James Marrone

Jim Marrone is an associate economist at RAND Corporation and an adjunct lecturer in the International Economics program at Johns Hopkins SAIS. He is an applied microeconomist focusing primarily on the way institutions and government programs impact marginalized populations and at-risk material culture. His work is both theoretical and empirical, using statistical techniques in novel ways to develop better measurements of empirically important outcomes. Prior to his roles at RAND and JHU SAIS, he was a senior research assistant at the Federal Reserve Board. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago.

Education

• Ph.D. University of Chicago (2011 — 2017)
• M.Sc Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (2008 — 2009)
• B.S University of Chicago (2004 — 2008)
• B.A University of Chicago (2004 — 2008)

Companies

• Adjunct Professor The Johns Hopkins University - Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) (2019)
• Associate Economist RAND Corporation (2017)
• Teaching Assistant The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (2015 — 2016)
• Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Economics University of Chicago (2012 — 2016)
• Lecturer, Department of Economics The University of Chicago (2014 — 2016)
• Senior Research Assistant (in Risk Analysis) Federal Reserve Board (2009 — 2011)

Skills

• Mathematica
• Qualitative Research
• LaTeX

Other

Matlab, Quantitative Analytics, Stata, Research