Gerald McQuade
Gerald is a development economist joining GRADE as a Visiting Researcher until December 2023. He is currently a PhD candidate in economics at Lancaster University. Until recently he worked for Young Lives Oxford as a Research Consultant and was a Visiting Student Researcher during Trinity Term 2023. Prior to working with Young Lives, Gerald worked for the UK Office for National Statistics as a Statistical Officer and as a Research Assistant with the Health Economics Research Unit at The University of Aberdeen.
His research interests are in early childhood development and skill formation, the socio-economic impacts of climate shocks and conflict, and the interaction between these processes in low- and middle-income contexts. He is also interested in quantifying the potential spillover effects of schooling reforms on sibling outcomes and intra-household time allocation.
He holds an MSc in Economics from The University of Edinburgh and an MA in Economics from Heriot Watt University.
Website: https://gerrymcquade.github.io/
