I am a development economist working on household welfare, structural change, and trade. I am currently a doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin - Madison in the Agricultural and Applied Economics Department. I am on the 2025–2026 economics job market.

My primary regions of interest are the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa. My dissertation studies the relationship between tourism and economic development in Jamaica.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics University of Wisconsin - Madison (Expected 2026)
    Field: Development Economics
  • M.S. Agricultural and Applied Economics University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2022
  • B.A. in Economics (Minor: French and Francophone Studies), University of Florida, Cum Laude, 2019
Matthew McKetty