Rachael Meager
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Rachael Meager | |
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| Citizenship | Australia, Ireland, South Africa[1] |
| Alma mater | The University of Melbourne, Massachusetts Institute of Technology[1] |
| Known for | Bayesian hierarchical modeling |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistics, Economics |
| Institutions | London School of Economics |
Rachael Meager is an Australian economist and statistician.[2] They[3] currently hold an Associate Professorship at the University of New South Wales.[2] Previously, Meager was an Assistant Professor at the London School of Economics, within the STICERD (Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines) research centre.[4]
Meager has significantly contributed to the development of advanced statistical methods in economics. They have advanced the application of Bayesian Analysis for Randomized Controlled Trial data, for instance investigating robustness effects against treatment heterogeneity by considering the impact of leaving out small fractions of the data.[5] They apply these techniques to development topics such as the impact of microcredit on economic growth and inequality.[6]
Education
[edit]Meager earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne as well as a Bachelor of Honours in Economics. They received their Ph.D. from MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology on evidence aggregation in Bayesian hierarchical modeling.[7] Their principal adviser was Esther Duflo.
Grants and awards
[edit]- AEJ Applied: Best Paper Award (2022)
- David Finch International Fellowship (MIT)
- AG Whitlam Honours in Economics Prize (University of Melbourne)
- BITSS SSMART Grant or Schultz Fund Grant (MIT)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Rachael Meager CV, London School of Economics
- ^ a b "Home". sites.google.com.
- ^ "x.com". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "STICERD".
- ^ Broderick, Tamara; Giordano, Ryan; Meager, Rachael (2020). "An Automatic Finite-Sample Robustness Metric: Can Dropping a Little Data Change Conclusions?". arXiv:2011.14999 [stat.ME].
- ^ Meager, Rachael (2019). "Understanding the Average Impact of Microcredit Expansions: A Bayesian Hierarchical Analysis of Seven Randomized Experiments" (PDF). American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. 11: 57–91. doi:10.1257/app.20170299. S2CID 158524203.
- ^ Meager, Rachael (2017). Evidence aggregation in development economics via Bayesian hierarchical models (Thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. hdl:1721.1/111358. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
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