was part of a small team that evaluated Catholic Relief Services’ aid programming in Kenya, using a new methodology to predict the efficacy of cash-based aid as a potential replacement for food-based aid. He spent time in Madagascar as Peace Corps Volunteer before beginning his graduate studies.

Dr. Morey is currently involved in evaluations of a cash transfer program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and an agricultural evaluation in Madagascar.

Mitchell Morey

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Economics (Minor in African Studies); M.S. and B.S., Cornell University, Industrial & Labor Relations

 

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No Lost Generation: Supporting the School Participation of Displaced Syrian Children in Lebanon

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Impact Evaluation of the No Lost Generation/Min Ila Cash Transfer Program for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon

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