Arthur Baker
arthurbaker@uchicago.edu | @aw_bakerEDUCATION
Birkbeck – Graduate Certificate in Economics – Distinction 2017
MIT MicroMasters – Data Analysis for Social Scientists 2017
University of Manchester – BaEcon Politics – First Class Honours 2014
EXPERIENCE
Development Innovation Lab, University of Chicago
Director and Chief of Staff to Nobel laureate Prof Michael Kremer Dec 2022 - present
Associate Director Dec 2020 - Dec 2022
Harvard University
Research Manager for Prof. Michael Kremer Dec 2019 - Dec 2020
Centre for Global Development
Research Associate Jun 2019 - Dec 2019
Research Assistant Jul 2018 - May 2019
Innovations for Poverty Action Sierra Leone
Research Coordinator Jun 2017 - Jul 2018
Senior Research Associate Oct 2016 - Jun 2017
Research Assistant Feb 2016 - Mar 2017
Evidence Action
Consultant Research Assistant Apr 2016 - Nov 2016
Raleigh International
Fundraising, Research, and Administration Intern Jun 2014 - Dec 2014
IntoUniversity
Intern Jul - Sep 2013
AWARDS
Emergent Ventures Prize, for work on pandemic vaccine financing ($25,000) 2021
The Sam Moore Prize, for the highest performing undergraduate student on degree programme 2014
The Maurice Wright Prize, for the highest performing undergraduate politics student 2014
Student Union Campaigner of the Year, University of Manchester Students Union 2013
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
“Market Design to Accelerate COVID-19 Vaccine Supply,” with Amrita Ahuja, Susan Athey, Arthur Baker, Eric Budish, Tasneem Chipty, Rachel Glennerster, Scott Kominers, Michael Kremer, Greg Larson, Jean Lee, Canice Prendergast, Christopher Snyder, Alex Tabarrok, Brandon Tan, and Witold Więcek. Science, 371(6534), 1107-1109, March 12, 2021.
“Preparing for a Pandemic: Accelerating Vaccine Availability,” with Amrita Ahuja, Susan Athey, Arthur Baker, Eric Budish, Rachel Glennerster, Scott Kominers, Michael Kremer, Jean Lee, Canice Prendergast, Christopher Snyder, Alex Tabarrok, Brandon Tan, and Witold Więcek. American Economic Associations, Papers and Proceedings, 111: 331-35, May 2021.
Online Appendix, “Advance Market Commitments: Insights from Theory and Experience”, with Michael Kremer, Jonathan Levin, Christopher Snyder, and Junyi Que, American Economic Associations, Papers and Proceedings, May 2020
SELECTED POLICY PUBLICATIONS AND OP-EDS
“Accelerating Vaccination” with Esha Chaudhuri and Michael Kremer, IMF Finance & Development, 2021
“Purchasing COVID-19 Vaccines at Risk: Costs and Benefits for Latin America and the Caribbean”, with the Accelerating Health Technologies Group, Inter-American Development Bank Policy Paper, 2020
“Projecting Global Emissions for Lower-Income Countries”, Center for Global Development Policy Paper, with Ian Mitchel, April, 2020
“Are Randomized Poverty-Alleviation Experiments Ethical?” with Peter Singer and Johannes Haushofer, Project Syndicate, Nov 2019
“Results vs. Claims: Strengthening the UK’s Aid Watchdog” with Ian Mitchell, Center for Global Development, July 2019
“The Quality of UK Aid Spending, 2011–2018: An Analysis of Evaluations by the Independent Commission on Aid Impact”, Center for Global Development, with Ian Mitchel, April 2019
“A Short-Sighted Vision for Global Britain” with Owen Barder and Hannah Timmis, Center for Global Development, March 1, 2018
“UK Aid Quality Indicators” with Ian Mitchell, Center for Global Development, December 2018
“New Estimates of EU Agricultural Support: An “Un-Common” Agricultural Policy” with Ian Mitchel, Center for Global Development, November 2019
“CDI 2018 and Trade: Advanced Economies and Poverty-Weighted Trade Tariffs” with Ian Mitchel and Lee Robinson, Center for Global Development, September 2018
New Estimates of EU Agricultural Support: An “Un-Common” Agricultural Policy with Ian Mitchel, Center for Global Development, November 2019
“CDI 2018 and Trade: Advanced Economies and Poverty-Weighted Trade Tariffs” with Ian Mitchel and Lee Robinson, Center for Global Development, September 2018
VOLUNTARY POSITIONS
International Citizen Service Volunteer 2015
Founder and Chair, Arts Emergency Manchester 2012 – 2014
Undergraduate Humanities Rep, University of Manchester Student’s Union 2012 – 2013
Labour Party Campaigns Officer, Manchester Labour Students 2012 – 2013
Under 19s Officer, London Young Labour 2010 – 2011