Emma Wiles

Experience

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  University of Washington

  Jun 2012 - Jun 2019

  • Work with employer-employee matched data from Washington State’s Employment Security Department and Department of Revenue to evaluate the efficacy of the minimum wage in Seattle. • Use difference-in-difference, synthetic control, and interactive fixed effects approaches to make causal claims about the impact of the minimum wage on labor market outcomes. (STATA and R)• Produce graphical and geographic representations of results. (R and ArcGIS)• Contribute to writing reports to stakeholders at the City of Seattle (Report on the Impact of Seattle's Minimum Wage Ordinance on Wages, Workers, Jobs & Establishments Through 2015, 2016., The Seattle Minimum Wage Ordinance October 2017 Update: Report on Employer Adjustments, Worker Experiences, and Price Changes, 2017.)• Individual Class Guest Lecture: Advanced Multivariate Analysis (Public Affairs 529), Program Evaluation (Health Services 522) Show less Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, Research Assistant Jan. 2015 - Sept. 2015• As Jacob Vigdor’s research assistant in the early stages of the Minimum Wage Study I contributed to data collection, analysis, and to writing reports for the City of Seattle.• In addition to collecting prices from businesses on foot, I built web scrapers which collected prices from GrubHub.com, MotorTrend.com, and CraigsList.com in order to analyze the effect of the minimum wage on restaurant, gasoline, and housing rental prices respectively. (Python)• Paper Presentations: International Conference in Undergraduate Research, September 2015 Undergraduate Research Symposium, May 2015 Show less

  • Research Analyst

    Sept 2015 - Jun 2019

  • Research Assistant

    Jan 2015 - Sept 2015

  • Chair of Provost Advisory Committee for Students (2014-2015)

    Jun 2012 - Jun 2015
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  International Student Volunteers

  Jun 2012 - Jul 2012

  Overseas Volunteer

  Worked with members of La Hu and Li Su Hill Tribes though the Life Development Center to improve tribal people’s economic and environment conditions through increasing knowledge and social accountability through the creation of sustainable income generating projects.

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  ASUW | Associated Students of the University of Washington

  Jun 2013 - Jun 2014

  Finance and Budget Director

  • Chief Financial Officer• Oversee and draft +$1M budget• Ex-officio member of the Board of Directors• Chair the Finance and Budget Committee • Voting member of the Services and Activities Fee Committee ($14 Million operating budget)• Communicate details about finance to students, entity managers, and Board of Directors

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  Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

  Jul 2013 - Sept 2013

  Research Intern

  Working under Dr. Ruth Etzioni in the Department of Biostatistics and Biomathematics.Researched:Overdiagnosis in breast and prostate cancerHealth Disparities in prostate cancerPrograms used:RseerSTATseer HD calculator

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  Russell Investments

  Jun 2014 - Sept 2014

  Global Equity Intern

  Part of the Investment Management Research team.Extract and analyze data related to manager universes, Russell indexes, Russell Funds, economic factors, and market environments.Provide information to Russell's research analysts and to Russell's portfolio managers on an as-needed basis.Produce information, including stock portfolio characteristics and attribution analysis that will be used by the Global Equity team to identify and understand potential sources of risk and return.Prepare written commentary and analysis of money manager research meetings. Show less

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  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Jul 2019 - now

  PhD Student

  PhD Student in Management Science at Sloan School of Business, studying matching markets and labor.