Fieldwork

Alaska Salmon Permit Project

Household survey data was linked with the existing State of Alaska permitholder database to confirm the timing of permit transfer and average permit prices. In addition, a back-cast recall survey was also conducted with community leaders to identify any community-level variables that had shifted over time.

This survey was conducted with salmon permit holders and their descendants in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska. From February to June of 2016 household surveys were conducted in nine rural villages. The individual survey sought quantitative data on the following variables:

  • Demographics: Tribe, Language, Age, Religion
  • Timeline: Place of Residence and Occupation since birth
  • Household Roster: Location/Occupation of other household members and descendants, Years of Education, Marriage, Fishing Involvement
  • Fishing History: Permit Ownership, Transfers, Purchase/Sale Price, Reason for Sale, Individual shocks, Processor Affiliation, Relationship to Buyer/Seller, Participation in other fisheries, Work as Crew
  • Price expectations and experimentally-derived risk aversion
  • Access to credit and other extension services
  • Social Capital: Number of close ties outside village, Fishing Network
  • Household Assets
  • Family Tree: Siblings, parents, spouses and descendants in sample

Other Field Research Experience


World Bank, Contractor, Africa Region, Mission to West Africa (2017-Present)

Traveled to Guinea and Guinea Bissau to train regional staff in the implementation of ecological, economic and social fisheries performance metrics.


World Bank, Contractor, Agricultural and Environmental Services, Washington, DC (2013-14)

Assisted the fisheries research team with the collection and analysis of data from small-scale fisheries in Africa and Mexico. Travel to train local experts.


USAID, Evaluation Coordinator, Professor Bruce Wydick (2010)

Conducted the field research for the Kenyan portion of a USAID-funded six country project examining the outcomes of a child sponsorship program.


Innovations for Poverty Action, Principal Investigator (2009-10)

Designed and oversaw a field experiment in rural Kenya to examine the influence that liquidity, peer effects, gender, and health education have on demand for health products.


University of San Francisco, Research Assistant, Professor Bruce Wydick (2008-09)

Designed and oversaw a household survey in rural Uganda to examine the influence that health education and risk aversion have on demand for health products.